Few people are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees.

 

"Few people are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts, and if people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish."

The Contemplative John Muir

Photo: Ice-frosted Ponderosa Pine and Mountain-mahogany bush stand atop a ridge; Lory State Park, CO; February 10, 2014