"One Last Homage..."

...to the jubilant color of the glorious Colorado aspen.

Did you know that...

~Aspen trees can be found in every Western state except Hawaii!

~Trees from any one aspen grove are genetically identical.

and because of this

aspens are claimed to be the world's largest

and

perhaps oldest living organism!

~Individual trees are short-lived, but the root stocks of some groves

may date back to the last ice age!

"Delicious autumn!

My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth

seeking the successive autumns."

~George Eliot

"The glittering golden aspen...

What a jewel in the autumnal wardrobe of Mother Nature!"

~Me :)