RLS

It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

Robert Louis Stevenson

I love old trees. There are some magnificent ancient oaks in Mill Hill Park, not far from where I live. I wish that trees could talk and tell us of the hundreds of years of history through which they have lived. Also, I admire RLS for the way he lived through a lifetime of ill health and never lost his enthusiasm for life.