Story trees

Photograph by Sergio Alfaro

I was looking for an image to illustrate some marvellous initiative that I had come accross recently, and then I hit upon this photograph. I just had to put it here. The photograph is taken in Mexico, at the Lago de Camécuaro National Park.  Apparently Camécuaro originally means "place of bathing". I would certainly like to!
The trees are amazing. I have not been able to find out what their proper name is, but they are fit for a grand story on a Tolkien like scale.

Blooming

Marbles and Butterflies (2011) by Jennifer Knaus.

The artist says this about her work: Although the results may seem surreal, I am more inspired by the Surrealists techniques of tapping into the subconcious rather than by actual Surrealist painting. I have a desire to personalize idealized notions of beauty and importance. To embellish icons with humor and a little absurdity but also within those details to suggest a narrative that is mysterious and atmospheric. 

 On a good day, this is what my mind is like!