Only God can make a Tree

We wait a long, long time for the changing of the leaves on our trees here in Kern County. But it's well worth the wait. Here's a mosaic of the tree in my backyard. I took these photos just a couple of weeks ago. Click on the photo to enlarge.

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

~Joyce Kilmer, "Trees", 1914

Linking up to Mosaic Monday hosted by Mary at Little Red House.