In honor of Johnny Appleseed Day, show us a tree.
My favorite tree picture. From Santa Barbara, last summer.
And while it isn't a tree per se', I love the southern Californian ocotillo.
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Stevil 
i had no idea there was a johnny appleseed day. heh.
Funny, that's *my* favorite tree picture, too! I'll just pretend you posted that for the both of us. :)
And while it isn't a tree per se', I love the southern Californian ocotillo. WHY? It looks like it could reach out and grab you with those thorns.
Both photos are really nice.
Ahh Grandma-P — I think that's the whole thing. I have a lot of attraction to plants that eek out an existence in the harsh environment that the ocotillo lives in (its native to the desert).
In the spring — after the rains — the plant buds out and gets topped by a little red flower — from a distance they look like crazy candles. As the year wears on, the flowers go (and so do most of the leaves) — but they keep toughing it out.
I see now, they survive against the odds and they even put out pretty little flowers as if to say don't feel sorry for me.