Old tree with vivid colors in a misty forest

the guardian, originally uploaded by wildpianist.

This tree just by its age and form is an impressive sight. Add to that the mistical foggy background and the vivid colors of the moss and fallen leaves and you have a very enchanting picture indeed!

Cypress trees covered with spanish moss

cloaked in spanish moss, originally uploaded by DanielJames.

Cypress trees in the Big Cypress Bayou near Karnack, Texas.

This does not look like the kind of place where you would want to go for a dip. Looks actually like the kind of place where you might find all sorts of slithering, snaping, creeping, biting and otherwise not very friendly criters.

Enchanted Forest

Palermo - Ficus Magnoliodes, originally uploaded by lorca56.

Can you imagine walking through this forest?

These trees give you the feeling like they could reach out and grab you at any moment.

Or purhaps they would lull you to sleep first with their deep, soft earth tunes and then while you sleep their roots would gradually creep over you.

You would not want to be trying to find you way through this mass of trunks and roots on a dark night!