IN THE TREETOPS

Check it out. That guy walking in the center of the picture is dwarfed by the trees. They must be 17 times taller than he. Ok, I didn't measure, but I did eyeball it up to the first branches of the nearest trees as my eyes measured him off 17 times. So if he's a six-footer that means the tree is over 100 feet tall to its branches. Tack on another 10 feet and you have a whopper of a tree.

Plus the girth. I mean these trees are where we get the word tremendous from. So what's to be said about them? First, I don't know the kind. My Juco Botany class didn't cover these. I don't know the scientific name, but I could guess (hugeenormitus mongus). But I could be wrong. In fact, I could be wrong about the whole scene.

Maybe they're not trees. You know, they could be cell phone towers. Like palms that some cell towers try to replicate. They could be getting some powerful reception by punching in numbers close to these babies.

They could be condos for the Bangladesh people. When The Amazing Race went there last week, they cited the density of their population in comparison to all US and Mexican citizens living in the Los Angeles area. That is some close proximity. So tall, hollowed out tree condos might just be part of the solution for Bangladesh. On second thought, I don't think there are that many. I mean that is some serious overpopulation.

Besides providing shade and oxygen to the air, trees are often times just appreciated for the beauty. The big ones for their magnificence. I guess it's enough just to appreciate them for what they are and give glory to the Creator.