a tree for grandpa

for those of you out there who know Chris Baker, you know he is a tree-lover. in fact, my first word was "pinus strobus" which is the genus-species name for white pine. it's not so much that i'm an over-achiever as it is that he was in graduate school memorizing all these terms, and i suppose i just picked up on a few....anyways, we went to Florida recently for my grandmother's 75th birthday party (my dad's mom) and we happened upon this tree. it's over 500 years old and it was right next to the Perkins Restaurant parking lot. i thought this picture was fun and reminiscent of those pinus strobus days...