June 28, 2009

Beautiful Dogwood Trees


My aunt sent me today some pictures of their road trip vacation to Canada last year and one of the first things I noticed were the beautiful dogwood trees in her photos. She is a nature lover just like me and I know that's why she sent me today these pictures.

If you don't know what a dogwood tree looks like, well, here's an example of one. Dogwoods are composed of many species and this one below is a pagoda dogwood.


Did you know that legend has it that the cross used to crucify Jesus was constructed of dogwood. The story claims that the dogwood was the largest tree in the area of Jerusalem.