Naio, thanks! And Rockhill, the trees live for thousands of years, but not forever - this is a root ball from a fallen tree:
Eventually, the fallen trees rot, and the insides sometimes become hollow:
By the way, the photo post link button somehow altered the proportions of those shots, especially the second one -- I can assure you that my wife does not really look like that at all!!
Edit: I altered the height and width parameters in the "photo post" dialog box -- let's see if the pix are less unflattering! (Yes, they are better now.)
