"Remembering all the while that I have tried very hard, but the rhododendron tree is only half enlightened, and ants and bees are communists and trolley cars are bored. [...] And the mountains live in total ignorance so I don't give up, take off your shoes and put 'em in your pocket. Now I've answered all your questions, too bad, give me a drink, mauvais sujet." - Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (1958)
Photo: 100 year old rhododendron and the woman who planted it.