Last week, I was fascinated by a number of ginkgo trees around town that seemed to decide to drop their leaves all at once, forming gigantic yellow carpets on the ground. Here’s a big one I saw near Forest Park.

I was totally impressed with our local display until I saw…

Check out this article and these photos from the blog Colossal. This is a 1,400 year-old Ginkgo tree located within the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple in the Zhongnan Mountains in China.

Are you KIDDING me?

Is this world not the most stunning place?