SCRUB OAK

AUTUMN LEAVES OF UTAH

GAMBEL OAK IS SCRUB OAK

  

These trees are found in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains and lower elevations in Utah.

QUAKING ASPENS

UTAH STATE TREE

QUAKING ASPEN TREE

In 2014 the Utah Legislature changed the Utah State Tree from Colorado Blue Spruce to the Quaking Aspen tree; because they are found in more counties than the spruce tree.  

CROOKED?

What is crooked cannot be made straight.
What is missing cannot be counted.

Ecclesiastes 1:15  TLV  (Tree of Life Version)

ORANGE LICHENS

WASATCH MOUNTAINS TREES

ORANGE LICHENS growing on this tree in the national forest, outside of SNOWBASIN.  

Lichens are a partnership between Fungus and Algae.   

WHAT COLOR ARE MAPLE LEAVES?

AUTUMN LEAVES OF UTAH

WHAT COLOR ARE MAPLE LEAVES?

Are Maple leaves red, orange, 

gold, yellow or green?

POINTING YOUR FINGER

DO YOU  JUDGE OTHERS?

If you have a fault, do you quietly examine yourself for your sin; or do you point the finger at others, saying, 'He's a worse sinner?'

"Those people are on a dark spiral downward. But if you think that leaves you on the high ground where you can point your finger at others, think again. Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors. But God isn’t so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what you’ve done.

You didn’t think, did you, that just by pointing your finger at others you would distract God from seeing all your misdoings and from coming down on you hard? Or did you think that because he’s such a nice God, he’d let you off the hook? Better think this one through from the beginning. God is kind, but he’s not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change.

You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it’s going to blaze hot and high, God’s fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what’s coming to you—Real Life for those who work on God’s side, but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!

If you go against the grain, you get splinters, regardless of which neighborhood you’re from, what your parents taught you, what schools you attended. But if you embrace the way God does things, there are wonderful payoffs, again without regard to where you are from or how you were brought up. Being a Jew won’t give you an automatic stamp of approval. God pays no attention to what others say (or what you think) about you. He makes up his own mind."

Romans 2:1-11  MSG  (The Message)

CANYON MAPLE

TREES OF THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS

CANYON MAPLES near the SNOWBASIN Resort in the National Forest Maples Trail.  The trees can be found at 4,500' to 7,500' elevation.