Mushrooms grow on a log, Leslie St. Spit, Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, Oxt, 2, 2007. (Robin Rowland)

Frangipani flowers seen during a rainstorm on Montserrat, April, 2007. (Robin Rowland)

Stumps sticking out off Clearwater Lakes, July 7, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

An old tree at the entrance to Samaria Gorge, sunrise, Crete, May 1998. The gorge is part of a national park, and a popular tourist trail descends from its entrance at 1250 metres over 18 kilometres to the Libyan Sea. (Robin Rowland)

Fall colours (after days of rain) in Kitimat, BC, Oct. 18, 2010 create an impressionist view of the forest. (Robin Rowland)

A view of the Coed Nant Gwernol, a restored woodland, where the Wales Woodland Trust is working to restore the primeval forest that once covered the British Isles, July 30. 2008. (Robin Rowland)

A view of the Coed Nant Gwernol, a restored woodland, where the Wales Woodland Trust is working to restore the primeval forest that once covered the British Isles, July 30. 2008. (Robin Rowland)

"Upon this blasted heath" (MacBeth). Moorland on the climb to to Holyhead Mountain, Anglesey, Wales, Aug, 1, 2008. (Robin Rowland)

Orange flowers against a blue fence, Condor Ave., Toronto, Oct. 20. 2007. (Robin Rowland)

Foxglove blooming in a Kitimat, BC garden. July 12, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Sunset on the Skeena River on Highway 16 Terrace to Prince Rupert, Feb 3 2012 (Robin Rowland)

Early morning fog blankets a tree on the Kildala River, June 20, 2009. (Robin Rowland)

Large conifer on the banks of the Kitimat River, Dec. 7, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Snow scene, Kitimat, BC, Feb. 11, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Heavy snow on trees branches, Toronto, Jan. 1, 2008. (Robin Rowland)

Bare poplar trees, Tommy Thompson Park, Leslie St. Spit, Toronto, Oct. 17, 2007. (Robin Rowland)

Spring foliage on poplar trees, Tommy Thompson Park, Leslie St. Spit, Toronto, May 24, 2009. (Robin Rowland)

Fall colours, Tommy Thompson Park, Leslie St Spit, Toronto, Oct. 14, 2007. (Robin Rowland)

A large toadstool on a decaying stump is illuminated by the setting sun in Kitimat Oct 23, 2010. (Robin Rowland)

Lily pad, Okefenokee Swamp, George, March 31, 2006. (Robin Rowland)