Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) Eucalyptus (Euclyptus globulus) Ginkgo Biloba Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Redbud Tree (Cercis canadansis)	My Favorite Trees Sequoia sempervirens— ever-green, ever-living Coast Redwood, tallest living thing on earth soaring to the skies with goosepen anchored to earth— the Soul shines in your shape. Katherine Hepburn told Barbara Walters— "I want to be an oak"— such is her strength. But I love the White Oak's round-lobed leaves and its meandering sculpturesque branches. I pass Montebello Ave's Eucalyptus daily with its "Three Graces" trunks blessing me with beauty and civility, and gather nuts shaped like cross, star, & snowflake. When Bus 34 pass by Wright Ave on Shoreline, I wave to a gnarly Pepper Tree at the corner— an old friend whom I met after seeing Kathak classical dancing in 2013. The fan-shaped leaves of Ginkgo Biloba covered the Stanford lawn in a field of yellow— Imagined meeting Goethe at Heidelberg where he wrote a poem honoring this tree. The Bamboo Grove on Ortega Ave is gone, torn down for condominium constructions, but four years ago I'd stop by for its blessings— to be flexible and rooted. The Ponderosa Pine inspired my first poem at Squaw Valley and my niece gave me a jar of pine needles when I told her my friend ate them during his Zen training in Korea. Walked down Palm Drive when Stanford Library closed at midnight, but there were ten palms in my backyard at Pamela Drive— how tall they soared as well as my mind to the skies. By the Chicken Farm at Hidden Villa, a Redbud Tree with its heart-shaped leaves greeted me— great to send it to loved ones these Nature's blossoms on Valentine's Day. Weeping Willow: Wednesday's Child full of woe— I sat by you at Boston Public Garden watching swan boats gliding in the pond pondering on mysteries & wonder of life.         — Peter Y. Chou             Mountain View, 5-2-2019	White Oak (Quercus alba) Pepper Tree (Schinus molle) Bamboo (Bambusoideae) Palm Tree (Washingtonia robusta) Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)