Gasparilla Island, Florida

Banyan Trees by MaeFlowers
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These beautiful banyan trees, forming an arch over Banyan Street in Boca Grande (on Gasparilla Island, Florida), invited me in to explore their mysteries.
They stand in rows along both sides of the street, offering shade and relief from the beach and the hot sun. The lovely curves of their trunks, in soft shades of browns and grays, form shapes that start to look like creatures believed, in Philippine Mythology, to inhabit these trees.
Banyan trees are considered sacred in Hinduism, a symbol of eternal life. It is believed that Buddha achieved enlightenment while sitting under a banyan tree.
To me they are magical, and will always be my favorite tree.