It's BOTH

One of the more unusual designations in the National Park Service is for the Redwood Forest. It is both a National and a State park! I don't know how they separate out the duties and the funds but I'll have to explore that when I get a chance to visit the real trees. In the meantime, we'll enjoy the beautiful display from the Flower Show. We see more poetic license here, in more ways than one! First, the "Chandelier Tree" doesn't have a chandelier in it--it was named for the way the branches flow, resembling a chandelier. Second--the Chandelier tree is NOT part of the NPS unit. It's a privately owned area that charges for the privilege of driving through the tree. The National Park site has no entrance fees. Of course, there are no drive-thru trees in the park either--not since 1969. You have to admit though--the team did an EXCELLENT job on this display!

For this layout, I was participating in the February Virtual Crop with Creative Memories. You can see a copy of the sketch here. This month was one of the "Mystery Boxes" that CM has a few times a year. We buy the box and leave it sealed until the first sketch is released and we join in a virtual unboxing together. It's a lot of fun! Then we're encouraged to use that material for our layouts for the crop if it works with our photos (but it's not mandatory). It did work for my photos. The orange and green combinations highlighted the earthy tones of the photos. The one non-Creative Memories element is the large tree on the left. That's from the Eastern National Scrapbook kit. There's really no better embellishment for this display!