Toulky Šumavou - Putování za památnými stromy – Maršálková Jitka (2018)

Trees are a part of our ordinary and everyday life. We often don't even notice their omnipresence and pass by them during our daily journeys without much thought. Each tree is a landmark in the landscape that it inextricably shapes. This book will introduce its readers to the trees that have stood in their places for centuries and have survived dozens of human lives. Their presence represents a kind of certainty, which, in the form of new beginnings during the spring months, offers new awakenings, only to reveal their greatest strength, beauty, and majesty throughout the summer. In autumn, they then offer an incredible palette of colors accompanied by the irreplaceable rustle that accompanies footsteps on fallen leaves. The rustling of leaves is then replaced by silence, during which the trees gather strength for new beginnings, allowing us to glimpse the bare, twisted branches that will soon be covered by snow. The book you are holding will inspire you to wander through Šumava in search of trees located in beautiful, interesting, and sometimes abandoned places where human dwellings once stood and people lived.