Enchanted Forest : Italy

I was being watched suspiciously as I photographed these beautiful but melancholy trees.  A storm had just passed dropping some rain, the air was humid and smelled of earth.   New varieties of olives have put these trees out to pasture and the orchard has thinned out. The usefulness of this surreal cast of characters has been diminished so they just hangout, tell stories, move around at night and keep watch.