During the museum's conservation project, workers carefully documented a weathered fragment of pug and pine that revealed the clay-and-grass infill packed between the light vertical timbers used by early South Australian settlers.

We spent the weekend hiking the trails around Pine Grove and visiting the historic gold-rush sites.

The old spruce pine in the backyard provided shade and shelter for the neighborhood birds.

The solitary foothill pine stood on the ridge, its cones rattling in the dry wind.

A solitary Bosnian pine stood on the windswept ridge, its gnarled trunk a testament to centuries of mountain storms.

A grove of Sumatran pine dotted the mountainside, its needles whispering in the wind.

Pine Canyon has a small population but a strong community spirit.

Pine Flat is a quiet community near Lake Kaweah that attracts birdwatchers every spring.

A solitary pine grosbeak perched on the snow-laden spruce, pecking at seeds as winter stretched long.

The pine bunting perched quietly at the edge of the pine grove, its streaked plumage blending with the needles.