A Quaking Aspen tree with green bark in the parking lot at the AMC Highland Center at Crawford Notch. When I think of a "cheery" tree, I think of quaking aspens. Why cheery you might ask?

Paper birch is notoriously messy, shedding its thin bark, flowers ... find a number of similarities (at least visually) in the aspen tree, but they are not without their fair share of challenges ...

I was up in the White Mountains this weekend, walking out to my car in the AMC’s Highland Center parking lot after a hike, and there between the buildings and the cars was a gorgeous aspen tree ...