Leafless

Wanderin' Weeta recently blogged about leafless trees and her attempts to capture their beauty. By chance, I had just sorted through some shots I took last winter of the trees back on the local trails.

My inspiration was a bit different than finding beauty, unfortunately. The trails here are so green and full of life during the summer that it is nearly stunning to see what the foliage exposes once it is gone. With a great wealth of trees downed from overgrowth and heavy storms during the year, the landscape always strikes me as a desolate place more than the home of summer green.

Every year around March when Spring has obviously defeated Winter's grasp on the area, the trees remain naked, tricking me into thinking they will finally succumb to the dismal elements and never bloom again. But then, almost overnight, the Blue Bells start to blossom, the trees turn green, and all is well.

Nonetheless, leafless trees are still pretty neat looking.