It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, and I wanted to let you know that you are on my mind. I’ve been missing your interesting shapes against the sky. I find myself seeing glimpses of you in your summer cousins. You know, the ones with fewer leaves? I see you in their branches and shadows. And I miss you more.
Don’t get me wrong, I love summer and don’t want to hasten its end. I love the long days of light, the heat, the fresh fruits and vegetables, running around with bare feet, wearing sunglasses and crop pants, and no homework. There is too much good in summer to hurry it along.
But the summer trees? Not as interesting as you. All their best features are hidden by their summer finery of leaves.
So know that when the time comes for you to return, at least one person will be rejoicing. I’ll be excited to see you this fall, with my camera in hand. I already have big plans for us.
Yours,
Kat
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That’s so true and I hadn’t seen it that way Kat. The leaves blur and obscure everything else about the trees…and they’re lovely, but when you see an old, bare branch it does bring you back to how they look in winter! Keen eye you’ve got!
Seems like a paradigm for women and their clothing 🙂
Living in the desert I too miss the winter trees, and the summer ones. You can’t hug a cactus. Your pictures are a gift for my psyche.
Vi
I was looking up at the shapes of the trees through a white cotton canopy, I could see their branches quite clearly. A lovely reminder of what will return.