Birch Trees

While reading Wade Davis' The Clouded Leopard this afternoon, I lay back on the living room sofa to give my eyes a rest. I gazed out the window upon these birch trees that grow in front of our home and suddenly saw them in a different way. They were dazzling in the sunlight, shaggy and wild, like pulsing veins that connect the earth and sky. Sometimes when we see something familiar in a whole new way, it's good to have a camera nearby to capture the momentary inspiration!