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April 24, 2023: Shagbark Hickory

To be in the presence of a shagbark hickory tree is indescribable. There are no words. Beautiful, wild, and majestic don’t even come close. It’s just as impossible to capture all of it in images. No matter what angle, what focus, how near or far, photos don’t do justice. Some things just have to be experienced to get the full effect – to simply be in the presence of these beauties. Hiking around this little life of mine, knowing I can go visit them whenever I want, knowing they are always there no matter where I am, gives me peace of mind and happiness.

black and white silhouette of a shagbark hickory tree in the forest with other trees around as well as a large rock
photo looking up two shagbark hickory trees with rough bark and blue sky background
looking at the base of the trunk of two shagbark hickory trees; the ground is covered in leaves and moss
silhouette of a shagbark hickory, with its shadow in the foreground
looking up a shagbark hickory tree with its rough bark
closeup of a porcupine shitting atop a shagbark hickory limb
shagbark hickory in the distance with the woods in the background and a grey sky
looking up the rough bark of a shagbark hickory
photo of two limbs of a shagbark hickory tree with bright blue sky background
closeup of the rough bark of a shagbark hickory tree
closeup of a limb coming out of a dollop in a shagbark hickory tree
looking upward at the flaking rough bark of a shagbark hickory tree
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Black & white

black and white of a stark landscape of field and sky with hills in distance

The redwing blackbirds have announced that Spring is around the corner but in the meantime we will have many fluctuations in the weather. Hot, cold, melting, ice, mud, buds, frost. So it goes. Which reminds me of opposites, and starkness. Things will be more or less monochromatic for a while. So, I finally added some pics to the Black & White gallery. Things aren’t always black and white but when they are, they can say so much with their stark beauty.