Hiding Behind

I like taking pictures of trees. If you have ever perused my instagram account you will know this to be true. Something about a tree set against a sky background appeals to me. Especially when the trees are bare, in hibernation, waiting for life to take hold again. I think they are beautiful then and I think we can relate to them a bit. For example, we all tend to grow leaves to hide our branches. In our case, our souls are our branches and we hide them behind leafy green images of ourselves in order to make us seem more beautiful. But what are our leaves? While there are many things we tend to hide behind I’m only going to discuss three. Because, as you know and I have mentioned previously, I am not an expert. This is only my own observation.

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My neighbor’s tree

I live in a desert.  You have to understand that.  If you understand that then you’ll understand my fascination with trees.  Let’s just say, I have a lot of pictures of trees.  Especially my neighbor’s tree.

Autumn

Autumn

This is how it looked in the fall.  However, one day later….

 

First snowfall

First snowfall

We received our first snow of the season.  Isn’t that kind of early? you may ask.  That’s Wyoming.

 

Winter

Winter

This is how it’s faring this winter.  Like that red neck truck parked in front?  That’s Wyoming.