For a long time I’ve been noticing trees, thinking about trees, taking pictures of trees. Especially in the winter, trees amaze me. They are gigantic plants, growing from the ground for decades and centuries. Like many kids, I always loved climbing trees and always wanted to build a tree house but we never really had any good tree house trees in our yard. I was fascinated by the forest and loved wandering through the very small wooded area near our house. There was a mostly dead apple orchard and horse farm on the other side that was both magical and creepy as hell and we loved going over there to see the horses and scare each other shitless about imagined beasts and beings that lurked in the orchard. (more…)