A Slant on Birches

Birches can put you off-course if you take the time to contemplate how they...........

.......Stand in a Crowd
or
Crowd a Stand ...............





.....can be the Center of Attention
or
become the Attention Off-Center.......






........Deceive, On an angle and up-side-down
or
Receive, Up-close and personal.........





.......Color the Accent
or
Accent the Color.........




.........Darken the Light
or
Lighten the Dark.........




No matter the season or the angle, it is difficult to ignore a birch.

I Wish You Could Hear the Stillness

Over the hills and through the woods.......I can't get lost if I follow my own cross-country ski tracks.


An aging snowman guards a solitary soul resting in the prime lake-front cemetery.


The December high-noon sun clears the distant hills but is incapable of creating short shadows.


Even in oblique winter rays, my sun-drenched swing invites a quiet repose...


Can you hear the chime break the stillness?