shattered...

...is how i feel today

i went to check on this in my neighbor's' yard and found it unfurling... thought it would make a perfect blip for the day since the lighting was so good with the sun out and all.

but then i was coming back - lo and behold - here's this splintered tree... exactly how i'm feeling today - splintered... shattered - didn't sleep well - struggling with two massive kinds of headaches... and so this ragged wood of the tree seemed so very representative for my day...

plus i got sort of enchanted with the colors and textures once i really looked at it... all the layers that are involved with wood - with trees - how they grow... how often do we take the time to observe trees - the benefit we reap from them - their leaves, bark, trunks, branches, roots; the whole of it - in every aspect... they are amazing.

trees are simple things aren't they? and yet they represent two degrees for me today - two spectrums that i relate to: being shattered as well as being awed... how can that not make

for a

happy day.....