Black & White Wednesday ~ Diversity

From leafy to branchy.
From full, green, colorful and changing magically to empty, sprawling, bony fingers reaching to the sky.

I love watching the trees change!

As the blustery winds and chilled air have carried us through November, I spent many moments focused (with lens, heart and mind) on the tremendous diversity of all the changing trees.

It was just ten days ago, standing under the sprawling branches that tower above the town green, that I heard the trees sharing a secret with me. The sun illuminated the leaves that still filled the great tree above, and yet the trees on the horizon were already emptied of their leaves.

No judgement. The oaks aren't worried about keeping up with the maples. All shapes and sizes. Some transitioning from summer to winter in the blink of an eye, some with leaves that linger still.

And I thought....what a beautiful picture this makes. Each tree playing their part and changing at their own pace. How lovely it would be if we'd all look at our differences this way...if we'd learn to accept, appreciate and learn from each other...if we'd rejoice in the beautiful whole that is this world.

Yup. I just love the trees!



{I'm linking up with Photo Heart Connection}