I enjoy this time of year because I can see the shapes of the trees and the vast network of branches as well as the sky. I love it the freedom, the movement, and the vastness of space as much as I love trees in full leaf.

I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. They go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far! (John Muir)

 (Click here for an interesting bit of information about the ways trees communicate with each other.)