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.)
(Click here for an interesting bit of information about the ways trees communicate with each other.)
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I too find the bare trees graceful and interesting. I like dead trees as well. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteMe too - I love the intricacy of the branches and how they either twist around each other or grow gracefully upwards towards the light. These are some of my favourite types of photos. Nicely done. :D
ReplyDeleteI love the bare trees too! Great photos. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteNice pictures and interesting post. They can talk to each other all they want but if they start talking to me I'm outta there!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots Sandy! I really love the naked trees against the sky!
ReplyDeleteGosh, it's so beautiful the intricacy of the branches how the interweave amongst each other as they do... beautiful photos.
ReplyDeletevery pretty,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo! Love trees!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots! I enjoy what bare trees we have in FL during the winter but always welcome the bright green leaves back.
ReplyDeleteThe contrast of the trees is wonderful, you have a great eye!
ReplyDeleteThat's some gray sky through those stately trees!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and I really like the theme.
ReplyDeleteI think that bare trees are beautiful also. I didn't think about it so much until I started taking pictures. Photography really makes you take note of the world, doesn't it?
ReplyDeletewhen trees are bare you can see so much more detail from them great photos
ReplyDeleteNice pictures. It is nice to see the naked trees in just two colors.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos.Superb shots of the trees.
Two beautiful photos, two beautiful moments.
ReplyDeleteSecond is best.
ReplyDeleteNice
I never liked bare trees before, until this winter, when I started to take pictures, and really really look at them closer! Now I know that they are very beautiful and even have a mythical appeal to me! At least the ones I saw with the mistletoe in them did ...
ReplyDeleteI have an award for you on my Thirsday Thirteen post I did yesterday, but I forgot to tell you!
Will you come and get it?
looked at them of course, forgive me ...
ReplyDeleteQuite original ... trees look great.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! Nice use of the trees to add contrast to the gloomy skies.
ReplyDeleteAlexander
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Beautiful post... I will certainly call back to follow that link.
ReplyDeleteLike friend`s. :) Holding hands.
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend to you! :)
Very interesting post! I love trees as you can see on my post today.
ReplyDeleteI love old tree...think about all the people that has seen this tree...in hundreds of year . All the stories that tree could tell:))
ReplyDeleteLes arbres avec ou sans feuille sont fascinants.
ReplyDeleteWith or without leaves trees fascinate.
Growing together... growing apart...it reminded me of the wonderful poem by Kalil Gibran Kalil...Great title and pictures...Thank tou for your visit.Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteNice pictures....
ReplyDeleteSandy, very, very beatiful your picture, the shape of the roots, it is the freedon into the land.
ReplyDeletek.
It's wery nice your photos to day:)
ReplyDeleteI love the tangle of the branches .. nice photos
ReplyDeleteA fantastic sky watch post! This is the first winter that I have really ENJOYED the bare trees....but i really have! You can see some of the birds a lot better in bare trees too!
ReplyDeleteTrees communicate ~ a very interesting abstract…your pictures are Wonderful
ReplyDeleteVery intersting perspective :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like tree no 1. :)
ReplyDeleteinteresting shape
Hi Sandy,
ReplyDeleteI agree that naked trees are very beautiful. But here in Ontario they're naked for more that half the year. I'm ready for dome leaves! ;-) (And won't seee many till May.)
Lovely pictures.
ReplyDeleteEdmund & percival.
I love bare trees, too. They're so interesting. I was just thinking as I saw your first picture that you can't see the sky so well through the tree when all the leaves are on.
ReplyDeleteTrees in winter have their own sculpture. All Interesting. MB
ReplyDeleteI love this concept you photographed and put forth in text here--just lovely!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting, how they give the appearance of intelligent communication. The embrace and the shun.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you captured those shots.
I love old trees so this picture is perfect for me....
ReplyDelete:D
I love big tree!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, and I love the first one
ReplyDeleteI love sky picture through the trees like that. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love trees.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I have taken so many pictures of bare branches against the sky - there's just something about it. :)
ReplyDeletegreat tree shots - they look so abstract against the white sky.
ReplyDeleteI like the bare trees too, nice pictures and good title.
ReplyDeleteAmazing!!! You view the world a bit like I do I think.
ReplyDeleteI looked out my window one very snowy day and noticed two tree branches bending together in the shape of a heart, but you could only tell because of the snow... by th time I got around to try taking a photo the snow was gone and you couldn't see the heart anymore.
I'm waiting patiently for more snow!
Excellent post, Sandy! Any intriguing title, good photographs, and commentary. What more could one ask for?
ReplyDeleteSandy, great photos for Skywatch Friday! And a lovely quote from John Muir... :D
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures! Always happy to meet a fellow tree fan, and John Denver fan. Bye for now.
ReplyDeleteI am a Tree. Freak. I am so happy you shared this. I so miss them. Living in the desert is sad for me, because they're (for the most part) not here. Have a gr8 weekend, Sandy!
ReplyDeleteVery creative post! I love your thoughts that accompany the photos.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! A friend of mine in Germany is very occupied with trees at the moment. They really speak to her. Much like, the way you have expressed yourself. Very, very nice!
ReplyDeleteNice contrasts. Well caught.
ReplyDeleteSplendid clusters from the trees and behind the SWF, marvellous your idea!
ReplyDeleteI never paid much attention to the beauty of the bare trees until participating in SKY WATCH FRIDAY.I really enjoy the pictures that show the beauty of the bare trees.They are amazing.
ReplyDeleteSky and trees, very interesting photo.
ReplyDeleteLook my sky at BOA LEITURA
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Luiz
Nice pictures and title. When my son was about 4yrs old we were in the mountains on a trip and he was thrilled by all the trees with no leaves (We don't see alot of that here). Anyway he started calling them "naked trees" I guess from a 4 year old perspective they were.
ReplyDeleteAlways love trees in winter, yo get to see the 'insides' of them.
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by my blog, happy Friday!!!
Lovely pictures. There's a lot you can see inside a forest when the trees are taking a rest during winter. I like the John Muir quote; when I was much younger I did a like of hiking and backpacking in the Sierras and felt I was walking in his footsteps.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite parts of winter is the shapes of trees. Thanks for capturing that and sharing it with us. I recently posted a photo that caught my eye with the shape of a tree.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it cool the way everything communicates? I see alarms spread throughout the animals in the forest; up one ridge and down the other. The more we know the less we know. I love the outlines of trees, too. Passed a great one yesterday but because of all the snow, there was no way to turn around on the backroad to get back. I'll go tomorrow if possible. My SWF is here. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI like to look at the trees and think of the stories that they could tell. I'd bet they'd remember when they grew each set of branches as each would undoubtedly be associated with something they saw or something new they heard in the wind.
ReplyDeleteThe shapes of the trees are wonderful. Nice shots :) thanks for the comments on my photo, I'm not sure what kind of tree it is but the white part is snow :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your generous comments. I love the theme of your skywatch post and how perfectly you captured it with those tree photos. I never tire of looking at images of trees. So wise.
ReplyDeleteI love trees too. I use a lot of them on my blog. I had one post entitled "Stryker" that you might like. I look forward to reading your poems. Thanks for your comment on my blog.
ReplyDeleteLove them, great shot so lacy looking.
ReplyDeleteI too love the to view the skeletons of trees, they are so beautiful etched against the sky. I have been taking many photos of them in the past couple of weeks maybe I'll get one or so up on my blog. Thanks for sharing .
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.