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The trees became sculptures with immense strength pulling one quickly into the sky....they are their own presence.

I love when one intention metamorphoses into another. I was brought to another layer of creating while in the woods doing field work for a class and the desire to take a photo of one of my favorite views of trees (below), reminding me of a circle, reminding me of relationships, reminding me.

The transformation happened again while compiling the photos. As the photos were placed next to each other they created other worlds.

Countryside

A glitch with the camera brought us back to winter!

Pain

New growth.

Zigzag

Heart

Mushrooms

Stream

Cedar

There were many cedar trees on our walk and the texture of the bark drew me in to take more and more photos.

This reminded us of our visit to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in northeastern France.

A bunny hopping across the sky.

Going home.

Sugar Bush

 As a family, we've volunteered many hours over the years at a local farm and this was the first time we helped at the sugar bush. Our daughter is a pro and helped us along the way with the maple syrup process.

 Carrying a full pail of maple sap.

 Maple sap dripping into containers.

 Skimming foam off the top of the vat that evaporates the maple sap and shaking it off onto the ground.

 Abstract scene of steam floating off the vat of evaporating maple sap.

 A couple images hiding in the trees.

 Collecting maple sap.

 Filtering the maple sap.

Nearby, our son made himself a little camp while wishing we had some marshmallows to roast.

Our son said pointing up, "Look... near the chimney!" It took me a moment and then I saw what he was pointing at...the steam and heat blurring the vision of the trees in the background.