White Trees

The Spring is an important moment of rebirth in the year life cycle of a tree.  Hardly another leaf has opened, but the white blooms begin to appear.

Wild Pear and chairs.  

Wild Pear, moonrise.

One Spring a branch collapsed under the weight of the bloom.

...and survived to bloom the next season.

Shadows, plowed field, white trees.

The same tree the next year.

Homescapes: Photographs from within walking distance.

A way across the land:  Roads and walkways through Smith County.

Water crossing the road, Smith County.

Driveway at night.

Dean Church Road turns the corner.

Lake Road into the middle Butler Creek bottom.

Walter's Bluff Bridge on the Sabine.

13-Club Eastside drive.

Indian Creek.

The destinations:

Stu's bees.

Cedars swallowing a house.

Liquor.

Shuttered brothel window.

White Gate.

Chair on a wall.

Porch corner.

Plowed field.

Roadside shooting gallery.

Cedar Shadow sliding into treeline.

Cut forest.

Creek bottom spring brush.

Holly and clouds.

Great Horned Owl.

Water Oaks.

Following the water:

Butler Creek at Dean Church Road bridge.

13-Club Lake.

Cattle tank, Mt Sylvan.

Butler Creek from Dean Church Road Bridge.

Moon leaving a tree.