Spring is in the air, I can tell through my watery, itchy eyes, and I just couldn’t stand sitting at my sewing machine another minute today. I went for a long, lovely walk and of course I was drawn to the trees.  I loved the contrast of this small bud emerging right from the gnarly bark. I loved the texture and depth of the bark on the trees in the picture below, too. They are like layers of documents pasted one on top of each other, each marking the passing of another year.