reach for the sun

I drove to my favorite bakery this morning to pick up some bread and sweets for easter brunch. On my way home, this roadside branch caught my attention. I liked the asymmetry of it–all the branchlets on the same side of the main branch, all desperately reaching for the sun. The sun fuels all life on earth. I think all of us in the north should desperately reach for the sun this week. It’s been a long stretch of darkness. Get outside. Reach for the sun. Spring is here!

(unidentified) branch with tiny spring buds