under the canopy

we have a lot of pines in mjnnesota, and many of my walks pass through (under?) groves of 60 foot evergreens. so these fallen-then-caught-again pine needles on the bare branches of the understory frequently decorate my walks. i have been wanting to photograph them for a while–but it meant either grabbing my equipment and heading back to the trial i had just walked, or snipping a branch tip and then carrying it gingerly all the way back home. neither option is much fun, so i kept putting it off. it took the threat of coming leaf-out to break my procrastination. nothing like a non-negotiable deadline for motivation.

fallen pine needles caught on bare branch