winter stems in summer

okay, so i have a lot of boxes tucked here and there where i toss various STILL subjects after i photograph them. one such box is a collection of straight stem and twig pieces. it’s odd, i know. i suppose, there is some nostalgic reminder of my youth playing pick-up-sticks. i was an ace at pick-up-sticks. i still have a steady hand. perhaps i should have been a surgeon. oh well, the hours would have killed me. anyway, this is a portion of my collection. i really should save these winter stems images for february and march when finding STILL subjects is three times harder than now. but, the house has been topsy turvy ever since the tree fell on the roof. so, today, i am reaching for a ready box of color and texture which is in sharp contrast to the lush greenness outside my door.

stem and twig collection