a freebie

My husband and I have been repairing a deck at one of our rental properties this week. While I has cleaning the job site, my chosen role, I saw this still-fully-intact cottonwood catkin on the ground and pocketed it. When I got home I placed it beside my computer and promptly forgot about it. Until it exploded. So I gingerly picked it up and placed it on my black background. I love this photo. And the ease with which it happened.

cottonwood tree catkin gone to seed fluff