Peeled Away Bark

Stripping outer layers for inner growth...

The Ball Jar

Roots drawing sustenance in hydroponic clarity...

Up Against The Wall

Bulldozed and uncultivated to rearrange landscape...

Reeds

Later to dry up and become tumbleweeds...

Fresh Shoots

Bravely seeking their way up to the light...

On Spring's Doorstep

Waiting to bud and grow...

Slender young forest
Weathering a few young winters
Waits...
To spring forth new shoots
Fearing nothing unknown.

Age will bring mars and scars, experience
Strength to roots, trunks, branches, twigs
Waiting...
For storms and winds to pass
Fearing not the known.

Prickly Pear

Poised in relief...