Half Dead
Most days I take the back way to work, which means about a 20-mile drive on a two-lane farm road. I look at this tree every day, and have been a little sad this summer to see that most of the tree’s branches are dead.
The other morning, I pulled the car out of the garage, noticed interesting clouds in the west (the way I’d shortly be heading), and went back inside for the camera. And this is what I saw when I got to the tree.
Mallard Road and FM 1485
Hockley County, Texas
photographed 8.10.2018
Posted on August 20, 2018, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, FM 1585, hockley county, hockley county texas, learning to see, Leica, melinda green harvey, monochrome, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, road trip, texas, thoughtful seeing. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
I feel sorry for the tree, because it looks like it will probably die. But it is a great photo and the tree will be memorialized here.
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I’ll be surprised if it survives the winter, but those old elms are tenacious and hang on for a long time – longer in many cases than the houses they were planted beside. (There’s no indigenous trees out here.) As a warning, there is a (large) chance that I’ve become a little obsessed with this tree.
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😧😟
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Great shot … the tree doesn’t look too good though, shame
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People planted these elm trees beside their farm houses, so I am pretty sure the tree’s outlasted a house. But I’ll be surprised if there are leaves on the tree next spring.
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