Life where there didn’t appear to be any at first

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In the same place where I photographed the lichen in the Upper Bull Creek Greenbelt on December 18th, I saw an oak tree that appeared to be dead, but then I noticed that on one dilapidated branch a few leaves had managed to grow, and they were even turning the red that it’s their nature to turn near the end of the year.

© 2014 Steven Schwartzman