Nature Framed | O Christmas Tree
With Christmas just a week away, I imagine everybody has their Christmas tree up.. decked out from tip to toe with lights and tinsel and all their favorite ornaments.
So it only seemed fitting, as part of my nature themed photograph series, to design a Christmas Tree for the Season with things that I had gathered on my walks during the month of December.
I created this photo using an assortment of greens, pinecones, ornamental cherries, nuts, seeds and birch bark...
And as I stepped back to look at my tree... I marveled at the uncomplicated beauty and simplicity of nature.
A reminder that this Season does not need to be as complicated as we sometimes make it. It doesn't need to be perfect.
Perhaps, all that's needed for the real beauty of the Season to shine through... is for it to be... simple.
And I can't help but sing the words of the beautiful carol, 'O Christmas Tree'...
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
We learn from all your beauty;
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
We learn from all your beauty.
Your bright green leaves with festive cheer,
Give hope and strength throughout the year.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
We learn from all your beauty.
