The Photograph
I was out camping in my local San Bernardino mountains and as I was headed back home down Highway 38 near Angelus Oaks, and I noticed this old tree standing near the side of the road. It had obviously been dead for many years but it refused to give up the ghost. It stood tall and proud in death as it did in life. It simply took my breath away. Such strength, such determination, even though it was no longer living.
I am sad to say that this old tree fellow is no longer standing. It was burned to ash as a series of wildfires burned though the area where it once stood in July 2018.
 
*All photographs are printed with a white margins to help frame the photograph within the paper. Photograph is a bit smaller than the actual size of the photo paper. This is intentional.