The Dormant Fig Tree

The fig tree in our backyard sheds to a stark haiku in winter. It will become an ode to spring very soon.

I couldn't quite let the graphic quality of the tree against a dull gray sky alone, and finally arrived at something  in the school of the Japanese woodblock printing.   I plead guilty to infidelity to the photographic image, and will return to the role of faithful documenter of reality, very soon.  Jim Staub