cathedral

I have an annual ritual of buying my Christmas tree the day after thanksgiving. Today my friends and I went to a farm owned by a wonderful couple who live generously. Instead of charging us for our trees, they gave them to us for free- and washed our muddy shoes for us! While we were wandering the farm, looking for the perfect tree I saw this old, rotting tree stump. Presumably, this tree was part of holiday celebration in the past, and now what is left of the stump has weathered away, resembling a tiny cathedral of wooden columns reaching to the sky.