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I like the way you shot this with the shadows on the fallen leaves.

this is an interesting picture. 

First what is crepe myrtle?  Is it indiginous to where you live?  How tall does it grow?  I have never heard of this plant.  It looks like trees that are quite tall.

I agee with Marilyn the shadowing is great.  I like the contrasts.

Crepe myrtles are small trees/large bushes that are covered with many small flowers in the spring.   I focused on the shape and texture of the trunks, rather than on the foliage.

Well I have learned something again.  I have a theory, If I don't learn something everyday, it is a wasted day.

I like this picture.

A great philosophy, that.   A few years ago, some doctors did research on an abbey of nuns, whose order required intellectual activity.   They were always learning something new. 

The remarkable thing was that they generally lived to be very old, and very few of them exhibited any signs of dementia normally associated with extreme age.  It seems that "use it or lose it" applies to minds, too.

Keep learning.

Yes I can buy that.  Our dad was always reading and studying, both the Bibly as well as other books primarily history.  When he died he was alert to the end and always had something of value to say.  Many other old people I know spend their days talking about what happened 50 years ago.  So I guess I said all that to simply say I agree with  "use it or loose it"  when it comes to the mind as well.

Considering that you focussed particularly on the shape/texture, I think you did a most remarkable job!  It's really quite striking.

Thank you, Al.   Everyone focuses on the lovely blossoms they produce, but I think there is great beauty in the trunk and limbs of these trees.