We were driving along one late summer day in 2022 and came upon a sharp curve in the road to the right. As I negotiated the curve, out of the corner of my eye to the left, I saw what I thought, in that fleeting moment, a body of water surrounded by some trees. We tried to mark the spot and plan our return.
Return we did, in fact, later that year in October. The was no entrance to that area from the thoroughfare we had been on previously and after considerable searching we finally found the pond which lay within the confines of the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
The weather was perfect, a slight breeze put the trees in motion, and in the surroundings the autumn colors were in full array. There was a relatively small patch of ground there, the rest being undergrowth or water, but it was ample to take a variety of colorful pictures.
One of the trees there was this willow tree whose long hanging branches swayed most beautifully in the breeze. It was quite captivating and resulted in a picture taken that day being in our Etsy Shop in two versions. Trees – Untitled #91, which is the original picture, and this picture which is an edited version that captures a bit of the mystique of that day.