When I first walked up on this scene, I was struck by the graceful shadows in the snow that fell below the chaotic jumble of old weeds and tumbling-down fence. The grace-from-chaos theme struck a chord with me…

A fallen Northern Pin Oak leaf rests on melting snow.

Fresh winter snow caps a brightly colored cluster of Highbush Cranberry berries (Viburnum opulus var. americanum), adding an eye-catching flash of color to the winter woods.

A cold winter morning reveals sharp hoarfrost crystals growing on soft new snow resting on the crook of twigs.