Tuesday, June 03, 2025

The silhouetted tree

Canopy, for now
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


It’s 8:29 p.m. on an early spring night. I’m following the dog around the neighbourhood on her final walk of the day, and we’re both enjoying the slowly fading light.

Well, I’m assuming both of us are enjoying it. Calli the Wonderschnauzer can’t exactly say so in words, but her jaunty bounce at the other end of her leash suggests she’s a happy camper.

While waiting for her to sniff some grass, I catch a glimpse of this tree against the clear sky. I flippantly call them visions, moments where I see something and think it’s worth a photo. This happens to me more often than I dare admit.

On this night, this particular tree under this particular light feels somewhat Disney-esque. I can’t quite describe it, but it feels like a signature moment in one of their formulaic movies where the camera lingers on an iconic scene as epic music swells, um, epically throughout the theatre.

The dog is really going to town on the tree trunk, so I have lots of time to pull the smartphone out and capture a single frame. It won’t show up in any Disney movie anytime soon. Or any movie, for that matter. But I’ll remember the moment all the same.

And to think it all started with a silly tree. Maybe nothing is truly silly after all.

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