Tracery

You will need to click on this photograph right away, to see it in larger size, and with more detail. I went to the grocery store after sunset today, and when I came back out, I happened to glance up at the trees silhouetted against the sky.  I was taken by the delicate tracery of the smallest branches.  The branches are so thin and so fine, and yet they will be strong enough to support so many leaves, that the branches will no longer be visible, come Spring.  I am not sure why I hadn't noticed these delicate branches before.