The Birch tree is one of my favourite trees. These photos were taken on a sunlit morning about two weeks ago.
"We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorous and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent and intimate hours." ~ Marcel Proust, Pleasures and Regrets, 1896