So I have to confess that today’s photo was actually taken by my sister. We went out hiking in the East Bay at this remote trail that was unlike anything else I’ve ever explored in the Bay Area. On the hike we saw these trees that I see now and then around here. They have this strange smooth bark. I’ve often wondered if it’s some kind of tree illness that causes this. If it is, it’s rather pretty anyway.

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