I made this picture around 7:00pm on July 26, 2016. The roads around the lake were mostly covered in shadow, but the odd beam of light shone through from time to time – in this case picking out this juniper.

I’m not fond of junipers. When we got our house in Briarcliff Manor we inherited a number of overgrown junipers. I believe that once they get beyond a certain point there’s no way back for an overgrown juniper. All you can do is cut them down. So that’s what I did and not only did I cut them down I also dug out the roots. And very hard work it was too.

Fast forward 18 years and we acquired out lake house and lo and behold we inherited another bunch of overgrown junipers. This time I cut them down, but I’m now older and I didn’t have the will (or I suspect the strength) to dig out the roots.

This one is in a neighbors garden and no matter what the merits of junipers are I loved the light and lovely colors in this shot.