Day 119

I was grumpy when I arrived at the gym this evening. I was hoping to run outside, but Mother Nature had other plans. Now I was forced onto the dreaded treadmill, something I had hoped I had shed until fall.

There are little islands of mulch and trees in the parking lot, and as I passed by this particular tree I was so struck by the oddness of the leaves growing straight out from the trunk that I had to stop and take a picture.

It was like they just couldn't wait to pop out all the way on a branch- they just poked right through the trunk instead. I can't tell you why it made me smile- but it did. 

Today's pic represents defying the norm, and how doing so can sometimes make people stop and take notice. And maybe smile.