Medusa trees

The advantage of winter is that you can see what the leaves hide the rest of the year—the shape of the tree. These trees, of which there is a long row in Furman Park, always make me think of Medusa.

In Greek mythology Medusa was generally described as having the face of a hideous human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. These branches, swirling every which way, remind me of those snakes.