Some beautiful natural birch trees along our driveway in our front yard. I have always loved the texture and color of the birch bark as it peels. In the fall, the leaves turn a bright yellow early in the foliage season as a contrast to the greens and browns of early fall. Lamy fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink, Holbein watercolors in  a Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.