This tree grows close to our place...it's funny in daylight and a little bit spooky in the dark. I'm always amazed by nature and by how things resemble other things...by how our minds can see things that aren't really there. Shapes, textures, colours...
Sometimes nature imitates itself. Wood often has little secrets - secrets which can only be revealed if the tree or branch is cut. I see a starfish in the first pic and a cobweb in the second...