Keeping it Simple

On a trip to Saluda, North Carolina, 
we went to an orchard and picked a basket of apples.

When we got home this one was on the bottom. The way a few leaves and stem had come away with it and been pressed together in the basket gave it character. The bruise made it downright poignant and so I decided it had to be painted! Sometimes the days that knock us around and mess up our hair are the most interesting.