Trees are freakin' rad

I went for a walk in the woods by myself today.  It was the first time I'd done that in quite some time, and I realized I missed it.  Anyways, I brought my camera along with me and took some pictures of some of the crazy tree-related things I saw.

Sure I could have put these in with the Day 4 post...but ya know what;  I like trees THAT much, so they get their own post. 

Oh hey.  Look at that disturbance-caused gap (or is it a patch?)  

I need to get back into the woods more often.  Forgot how much I like it.