Like a fingerprint, patterns in wood grain are unique to the type of tree and the way in grows in its environment. With over 60,000 different tree species on our planet, there are a lot of variations.

“Follow the grain in your own wood.” — Howard Thurman

Similarly, in a way, the ice crystals of frost create unique patterns based on fractal process development and the variations in the surfaces on which they form.

“Frost is the greatest artist in our clime – he paints in Nature and describes in rime.” — Thomas Hood

This Unique Challenge is brought to Lens-Artists by Amy (click HERE for her post with some wonderful examples of the unique in Nature).

(and in case you didn’t see it, here’s one I posted on Wednesday that I really like…)