Finished my first frame with broken birch branches

The birch tree branches that fell were too beautiful to throw away, 

so I decided to frame one of my paintings 

Measuring and sawing the branches to size ...

Actually the birch tree you see in the painting, 

is the one from which the branches fell during the ice storm

Hot air drying the frame before framing ...

Here is a black bear on birch bark

Finished my first frame in birch!