[Photos] Karri Forest - Boranup
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moonvoiceActually I should have posted the drive down to Margaret River first.
These are from last year.
This year we'll be going to Dunsborough, if all works out,
breaking a ten year loyalty to a particular place,
that is no longer as good.
We are so lucky to be able to travel freely. I have been craving sitting on white beach sands and staring out at the horizon and feeling endless.
But here are karri forests in Djeran (autumn), that make me feel endless in an entirely different way.
A tiny bit of yellow Hibbertia in the foreground.
Hibbertia
Caves Road. Yes, there are many caves along this road, including Mammoth Cave, that the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) has recorded albums inside of, because well, y'know, it's mammoth.
I love how the jarrah trees stand out from the karri with their darker bark.
Soon to join the rest of the dun brown leaf litter, but all golden for now.
The light that turns everything not quite golden, and more certainly silver.
BABIES
BABIES!!!
A fairy ring fit for beetle royalty.
Ooze. Some of our Eucalyptus trees bleed thick red sap, that dries to red resin, some of which is used in Indigenous healing.
The bleeding tree.
Electric orange
Bill Bryson once compared karri trees to redwoods, and said he preferred the former, even though the latter were taller. Which I always kind of adored. Anyway these are juvenile karri trees. They are not the mature giants they will become.
Disk
It was very hard not to eat this one.
Disk part 2
Hopefully we'll see you next month, Boranup.
These are from last year.
This year we'll be going to Dunsborough, if all works out,
breaking a ten year loyalty to a particular place,
that is no longer as good.
We are so lucky to be able to travel freely. I have been craving sitting on white beach sands and staring out at the horizon and feeling endless.
But here are karri forests in Djeran (autumn), that make me feel endless in an entirely different way.
A tiny bit of yellow Hibbertia in the foreground.
Hibbertia
Caves Road. Yes, there are many caves along this road, including Mammoth Cave, that the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) has recorded albums inside of, because well, y'know, it's mammoth.
I love how the jarrah trees stand out from the karri with their darker bark.
Soon to join the rest of the dun brown leaf litter, but all golden for now.
The light that turns everything not quite golden, and more certainly silver.
BABIES
BABIES!!!
A fairy ring fit for beetle royalty.
Ooze. Some of our Eucalyptus trees bleed thick red sap, that dries to red resin, some of which is used in Indigenous healing.
The bleeding tree.
Electric orange
Bill Bryson once compared karri trees to redwoods, and said he preferred the former, even though the latter were taller. Which I always kind of adored. Anyway these are juvenile karri trees. They are not the mature giants they will become.
Disk
It was very hard not to eat this one.
Disk part 2
Hopefully we'll see you next month, Boranup.
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Date: 2021-04-17 05:29 pm (UTC)These are wonderful
Have a dryad's saddle!
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPIvDUcNXVhTiseXAo_An53svZ-cEOwhb1SULLlFMcw_37nV5RULQdDv-DYLFpMIA/photo/AF1QipMed_oLvkItI4MhSc9CkJSdjYDEVwWUJTdta0Ao?key=MHl2UER4OEgzTmtQWHE1SnNGVUZ3WmY4REhoOGt3
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Date: 2021-04-17 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-28 11:32 am (UTC)I'm in love with all the tiny shrooms especially, so precious <3