Scenes from the Forest

[Lorien]

 

[EMCEE]

The Madrona is such a rare and beautiful tree.

 

[Not_Lefty]

Nice color contrast the yellow backround really makes the red from the madrone pop

 

[Lorien]

for the past several years, these trees have been suffering major blight- all the leaves turn black and die off, then the stems start to rot. We're about 1 1/2 years into a drought, and the trees, (we call em arbutus up here) are doing really well. The other nitrogen fixer which prefers the same locations, scotch broom- which is invasive- is not doing so well.
Similarly, there seem to be a healthy number of banana slugs out there, while the invasive black slugs are not as populous as previous years.
Red cedar and lodgepole pine in shallow soil areas are dying off like crazy.
Hard to know exactly what is going on, but something is definitely happening out there.

 

[Lorien]

 

[Lorien]

 

[Lorien]

 

[Lorien]

 

[EMCEE]

It’s a Faerie ladder, or would Gnome stairway be more appropriate ?

 

[EMCEE]

This hidden little gem is about 15 minutes from my house which is in the city. The falls can’t be seen from the road and it’s on a hair pin turn, thus, seldom visited.

 

[RayseM]

It’s a Faerie ladder, or would Gnome stairway be more appropriate ?

Fairies have wings so I'm guessing this is a gnome stairway - though there would appear to be a lot of jumping and reaCHing for the next step not a simple walk up .

 

[Lorien]

It’s a Faerie ladder, or would Gnome stairway be more appropriate ?

it's more of an elf on the shelf kind of thing, imo

 

[EMCEE]

Fairies have wings so I'm guessing this is a gnome stairway - though there would appear to be a lot of jumping and reading for the next step not a simple walk up .

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Excellent points you make . I needed a little more laughter in my day also. Thank you !

 

[Lorien]

 

[Lorien]

 

[EMCEE]

Got up in the snow today for work.

 

[EMCEE]

Mako looks so majestic there !

 

[RayseM]

A lovely mossy section in the woods. The deer love it in here.
These photos were taken on Friday. All buried under snow this Sunday morning. The open winter was nice while it lasted.

 

[Lorien]

looks like we're due for a little snow this week. There's lots of white stuff at higher elevations north of use which can be seen from the top o the hill, so it's comin!

 

[Lorien]