The incredible lush greens and towering redwoods on a foggy morning at Armstrong Woods Redwood State Park in Guerneville, California.
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- Thoughts and images of Maine and beyond. I have lived in Iran, Bahrain, Hong Kong and England and I loved all of those places, but for me, Maine has been a constant... I feel most at home on this rocky shore and I became a full time resident in 1993. Winter's bitter cold and dark days were an adjustment, but I now view this season as a time of peace and creativity. This is primarily a photo blog of the things I love... the back roads, small towns, gorgeous shoreline and blissful days spent on the water, with a bit of every day minutiae thrown in just for fun. It is meant to be a companion to Flickr, a global community of photographers and a place where over nine thousand of my photos have found a home. Here, I want to combine my photo stream with a narrative for a more interactive experience and to give some additional information on the images. I hope you will take a moment to visit. All photos are my own, unless otherwise noted.
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Aren't they marvellous, those redwoods? It's a cliche, I know, to liken being amongst them as being in a cathedral but is is true. Not much can quieten this old heart but they did.
ReplyDeleteBlue ~ Walking amongst the redwoods was the one thing I truly wanted to do while we were out in California. It is like being in a cathedral with its peace and sense of wonder. I was accused of photographing every tree in the park...and in the end, found it impossible to capture the scale and majesty of those trees.
ReplyDeleteCarol wondrous images!!I yearn to see them one day!
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ReplyDeleteHow we should love to see for ourselves a forest of these truly amazing trees. Just occasionally one sees a single specimen in the UK, usually planted by the Victorians to commemorate a special event. But never more than one.
And don't they show how insignificant man [and woman too] is in the natural world?
Karena ~ Thank you very much! I'm on my way for a long overdue visit!
ReplyDeleteHello Jane and Lance, I would imagine the moderate climate in the UK would be ideal for redwoods. It was awe-inspiring to be in a forest of those magnificent trees...and in a micro climate so green and lush. The atmosphere and landscape changes dramatically a few miles away. No wonder there are so many varieties of wine in California!
It was beautiful and, more than anything else, I came away feeling very moved by the optimism, the willingness to bet on a dream and the hard work of the people who live there.