Went #Hiking in #RedwoodRegional this morning with one of my friends. We got a little bit of rain, but not much.
Took #GrahamTrail to #WestRidge to #Madrone and then down #Starflower to #TresSendes back to #WestRidge and #GrahamTrail.
The #StreamTrail and #TresSendes intersection has a new bridge!
That particular log has been there for years, and it's really cool to see how they've integrated a bridge into it!
On a long ago day, snow lingered on the coppery arbutus trees and the sky reinvented the colour blue.
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#Madrone #Arbutus
One of my favorite old tree photos, this is #Madrone #ArbutusMenziesii in Sonoma County CA for #ThickTrunkTuesday
Bark of an arbutus tree also known as madrone. An amazing tree that grows in some areas of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
#Arbutus, aka Pacific #Madrone (Arbutus menziesii).
#TextureTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday #PNW #PacificNorthwest #TreeBark
Arbutus (Arbutus menziesii) An amazing tree that shed its bark in layers as it ages.
Some of my favorite trees in the Seattle area (or throughout the PNW for all that matter) are the Pacific madrones (Arbutus menziesii). They're also known as madrona, arbutus and other names, typical of what we humans do with "biological classifications". I think they're some of the most striking trees in the forest understory, with their red/yellow/orange bark popping in among the darker hued redcedar and fir. These are actually in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, but the shot captures the trees' lithe twisting forms just as well as along the coastline. Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington, USA
@bomengidsnl The common name of this tree in Dutch reminded me of the difference in names for Fragaria in Dutch/German vs English: Aardbei/Erdbeere vs Strawberry.
Regardless of the true etymology for the 'straw' in 'strawberry', I always found the difference with 'earthberry' intriguing.
(BTW, the common English name for the tree is just the genus name Arbutus, except in California and the western US, where the Spanish-derived name Madrone is used.)
Painting #219 "The Teacher" Revised today.
For the main critter I used a small madrone tree that I saw in Castle Rock park. I put four cruiters staring at eye of the tree. The students talk with the teacher, the teacher watches himself, and he’s, like, “Who am I? What am I doing?” On the lower right, the teacher about to teach another class. Teachers learn from their students.
Earlier this week, I went on a photo excursion to my secret spot with lots of arbutus (madrone) trees. The weather was a bit dramatic: strong winds, showers and thunder. Imagine walking outside with a tripod when there is thunder... Anyway, I came back home with lots of images and this is one of them.
The arbutus, also known as madrone, is an interesting tree that I love to photograph. The bark peels off over time in a dramatic way, revealing a finer layer in the brown and redish tones, and a core that goes from yellow to red. Sometimes part of the outer bark turns black. The tree appears dead but it is not.
For this shot, I was interested in the texture of the bark.
