Wednesday 30 August 2017

Close to Trees

The late afternoons of this Winter are balmy and beautiful. I love to take Sir Steve dog for a stroll, ambling along the bike paths and footpaths at his pace, his nose forever sniffing the tree trunks and grass while my eyes look up to the treetops.

The golden, mellow light highlights the eucalypts and paperbarks; a soft glow that signals the evening is not far away. I love the shapes of branches and leaves set against the sky and the shadows, cast by straight, tall trunks, as the sun begins its descent.

A paperbark down by the creek. 

Leaves in light and trunks in shadow.

Tall gums touched by late afternoon light.

Golden treetops along the path towards home.

The trees we walk by and under, and the forest that begins on the ridge close by, make it feel as though we live far from the bustle of the city here. Cooling our little pocket of suburbia, shading our streets and paths, cleansing our air, providing a home for native wildlife and connecting us to nature. Without these trees, our place wouldn't be the same.

Meg

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  1. I love how you have framed your photo's for this post Meg! I'm not that clever on a computer, it looks great!

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    1. Thanks but it wasn't me! My son has set this border on our little camera and I have no idea how to remove it. I think it looks nice too, though:) Meg

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    2. Ha Ha! Oh those young'ins, they walk all over us when it comes to technology!

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  2. Goodmorning Meg, I have thing for trees as well,I quite often go upstairs, at work, to the high rise acute hospital building (I work on the first floor) to look out at all the green I can see in Redcliffe. We really do have a lot of trees, it's not until you can look down on the landscape that you realise how many trees there are and how green it is. Trees are precious. Have a lovely day.
    Fi

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    1. What a great view you must have from the top of that building, Fiona. I'd be up there all the time! Meg:)

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  3. I love paper bark trees...when we moved into our house 6 years ago they lined the streets in our little block...sadly a couple of years ago the council removed them because they were blocking up the drains....it was one of the beautiful things when you drove into our street and I miss them.

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    1. Tree-lined streets are lovely, aren't they! Not long ago, council came and removed a paperbark tree from our little street too, Kathy, for same reason. They are fine down by the creek though:) Meg

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  4. It looks like a lovely area for a walk, Meg. I haven't been walking for ages and now I see signs up everywhere warning about swooping magpies.

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    1. Thankfully, we haven't had a problem with swooping magpies where we walk, Chel, but last year we saw a warning sign further along the bike track. Dodging swooping magpies makes for a far less relaxing walk! Meg:)

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  5. Such a beautiful area Meg. I was riding my bike this morning and everything is wet from the rain but the smells stronger. All of a sudden there was a strong eucalyptus smell. It literally made me stop and I said out loud 'wow, that's beautiful.'
    Thanks for sharing your walk and photos.
    Kylie

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    1. How very lovely, Kylie! When the paperbarks are in flower here, their scent fills the air too. Meg:)

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  6. Beautiful, I have always been fascinated by trees.

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    1. There is a wonderful book out at the moment called "The Hidden Life of Trees". I'm hoping to get it through the local library. Perhaps you might enjoy it too. Meg:)

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    2. Thanks Meg I shall have a look on Amazon.

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