Tree Bark as Inspiration
A few Februarys ago a visit from some friends had us wandering around Van Dusen Gardens. I was disappointed by the garden beds full of anticipation and not much else. But our friends were […]
Category Archives: Trees
Photoshopping Winter Trees
For the ‘Out of this World’ photo challenge I have decided to do some transform the ordinary into something else. Driving home on the Hwy 5 seeing how the snow had […]
Tangled Growth of the Banyan and Bodhi Trees
The tangled growth of Banyan and Bodhi trees, edited in the photo app Snapseed and then cropped square. Both trees are Ficus or fig trees. The Banyan Tree is known […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dense Vegetation
I checked out ‘dense’ in Flickr; mostly it was used to describe impenetrable vegetation; occasionally fog, and once a muscle-bound character although in his case I wasn’t sure whether they were using dense to […]
The Peeling Bark of the Arbutus Tree, February’s Plant of the Month
My friend has an arbutus tree in her backyard and as she says, “They’re always dropping something.” I’m going to focus on the way the bark peels leaving behind fascinating […]
WPC: The Resilient Bristlecone Pine
If you turn a ‘desert’ into a verb, it would be ‘deserted’. Coming from the perpetually wet rain coast I am always amazed to see plants that somehow adapt to this cruel environment. One of them is […]
Coconut Palm, November’s Plant of the Month
I always long to be in a warmer and drier place than Vancouver in November. This year I headed to Mexico for my sun fix and discovered my plant of […]
