https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/silvertrees/ Recent content in Silvertrees on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Sun, 24 Jul 2022 18:40:15 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-07-24-this-is-from-a-few/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 18:40:15 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-07-24-this-is-from-a-few/ <p>This is from a few days ago when <a href="https://instagram.com/withoutaleaf">@withoutaleaf</a> and I were up on Plum Pudding Hill. I just wanted to post this to remind myself of this handful of mature silver trees that survived the fire. The trunks were scorched but they came through unlike most.</p> <p>I mentioned that silver trees are hard to photograph. It&rsquo;s because the top side of the leaf has a gorgeous metallic shine thanks to a profusion of fine hairs. But the underside is a deep green. In photographs this usually gives the impression that they&rsquo;re a kind of grey green tree. But up close and personal, they&rsquo;re just spectacular.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-07-24-im-heading-out-thaddaway-this/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:44:20 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-07-24-im-heading-out-thaddaway-this/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18069262327310191.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17972744521643583.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18184048048169041.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>I’m heading out thaddaway this afternoon for a different bit of mountain. Pic 2: cork trees really demonstrating why that bark we find so useful evolved. The fire swept through them but all survived in their protective coats. These aren’t indigenous trees but I hope they preserve a couple of the big ones. Pic 3: to my delight, <a href="https://instagram.com/withoutaleaf">@withoutaleaf</a> joined me on my mountain jaunt the other day. She pointed out the profusion of silver tree saplings that are coming up everywhere after the fire. I’d managed not to notice. Fire is, of course, part of the protea life cycle - hence the name. I can’t describe how beautiful silver trees are. And they’re hard to photograph for a number of reasons. But in real life they’re like something Tolkien and Doctor Seuss would come up with by the fireside after several glasses of wine.</p>