“Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
Junichiro Tanizaki
Linked to Travel With Intent where you can find links to more posts inspired by Tanizaki’s quotation.
Tag: forest
I’m a fan of … autumn foilage
While the plain to the west was all foggy yesterday and the light never penetrated the clouds properly, there were crisp blue skies and sunshine galore in the hills to the east and I took my camera and went for a walk.
Linked to I’m a fan of … #41. Have a look what other people are fans of here.
Foggy lines
Linked to Lines&Squares: #30 in October.
Verboten!
For One Word Sunday: list. And what a list it is!
It is forbidden in the forest to
- start or maintain an open fire – including a bbq fire
- smoke between 1 March and 31 October
- camp
- leave waste behind
- drive on forest tracks without a permit
Violations are a misdemeanour and carry a fine of up to 10,000 DM. Forestry office Bad Bergzabern.
From the fine it is clear that this is an old sign. But boy, does it feed into prejudices about Germans. 😜
More lists or possibly listing photographs, have a look here.
How tall will you grow?
In our local forest the sign posts direct you to the different exotic species found. Three sequoia varieties are there, the coast or California redwood (Küstenmammutbaum), the giant redwood (Riesenmammutbaum), and the sequioadendron giganteum (Urweltmammutbaum). One of the unique features of the Exotenwald Weinheim is that not only a few specimen were planted but whole hectares of one kind. When the arboretum was started around 1870 almost 1500 sequoias were planted, most of which survived and are now tall and majestic. With the exception of the Urweltmammutbaum, said to be a living fossil and only discovered in 1941 – but there are a few of those as well, planted in 2011 and apparently thriving.
Many of the paths are wide and well maintained, perfect for a stroll rather than a hike.
But it is fun to leave those and turn down (or up) narrower
and darker paths.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More photos of paths, ways, streets, avenues, or alleys can be found here.
Time amongst trees is never wasted.
For Six Word Saturday. For more sixers, click here.
How to use the forest
It is forbidden to: start and maintain an open fire, not even for barbecuing; to smoke (from beginning of March to end of October); to camp; to leave garbage behind; to use motorised vehicles on the paths without permit. Transgressions will be prosecuted and carry fines of up to 10,000 German Marks.
One Word Picture Challenge asked for manual. Some forests, apparently, come with a manual. Other interpretations of the word can be found here.
Steep / Steil
The Daily Post‘s prompt for this week is “ascend“.
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