Today I’ve been sad off and on. The big things I accomplished were; I went to a forest I dearly love, and I read stuff I bought at last weekend’s game shop flea market. It’s weird having quiet solitary fun as my to-do list but it feels vital.
Here are some forest pictures.
@Leucrotta gawd, that's the one thing I really miss about being up here... we've got pines, but they aren't redwoods, and they *feel* distinctly different, and I miss the redwoods *so much*.
@green and also they're not independent; the landscape redwoods grow on and modify is so much the same as other parts of NorCal, and adjacent to other ecotones - like when you're leaving Cowell, you can walk through what's some kinda alpine meadow - and there's all the smaller stuff like the ferns and trefoils. It's just endlessly fascinating. I think I notice something new every time I go.
@Leucrotta did you know about the albino redwoods?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albino_redwood the research that's being done on them is so interesting! and just the fact that they exist is amazing, they're so pretty...
@green No, I hadn't known. Thanks!
@Leucrotta redwood forests are cathedrals.... vertical lines, dappled light, the quiet and stillness, threaded with green and running water... yeah, I get kinda... intense about them. XD