Tag Archives: Redwood National Park

What’s Old is New Again

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Boolie

While I loved the largest of the trees and never tired of seeing them, I suppose some of my favorite redwood scenes were of the mixed-age forests. Old veterans scarred black with fire, hollowed out even but still standing, damaged … Continue reading →

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Milky White

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Boolie

Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love’s wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness. Oberon in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream An unexpected delight from my … Continue reading →

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Now That’s My Happy Girl!

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Boolie

Everywhere I go, animals are overjoyed to see me. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I was in the redwoods, can’t wait to get down there again.

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A Floor of Ferns

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Boolie

One thing I hadn’t remembered from my previous visit to the redwoods were the magnificent ferns that filled the forest floor underneath the towering trees, the forest feeling at once magnificent and ancient and certainly unlike the forests of the … Continue reading →

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Falling into the Arms of God

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Boolie

Redwoods have a shallow root system and fall over more than you might think, such as this tree that fell off the Hatton-Hiouchi trail. I visited early enough in the spring that winter blowdown still blocked some of the trails, … Continue reading →

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