Monday, August 08, 2011

Beautiful Bark

Behold the patterning of colors and textures that creates a timeless, mysterious beauty in the bark of these old alder trees (Alnus rubra?).  Photographed in McKinleyville, California.





 Is there such a term as "archeological" when referring to plants?  If not, there should be!

2 comments:

Les said...

They could easily be paintings.

Anne said...
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