Summit Creek is one of my favourite places to hike, walk, snowshoe, and explore. The massive cedars and cottonwoods blot out the sky and shadow the ground; mushrooms abound in colourful and strange groups; the creek winds through sandy banks showcasing its pellucid waters; there’s so much to take in. I could spend hours – days, even – just wandering through the forest.
I recently went snowshoeing there with my family, and though it’s the wintry month of January, there was still so much to photograph. Witch’s butter fungus was dabbed on every other lichened branch, melting snow freckled boughs and moss with water droplets, and textures and patterns hidden in birch bark and maple seeds exemplified nature’s artistic brilliance.
I’ve posted a few other blog posts with photos from Summit Creek (see my post ‘Adventures at Summit Creek’ parts I and II), and every series of images from there is different. The forest there metamorphoses into a different wonderland every time I go there, it seems, and it makes the hike all the more magical to witness the shapeshifting wilderness around me.
Wow Hazel, once again, so much beauty in your pictures and words. I love the red fir tree shots, and the water droplets on the fir branch, and the bark close ups. Really, all of these shots are amazing.
Hazel those are great shots. Love the affinity for water. Keep up the good work
Thank you for your comment! Much appreciated.
Wow Hazel, once again, so much beauty in your pictures and words. I love the red fir tree shots, and the water droplets on the fir branch, and the bark close ups. Really, all of these shots are amazing.
Thank you, Mom! <3
That fungus takes on the looks of a jellyfish stuck to a tree branch. The pattern on the tree bark gives it an appearance of a spinning cylinder.
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