Lee
I whole heartedly agree. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2009, at 6:30 PM, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob: > > You seem to be obsessed with dunes. You definitely need to see the > Sleeping Bear Dunes--where huge open dunes occur on the lake side and > forests occur on the inland facing side of the dunes. > > Lee > > [email protected] wrote: >> ENTS,WNTS, >> >> The attached images reflect an infinitesimal fraction of dune moods >> and patterns to which the eye is treated in a scene that unfolds each >> day from dawn to dusk. These are all images that were taken with my >> little iPhone camera. >> >> 1. S-BlendedEcosystems: This image was taken at the edge of the >> dunes. The unrelenting battle between sand and vegetation is featured >> here against the backdrop of the massive 13,294-foot Mt. Herard. >> Clouds spill over Medano Pass to heighten one viewscape. >> >> 2. S-Footprintsinthe Sand: All sand prints are ephemeral. One walks >> into and out of the dunes, looking back to see the lingering trace of >> one's presence. The physical manifestations of that presence pass to >> be replaced by others, and so on. The only constant of the dunes is >> change. >> >> 3. S-LookingBack: When in the dunes, one's attention is drawn first >> to >> micro-patterns then macro-patterns, and back. The boldness and >> expansiveness of this extraordinary landscape first captures ones >> imagination, followed by the heart, and then the soul. There is more >> here than can be absorbed in an hour, day, year, or century. Some >> parts change in the blink of an eye. Other parts seem eternal. >> >> 4. S-Sandscapes: There are no dull moments spent in dune wanderings. >> Sudden changes brought by windy gusts; shifting patterns highlighted >> by the dancing interplay of light and shadows; cresting a high dune >> to >> be confronted by a still higher one; it all unfolds in an endless >> expanse. But there is a constant. It is the ever bold backdrop of the >> lofty Sangre de Cristos. I could never tire of the dunes. >> >> Bob >> >> - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
