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The quiver tree or "Kokerboom" is one of the most interesting and characteristic plants of the very hot and dry parts of Namibia and the northwestern part of the Cape Province in South Africa. Actually it is no tree, but an aloe plant. The botanical name is ALOE DICHOTOMA. Dichotoma refers to the forked branches of the plant. The plant is called a "Kokerboom" because some Bushmen and Hottentot tribes used the tough, pliable bark and branches to make quivers for their arrows. "Koker" is the Afrikaans word for quiver. The big trees in the forest of Farm Gariganus are between 200 and 300 years old.
...and what a glorious day it was!
Amanda, Jordan and I all packed into Ruby the Subaru (in Jordan's words: "A German guided Japanese chariot") and set forth to explore both coasts of this lovely island.
And happend the last time around, forboding clouds and nasty weather forcasts gave way upon our arrival, and we had a truely glorious experience on the real west coast. Here is the first batch of snippets from that great day one week ago... more to come after work tonight. :)
As I was sitting editing pictures this morning I noticed a change in the sky through our window. At the time I thought we had a sudden fog so I grabbed the camera. Turned out a local restaurant is burning this morning, and it was smoke from the nearby fire. Since I had the camera out, I snapped a few pictures of the smoke in our neighborhood. Photo taken at the apartment complex where my wife and I reside.
Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Jay (Garrulus glandarius) sitting in our Rowan tree, tricky focus and dull light - excuses, excuses!.
RJC 7084 works through the deep woods of Western PA, starting its journey towards Clearfield with 70+ loads of coal in red company gondolas.
The full moon at perigee (the closest distance from Earth) rises in Joshua Tree National Park in January 2009.
Joshua Tree has the most amazing alpenglow at sunset.
Best viewed large.
One of my favourite lone trees at Papercourt seen in the fog this morning. Best visited when the cows are not around as although they are quite placid there are quite a lot of them!
See below for a terrific 60's garage rock song with a great guitar riff www.youtube.com/watch?v=951ujOhOx0U&index=25&list...
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"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit." ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Location: Tamagawadai Park, Tokyo, Japan
Focal length: 28 mm (Macro)
Shutter speed: 1/40 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 160
EV: -0.3
GR settings
Effect: Cross Process
Hue Adjustment: Basic
C: 4
D: 8
S: 5