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~The Juniper is a fabled symbol of a great journey,
having taken many twists and turns and being capable of staying true to yourself,
never compromising your integrity
There are 67 species of Juniper in North America. We have several bushes and several tall trees in our neighborhood. But what took me by surprise was my first sighting of a Juniper that had flowered on Mt. Diablo. You would not think that such dainty flowers would be seen on such a scrubby juniper species as we have here. We're more likely to see the berries. On the other hand, the Manzanita, a hearty desert and mountain dweller, often scraggly and rangy, has some of the most delicate flowers of any wild trees I've seen in California. I'll post the Manzanita below.
Juniper is a very photogenic nootnoot and a bit of a camera hog...Ratchel, not so much, i can hardly get photos of her at all :p
A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales, which gives it a berry-like appearance. The cones from a handful of species, especially Juniperus communis, are used as a spice, particularly in European cuisine, and also give gin its distinctive flavour. Juniper berries are among the only spices derived from conifers, along with spruce buds.
Wikipedia
Sandstone in Utah often hosts juniper trees that could be hundreds of years old. The one is in Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah.
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I liked how the new, light green growth of this ground juniper looked against the thick mat of crowberry. Both species are quite common throughout the province, While edible, the dark berries of the crowberry are not the sweetest. Made into jam, it is said to be quite nice.
Junipers will grow over top of the crowberries, shading them out. They win the war of succession in this battle.
Not very colorful, but cute. These little birds flit around so much, it's hard to get a good pic. This is the first time I've seen one in my backyard. Lakeside, AZ
I'm pretty happy with how I've slowed down my color shooting this year. I still do it a bit (clearly), but I've been focusing more on B&W.
Still, a good color emulsion in a good developer, with beautiful skies and brilliant morning light can really make me smile.
This is Rollei Crossbird - a strange slide film that we're directed to dev in C-41. I've done it in E-6, and while it's nice enough, I do prefer to xpro it. I do mine in ECN-2 because I do all my color in that.
Scenes like this make me so happy. Give me grasslands and safe, an old homestead and blue skies (or dark skies, if you like, I'm good either way).
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'Come Back to the Valley'
Camera: Mamiya m645j
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 2.8; 45mm
Film: Rollei Crossbird
Process: DIY ECN-2
Juniper, Idaho
July 2020
A view atop Kolob Canyons in Zion National Park. For me, the juniper tree is the soul of the west, so I celebrate it here, May, 2025.
Loawa FF 58mm F2.8 CA-Dreamer Macro 2X, shot at f/11 for .08 seconds. The Laowa is a totally manual lens and doesn't retain EXIF data.
The group of 4 berries is .625" W, image is 1.00" Wide. These fruits of the red juniper are berry-like cones known as 'juniper berries'. They are initially green, ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a blue waxy coating; they are spherical, 4–12 mm (5⁄32–15⁄32 in) diameter, and usually have three (occasionally six) fleshy fused scales, each scale with a single seed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_(botany)
Well look who got a new wig :P I was missing her longer hair, since I think she looks super cute with buns like these, so I got her something as similar to her stock wig as I could find ^^;
I also decided to use a different lens today? Not sure how I feel about it still, I think I just need to practice with it.
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The Utah Juniper can seem to grow out of solid rock. It grows so slowly this one could be hundreds of years old.
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Wind stunted Juniper Tree on top of a sandstone boulder area, Joshua Tree NP, California.
Texture my own with Topaz.
Juniper berries (Juniperus osteosperma) on trees at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon in the BLM trailhead parking lot.
I typically avoid the iconic scenes but with patchy clouds above and no one else around, I decided to give the scene a try. The juniper surely has a photogenic appeal with its arching bonsai-like shape. Though beautiful, I was a bit surprised to find the tree standing far shorter than I had anticipated. Despite the forecasts of cloudless skies, I ended up lucky to get clouds streaming in almost every day.
Juniper rarely poses for me. She came to us from a rescue society after having been found pregnant in the Everglades. I suspect she accidentally got away from her owners as opposed to having been abandoned as she acts like an example of feline royalty. Her kittens were quickly claimed and Nancy and I welcomed her to our home. She has adopted both of us as her humans, on her terms of course.
Stink bugs get their name from the unpleasant odor they produce when they are threatened. Predators prefer meals that smell good.
"How many roaches does It take to screw In a light bulb? Can't Tell. Soon as the light goes on, they scatter." Slim - It's a Bug's Life,"
I love the gnarly, weathered juniper trees growing out of the granite at Olmsted Point in Yosemite. The backlight of the setting sun made for a nice glow and sunstar opportunity. www.optimalfocusphotography.com
Back before we had our cat safety fence enclosure, Juniper hiked and explored the woods with us! She was fearless! She was one of Holly's (#1) kittens, born on August 8, 2005. and went missing in March of 2016. We think of her so often and will always miss her.
I am SO glad that the Happy Caturday! group gave me a reason to go back into the archives and find shots and sweet memories of our babies.
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