18 Replies to “Unwrapped”

  2. I have never seen a real birch tree.
    Thanks to your blog and pictures I am looking at nature in a different way now. Even bark can be lovely and fascinating. We have many cedar trees in our yard. Not nice as they bring the cedar fever. But I am going out and feel the bark today. 🙂

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    1. Dear Ladysighs, I’m so touched and buoyed that you are looking a nature in a different way. Once you start looking the beauty and mystery is so endless, there is always something to marvel at. It really is amazing. While cedar fever is no fun, cedars are very nice – go enjoy their bark. Birch bark when fresh is very soft and supple. Thanks for your comments. Seedbud

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  3. Dr. Denny Wilkins – Dr. Denny Wilkins professes journalism at a small, private university in the Northeast. He has climbed, hiked, kayaked, photographed, skied, and otherwise meandered aimlessly throughout the American West for decades. He has degrees in geology, environmental studies, and communication — and has tried to make use of them as a co-founder of the progressive cultural blog ScholarsandRogues.com. He’s broadly interested in how the world works and why it works that way. He hates writing, although he does like having written well.
    Dr. Denny says:

    So … making a canoe? 🙂 Birch is always delightful to shoot.

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  5. Gretchen Del Rio – Crestline, California, USA – I first discovered the magic of water based colors when many years ago I began to paint with procion dyes on silk. I loved the unexpected quality of the process. It was so exciting to never be sure what the colors and water would combine to produce. It seemed as though the medium had its own passion. Painting with watercolors and paper is much the same. I love the color combinations and separations that occur spontaneously as the color floats on the water. You can never totally predict what effect will result. If you try to control the medium too much, your painting will be very tight losing its aliveness. The artist must be bold and decisive or the work will not be clear and fresh. It is really like a dance. It becomes a controlled folly in knowing when to let go and when to take charge of the direction that the painting is taking. The images that I paint reflect my emotions and are expression of my life experience. They are not extensively planned, but rather evolve as the painting progresses. I am always surprised by the end result since it comes into being because of what the medium and emotion has suggested. The paintings are from my heart and I always fall in love with the subject. I believe that we are all connected and, if an image touches you, it is because we all have the same heart even though our paths may be different. Most of all, painting what I paint makes me happy. The paintings are my own path unfolding. They are an opening door for me and contain my own passion for life.
    Gretchen Del Rio says:

    Beautiful. Birches have the most wonderful bark.

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  6. I love birch bark. As A child I would write letters to friends in our “secret club” with discarded bark.

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  8. typewriterpoet – I enjoy many poetry styles but enjoy short poetry the most and a little bit of microfiction, but the challenge of a long poem has it's enjoyment as well!
    typewriterpoet says:

    very clever poetry to mathc this photo!

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  9. Lovely poetry and image! Wanted to like your post unable to find button, sigh, me and technology

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    1. Thanks for writing. It’s not you – it’s the technology. Sometimes, there is a like button at the top of the page on the wordpress toolbar on the left hand side. But not always. I don’t know why. Maybe wordpress knows…

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  13. Coral Swan – Cairns, – Dr Coral Swan, Early Literacy Specialist, Teacher, Tutor, Dyslexia Consultant & Barton Certified Dyslexia Screener (and novice photographer) gives teachers and parent strategies to nurture children as competent readers, writers and confident, independent learners. Coral's book, 'Teaching Strategies for Literacy in the Early Years' is available for purchase on her website: www.morethanreading.com
    Coral Swan says:

    Love the way your words are so apt fro your delightful photos… I have seen many bits of birch bark coming off trees – thought of unfolding but not ‘unwrapped’. i enjoy your posts with delightful photos and short, sharp words.

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