Mopani trees with their butterfly-shaped leaves and variable growth habits are beautiful to look at, and being hardy and nutritious too they support an abundance of life in hot, dry and low-lying areas, such as in the northern sections of Kruger National Park.
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Forests and woodlands have old associations with enchantment and mystery. As magical places forests may be benign and even be sacred places, but conversely enchantment may be malevolent. Forests can provide sanctuary but they can also conceal danger. Wildness can be healing but it can also be threatening.
Continue reading “Enchantment in a monochrome woodland”
In these dark days I found sombre solace in the quiet strength of woodland trees and the plants and fallen leaves of the understorey. It seemed fittingly subdued to shoot these photos in monochrome.
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These delicate fungi appear suddenly, when the temperature and humidity are just right. Continue reading “Ephemeral fungi”
