#ForestFriday

A magical tribute to Canada's #GnarliestTree - in #AvatarGrove in #PortRenfrew.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/canada-s-gnarliest-tree

https://vancouverislandview.com/finding-port-renfrews-biggest-trees

We fought hard to save the ancient trees & their life-sustaining wild ecosystems, to get Avatar Grove area protected & turned into a public park. It was previously on the corporate deforestation list prior to the hard grassroots fight to save this area of Port Renfrew, where old growth forests were rapidly dwindling due to colonial capitalist style of short-term greedy gains & putting nature last. Nature should be first.

From our #FirstDayHike in 2025 on January 1st (obviously) I have this photo of Torrey Pine forest in dense fog.

Goes well with #FoggyFriday and #ForestFriday

Prints, cards, puzzles: https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/torrey-pine-forest-in-fog-alexander-kunz.html

Forest Falls

Late August, Bracklinn Falls, north-east of Callander in #Scotland on the course of the Keltie Water, where the river crosses the Highland Boundary Fault.

The series of waterfalls and surrounding area is part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

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The Bonny, Bonny Banks

Mid-July, and the #Scottish woodlands are gloriously green. The high mountain crags are showing their rocky teeth, and a lovely waterfall drops between the trees.

Loch Lomond (Loch Laomainn in Sc. Gaelic) is a freshwater loch which is considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central #Scotland and the Highlands.

Rowardennan Lodge with Ardess Lodge in the centre, at the foot of Ben Lomond.

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It's this time of the year when Earth shows us the real treasures of life in every tiny corner of the forest.