{"id":746,"date":"2014-02-26T02:16:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T02:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=746"},"modified":"2014-02-27T05:10:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T05:10:18","slug":"february-week-3-transitions-in-the-forest-and-each-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"February Week 3 – Transitions in the forest and each of us!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Feb<\/a>

Redwood needles lodged in moss-covered Redwood bark<\/p><\/div>\n

Walking into the redwoods in Mt. Tamalpias State Park always proves to be a sensual experience: the feel of the soft-needled floor of the forest, the smell of the bay leaves, the sounds of silence interrupted by the call of the raven, the sight of everything green, and the cool of the brisk still-winter morning air.<\/p>\n

Since I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take extensive notes of these forays I pay special attention to the few I have.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153April was a bit late for the western trillium.\u00c2\u00a0 Try next year mid-February,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I wrote.<\/p>\n

Because I was returning to a familiar location, I thought I would present the western trillium differently.\u00c2\u00a0 But\u00c2\u00a0 I chose to compose the photographs in\u00c2\u00a0 rather \u00e2\u20ac\u0153classical\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ways, although the trillium itself is in constant transition.<\/p>\n

Having grown up in New York I was accustomed to seeing trillium in the forest that had broad petals some 3-6 inches long.\u00c2\u00a0 Or maybe they grew larger in my imagination.\u00c2\u00a0 But the Bay Area’s western trillium are quite small with each thin petal about one or two inches long.<\/p>\n

\"Feb<\/a>Although our winter rains were practically non-existent, the trilliums are still blooming. They stand only 8 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 12 inches high so you best commune with this exquisite plant by lying on the ground.\u00c2\u00a0 The coziness of the layers of soft Redwood needles provides the experience of truly “living in the lap of the Goddess!”\u00c2\u00a0 (That phrase is also the title of Cynthia Eller’s well-known book on the feminist spirituality movement in America.)<\/p>\n

As the trillium (three petals and three sepals) under the coastal redwoods begin to fade they will go from white to pink to a cranberry-ish color.<\/p>\n

This progression prompts me to remember that aging can be seen as beautiful transformations rather than something to cover up, dread and fear.\u00c2\u00a0 (I am trying to convince myself of this as I turn another year older in a few days.)<\/p>\n

\"Feb<\/a>Looking out from the winding road heading to the top of Mt. Tamalpias you can see the rolling hills and the outline of San Francisco.\u00c2\u00a0 What to do on a very hazy morning?\u00c2\u00a0 I was tempted to simply return later when the light would be in my favor.\u00c2\u00a0 But I thought of using the haze and then boosting the contrast later to get a redeemable or even stunning image (as noted above).\u00c2\u00a0 What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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