slgwv

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Posted: 12 Sep 2017


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Yes, that's the trail--

Yes, that's the trail--
Trail along Marysville Creek, originally a jeep road, which has been a foot path for years and is now seriously overgrown. (Google still shows it as a road. Google is wrong!) Two of the more obnoxious overgrowing plants are seen here: Russian olive (exotic, with the pale gray-green leaves), and roses (native, with the darker green leaves and red fruiting bodies). Both have big thorns, which inspired the following bit of doggerel:
Roses are thorny;
Russian olives are too.
We're bound to get bloody
As we push our way thru!

And we did--but a friend of ours says you must always leave some blood on the mountain on an excursion, otherwise you weren't pushing hard enough! Not sure I agree--

Diane Putnam, William Sutherland, Smiley Derleth have particularly liked this photo


8 comments - The latest ones
 Pam J
Pam J club
LOLLLLL

Admired in ~ I ❤ Nature
6 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Terrific capture!

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6 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks Pam, William!
6 years ago.
 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
I remember encountering Russian Olive in Nebraska a few years back. Even though they were an invasive, they were also quite pretty and very fragrant.
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
We have some in our yard, and they have the advantage (for someone with a black thumb like me) of being tough and hardy. But they do tend to crowd out the willow and cottonwood in the wild!
6 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv club
That's me and the California state highway median plant (oleander), it's the only thing I don't kill..
6 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
Thes blue-grey landscape is dreamy! I almost expect a mountain lion to cross this path.
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Diane Putnam club
The Angus bull was almost as exciting-- ;)
6 years ago.

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