Original DDE™ digital surreal art: “Larch Magic” by: rob kistner © 10/22/24
Autumn here in the Pacific Northwestern United States is the season of emeralds and gold. The emeralds emanate from the many types of conifers that grow tall and plentiful here in this beautiful region, staying brilliant shades of green year-round. But the gold, that is the magic, and it’s a fleeting wonder that happens only in the Fall season. The source of this prestidigital marvel of nature is a geographically limited pine tree known as the Larch.
Larches are like a pot of gold here in the Fall hiking season. Their flaming yellow needles turn a Cascade Mountain landscape into something ethereal and otherworldly. The few short weeks, during mid-Autumn when the larches’ needles turn golden, make them all the more precious to spot. I call it the season of “Larch Magic.”
cascade mountain larches make
autumn spellbinding
Original DDE™ digital surreal art: “Larch Gold”
by: rob kistner © 10/22/24
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rob kistner © 2024
Poetry at: d’Verse
I love the contrast of conifer emeralds and larch gold, Rob! A spellbinding autumn indeed.
Thank you Kim… 🙂
Nobody does nature, in particular forested nature quite like you Rob, I remember some real pearls here. This was beautiful
Thank you Ain… 😉 If I were ever to have been confined to a city as I grew up, I would have withered and died early in life — as I am now doing steadily here in the city of Seattle. A wonderful place to visit, but not a place to live — no city is, for me. For most of my adult life, the city was a place to visit long enough to play my music or sell my creations. My son has promised to spread my ashes over the waters of Lost Lake, high in the Cascade Mountain wilderness of Oregon… 🙂 If one wants to open their mind, free their creative soul, and rejuvenate their living spirit — those are the gifts one receives when peacefully in balance with the natural world. ~ peace ~
Emerald and gold, truly a jewelled landscape…
I love it Björn! It gave spark to my life. Having lost my ability to commune with the natural world as my health has been failing, has added to the increasing decline. But I am so very thankful for having been intimately connected with the earth the majority of my life, and to my adoptive father who nurtured by awareness and love for the world’s wilderness. Being intimately in it and part if it is a blissful transformation all should be fortunate to experience in their life. I believe the world, and we people who share it, would be more peaceful and much healthier. 🙂
It sounds beautiful Rob, thanks for sharing your observations. Nature is full of amazing color and wonders.
Thank you True… 🙂
This sounds like an amazing sight.
It is Robbie, especially from am overview up in the mountains. 🙂
I love that twist of Larch Magic! I too live in the PNW, the southern part (I don’t really see it as PNW, but that’s what they say) and I love to drive off a bit from town and see the yellows and reds mixed in with the evergreens. I have a particular turn-out in the road along the Rogue River I visit! Time to do that.
Love the RRV Lisa — so beautiful! 🙂
Who wouldn’t be enchanted by emerald and gold.
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Magic indeed Rob as is the Haibun which pays tribute, and what a stunning photo, that too is magic.
Thank you very much, Paul. BTW, neither one of those images are photos, those are both digital art pieces that I created. I’m glad you like them… 🙂