Mahogany blooming in the High Sierra,
with sailor seeds,
ready to fly to their new home.
Blooming in high altitude
they blanket hillsides
with seeds like summer snow~
Cheers to you from blooming Mahogany that grows only in the Western US & Mexico~
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Klasse Fotos. Wolfgang
Ihre Freundlichkeit wird sehr geschatzt, Wolfgang. Danke mein Freund ~
Awesome photos. Thanks. It’s nice to learn something every day.
It is one of the many reasons I love blogging and bloggers. I learn from them everyday!
These are simply gorgeous, Cindy. 🙂
Awww, I am so glad you think so & cheers to you~
Beautiful!!!
I had never seen them in bloom before and they covered the mountains~
An amazing mix of colors and textures. 😀
I thought so too and I had no idea what they were! Thank goodness for google~
Been there done that with birds and flowers and ….
Exactly, where oh where would we be without google……
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Fluffy magic! 🙂 <3
That is is better name for this post!
😀
I will bet money that hardly anyone zeros in on the magnificence of these blossoms! Beautiful.
They are impressive aren’t they and they just blanketed the mountain sides~
Wonderful show from Mother Nature, beautifully captured. I am especially entranced by the first image. Awesome photography as always, Cindy.
Awww, your kindness is so appreciated.
Wonderful photographs, Cindy. Love the first image that shows all the little details of the blooms. Such a unique type of flower.
Of course I had no idea what they were and had to google them!
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What a beautiful thing, Cindy! I’ve never seen it before. 🙂
You and I both! It was a happy surprise~
Reminds me of cotton wood trees. When their seeds get released in the spring I thought my airway was closing and I’d cough and cough when I was gardening and have to flee to the indoors for a drink of water and a breath of fresh air. I shudder at the memory.
That sounds scary! These guys are engineered for travel, by the wind, or on some critters fur~
What beautiful photos.
Ah, thank you very much!
Beautiful, Cindy. I’m not sure I ever knew that mahogany trees bloomed ?? Thanks. ☺
Technically they are in the rose family and are not true maghogany. They named them this because their wood is dense, hard and heavy like maghogany.
Beautiful seedheads. Neat to see!
I had to come back after hiking and google them. How did we ever exist without google?
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IKR? I often wonder the same!
😂
Nicely caught. It’s a pity one can’t hitch a ride. 😀
Oooooh, we would travel to mysterious places!
. . . with collars pulled up in a mysterious manner. 🙂
Like the observant spies were are…..
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Tee hee. Nice hat. 🙂
🙂
Beautiful textures. Wonder if I’ll see them hiking around SF. Great shots, Cindy.
If you do, please post! Would love to see more of them~
Beautiful…Janet:)
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
Nice shots, Cindy.
Hope your comment replies don’t disappear again. That must’ve been maddening. With WP, sometimes it can be one thing or another. 🙂
Yes and it is anxiety provoking. I was really pleased with how they handled and resolved this problem though~
Beautiful photos. I especially like the full shot of all the trees. I’ve never even heard of them before today. Well done!!!!
I am so pleased you enjoyed them and thanks much for the kind words~
Love the wonderful detail in your photos, I was not familiar with this tree…Love the stunning view in the last image in your series.
Oh, I am honored. Thank you very much & cheers to you~
What an interesting tree and excellent photos.
Thank you for such a lovely comments & cheers to you Stephanae~
My pleasure 😃
<3
Beautiful photos – saw this when we lived in CA. The contrasts in textures is delightful.
Well you are ahead of me. I didn’t know what it was!
The close-up picture is stunning, what an interesting tree.
Apparently it thrives on rocky, gravely slopes at high altitude with little water which is why it is thriving in California right now~
Awesome!
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
Thank you for great images of what until today had been unknown to me.
Thank you more for your kind comment and be well!
The photos have so much detail in them. And such interesting fascination information. Excuse the dumb question, Cindy, but is it the same kind of trees that make such beautiful mahogany furniture? I have an antique mahogany table that I found at a thrift store that has such a beautiful finish and reddish wood grain.
It is a very perceptive question! It is named mahogany because it has dense, heavy, hard, wood like your table, even though it is not technically in the mahogany family, but rather in the rose family. Mahogany furniture is gorgeous and yours sounds like a lucky find.
Yes, I think so. It’s always helpful to know more about the different kinds of woods.
<3
What a lovely tale of the changing of the seasons and how nature moves across our land in many ways. 🙂
And our little state of Caly is full of all kinds of wonder, but you already know this!
Indeed it is. We are soooo fortunate to be a part of it!
Whenever I read your words “Cheers from…” I feel that I have been enveloped within your adventures!!
I smile every time I hear from you my dear Rebecca! By blog would not be the same without you. <3 <3
How lovely are the ways nature has, to insure that life goes on…..
Even we, will be recycled and always a part of it all~
Gorgeous composition and textures in that first picture.
Never see these blooms before – thanks!
Thank you much more for the thoughtful appreciation~
The last time I saw a mahogany tree was in Belize. I love your wonderfully furry trees.
Those fuzzies were loaded for seeding action!
Love all this feathery wispiness. Beautiful!
Each one slightly different like summer snowflakes~
So beautiful. Nature really knows how to put on a show.
She is the best ever isn’t she!
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That is interesting shape and texture. They look good from closeup and as a whole tree. Beautiful captures.
Awww, thank you my friend and hope all is well with you!
Amazing colour and texture! Breathtaking.
Ah, so pleased you enjoyed and thank you too!
Beautiful. They’re like blossoms from trees on another planet …
The upper elevations of The Sierras and The Whilte Mountains definitely have other worldly trees. I love seeing them in new ways like these in bloom!
Beautiful, Cindy. I love the close-ups. So unusual!
They are unusual and they were blooming everywhere which was an amazing sight!
Fascinating, Cindy, and great photos! 🙂 <3
Thank you Natalie & cheers! <3
Cheers Cindy❣😘
I’ve never seen these in bloom; how intriguing, and beautiful! Your photo captions are pure poetry, too : ) Thank you!
Awww, what a lovely comment and very motivating. Thank you!
Never seen those..so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I am happy you appreciate them! Thank you~
Cindy, you made me realize that I’ve never seen a Mahogany tree until now. Can you believe that? I’m glad to be seeing one in bloom now on your blog though! How exotic and otherworldly! I love the sight of feathery soft seeds floating away – like from dandelions, etc. and now I know Mahogany trees have them too. Thank you! <3
The only hitch here is that although these trees are called mahogany, they technically belong to the rose family. Just to add to the confusion, someone named them this, because their hard, durable wood resembled mahagony in composition. So really you are looking at a high altutude tree from the rose family that thrives in hostile, low water, rocky soil. That is interesting enough I know, in it’s own right, despite the mis-leading nomeclature.
Oh thank you for the additional insight Cindy! Good to know to avoid confusion! 🙂
An interesting plant, Cindy, well-represented by your photos. Fly away indeed. The wood, btw, is so dense it sinks in water. –Curt
Exactly, and it can’t be used for lumber (thank God) because it is so hard.
Hi Cindy,
Wasn’t sure what I was looking at until I saw what you’d written. I’ve never seen or heard of this tree but it sure looks interesting. Great pics, cuz. ……. :).
When you heading west cuz????
??????? Don’t know yet, but for sure, California is a priority on the agenda. Hope it would be at a time that we could visit. Hugs, Cuz.
I hope so too!
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Cindy Knoke has such an astute eye for the exquisite. Here, she shows us blooming mountain Mahogany that grows only in the Western US & Mexico. Visit her blog to see more stunning photographs taken during her travels…
I am humbled by, and so appreciate your thoughtfulness. Thank you & cheers to you~ 🌳🌳🌳
This is the First Time, I am reading Poetry with Each Line supported by a Picture.
Beautiful. So lucky for you people staying in such Beautiful Places.
Aww, such a kind and lovely comment. Thank you~ 🌳🌳
Je suis ravi. I am Delighted.
Isn’t nature beautiful?
Unbelieveably so! 🌳
Wonderful set! By the way, I’ve started a 2nd blog because the old one had come to it’s limit; it’s: https://harrienijland2.wordpress.com and there is a blue follow-button on the right side, just in case… Hope to see you there.
Heading over there now. Thanks for the heads up~
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Gratitude for you my caring friend~ 🌳🌳🌳
At first glance I thought the first picture was of a particularly odd insect or arachnid. Very lovely though.
It is always such a pleasure to hear from you! They are very different aren’t they, and were a surprise to me too. Heading over now to see what’s up at your blog~
🙂
Beautiful scenes. That mountain mahogany looks like some plant from another planet, an alien. I’ve never seen anything like that before. 🙂 — Suzanne
Yes, between the ancient bristlecones, the redwoods, the joshua trees, all the cacti, and now the mountain mahoganey, Caly has some very unusual native trees and plants! 🌳