tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post9029682917197145419..comments2023-05-01T04:51:15.777-07:00Comments on Gladsome Lights: Washington - The Rain ForestGretchenJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-13772743600794202972010-10-16T19:12:46.935-07:002010-10-16T19:12:46.935-07:00delightful travelogue! :)delightful travelogue! :)Janelle thegeekywifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570096064139672174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-2483841595009539702010-10-15T10:52:36.600-07:002010-10-15T10:52:36.600-07:00Thank-you for sharing about your experience in thi...Thank-you for sharing about your experience in this forest. You convey your sensory and meaningful experience in a rich and beautiful way that makes me feel like I was there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-51935059774572776922010-10-15T06:34:14.946-07:002010-10-15T06:34:14.946-07:00Beautiful pictures. Perhaps someday technology wi...Beautiful pictures. Perhaps someday technology will help us transmit aromas to each other as we now do pictures, words and sounds.<br /><br />Your analogy with the disciples is perfect -- both they and we are wishing for the best thing: the new earth. There we will be with Jesus, and we will enjoy forever the pleasures of earth, perfected again. You can live in the Hoh!M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-19104293937307889262010-10-14T21:59:14.065-07:002010-10-14T21:59:14.065-07:00I read a line in a book today that your post made ...I read a line in a book today that your post made me want to go back and find again..."Language makes a mighty loose net with which to go fishing for simple facts, when facts are infinite. ...I have tried to create a world of words...not imitation but evocation has been the goal." ( from Desert Solitaire by E. Abbey)<br /><br />You have been evocative here..not only of place, but of the impact of a corner of creation on the inner being...makes unseens briefly seen in the reflections.<br /><br />I haven't been much help on the mushies... fungus. But the white undersided shelf-like ones growing on the trunk of the trees are Conks,( they may be Artist's conks) "Ganoderma applanatum."<br />Still haven't figured out the Courtright ones we saw.Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115410908800997558noreply@blogger.com