Riding in a idyllic landscape

@JudyEv So if the bees love its nectar, you all can be getting honey from it? Hmm...that gumming up chimneys ...not good. In India, we hardly have enough ground cover in some parts. It is pretty dry in Rajasthan area. Not entire state. But quite a bit. You did say poor soil...so if we could grow these, we could produce honey from it, and hopefully have some improvement in soil quality perhaps..

@vandana7 You wouldn't get enough honey from it for household usage but the bees like it.

1. In a big fire, there would be enough groundcover and enough heat for the fire to spread even if the trees seem far apart. To me, it looks like it burnt not too many years ago. 2. After a big bushfire, it seems to stimulate flowering and regeneration. 3. Bees love the nectar. The aborigines would make spears from the centralspikes of some species and the 'trunk' material burns easily but also gums up chimneys. The central core timber is sometimes used for wood-turning. The image is of one type of grass tree. The central spikes are covered in white flowers. These would be the parts used to make spears too.

Do they have pumas there? Wonder which predator lives in that kinda region...they cannot run straight...with these trees obstructing them....haphazardly....

@RebeccasFarm Hmm...they would still not be happy with that kinda habitat I suppose. You know...they cannot achieve any speed to run away with their prey.

@vandana7 We have mountain lions similar to pumas here where I live Vanny.

@JudyEv This is worth buying by anyone who values a picture stopping you and drawing you in. I didn’t see the rider at first, and the nature behind it is something I am completely unfamiliar with. I’m not kidding when I say if I had the money, this is exactly what kind of art piece I’D buy.

Shots like this probably won't sell but I like them too. It shows the type of country where the rides take place. And it's not all about sales. I take lots of photos for ME rather than for the riders. lol

@AmbiePam If I was still riding, I'd want photos like this to show where I'd been and what I'd seen. Thanks for the kind words.

@JudyEv Yeah I can see it it's already leaning.

We have a lot of them here. Some are tall but others are much shorter. This tall one is in danger of falling over.

@toniganzon Someone has propped it up with the figure of a lady.

I agree. The rider looks very insignificant in this landscape.

You cannot shoot any Hindi movie song there...we used to have one song every movie where the hero and heroine would be walking or running in the woods...and the heroine would play peek a boo...well, Indians understood romance to be that...for a long time.

@vandana7 As long as the "romantic scene" is very short and nothing more than hand-holding or a very brief kiss on the cheek is included, I might watch it if someone else wants to watch it. Otherwise, I'm not interested if the movie blurb says anything about "romance".

It's not all that typical in a way as usually the grass trees are more spread out. I'm thinking maybe a fire went through quite recently and took out all the smaller plants.

@LindaOHio We're fine, thanks. We're home until the next ride in a fortnight.

@JudyEv How are you and hubby doing?

@JudyEv Ah,I am not alone ! The trees are unique !

Haha. Someone else said that and when I looked at the photo again, I could see the same! lol

@changjiangzhibin89 These are only found in Australia. They are very thick in some places.

Many of our desert plants are like that, some will die above ground but their roots will survive so that when it finally rains they'll produce new greenery.

@rebelann Plants have all manner of ways of surviving hard times.

They really do, plants are amazing

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed seeing it.

@JudyEv Yes of course. Much better if I can actually see it for real.

@JudyEv I saw the elephants, so to speak, before I saw the horse and the rider.

@Juliaacv Another member said the same thing. He saw a lot of elephant legs! lol

I've had another look at the photo and I can see how you would think that.

@JudyEv I see comparing with the horse that some are big trees.

They are only found in Australia but some are tall and some much shorter.

I loved seeing this too - the tiny horse and rider dwarfed by the landscape.

You do periodically upload some famous scientist's painting. This scenary reminded me of that painting.

I guess it's just the profusion of blackboys that make it look different. You don't always get so many in such a small area.

@Hannihar We have hot, dry summers and mild winters. We get a few frosts each winter and most of our rain falls then.

It's winter but we have a Mediterranean climate. We don't get any snow although we had a frost that morning.

@JudyEv Was that why it was cold and then it went away or stayed throughout the day? So, it sounds like you have mild winter.

@JudyEv Oh I see.

There were very few flat patches on this ride.

You don't always see so many grass trees all in a group. When you do, they kind of stand out.

The ride went well, thanks. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

As it was such a sunny, fine day, they all really enjoyed themselves.

We had an enjoyable day there, thanks.