What an interesting challenge this week’s Photo Hunt is.
Wouldn’t it be boring if all the Hunts were easy. Still, I think I have nailed this one.
Here is the view under the Pinjarra Bridge. Built around 1840, completely wooden in those days, it has had some renovation work done on it to show that we have reached the iron age.
Of course, not all wood ends up in such imposing structures. Sometimes it ends up as woodchips in a mulch.
We should never forget just where wood comes from and the many forms it takes in the natural state. This tree is not very modest as it keeps shedding its skin but always the tree regrows its cover. Every time I see it I think of two of my favourite European composers – - -
But then so do noisy dogs, although they are nothing to do with wood.
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lovely view under the bridge.
happy weekend!
Thanks for that, ipanema. I’ll come visiting tomorrow
wow!!great trees!!
happy weekend!!
Mine`s up,too!
thanx,
ghee
Thank you, ghee
Beautiful shots. Have a great weekend!
Thanks Snoopy
great idea for the theme!
nice find and happy hunting!
Thanks Charm
great idea for the them. i like the way u ended the post
Thank you, Bengbeng. That ending was a bit naughty
I love old bridges (and stuff like this). Very nice.
The topic reminds me of one of my favourite funpics:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3073/woodad8.jpg
hehehe – good pic!
a tree shedding it’s skin.. interesting
Yes, it is a eucalyptus named the “Stringybark”. It sheds its skin in long strips every year.
I love the photo of the bridge. The angle is perfect.
Have a nice weekend!
Thanks, Randi. I’ll be over to visit in a day or two when my time is my own again
Busy weekend!
heh, heh, heh…. he said “wood”… (sorry, i’m still in the ‘little boy humor’ department)
I was so tempted – - – But the owner of the hunt is a little bit proper – am sending you the photo I first looked at!
Good job! I like seeing those old bridge construction.
I had three or four to choose from – they are fascinating.
Beautiful.
Thank you, Heather
Excellent take on the theme. I really like that bridge picture.
Thank you, sammawow
That was a fun ramble through wooden. Those old bridges amaze me that they are still standing. We have a couple here that are similar. I also thought of wood chips, but they’re all buried under four feet of snow! Great job.
Our wood chips keep catching fire
Love that bridge! the lines are perfect.
Hey – Bach isn’t pronounced bark!
In Oz, we DO pronounce Bach and Bark the same – it is all in that sexy Aussie accent
Great pic Archie
I heard today that they will finally finish painting the Forth bridge in 2012 as they have switchend to longer lasting paint… hmm. Didn’t ‘Crocodile Dundee’ once have a job painting a bridge? Now he’s cuddling a gorgeous blonde in the lap of luxury – it’s a tough job….
Bridge painting has its advantages
For me, that bridge is a work of art. It is stunning. The tree is fascinating shedding like that. Haven’t heard of that one.
Thank you, Andree. I enjoy looking at bridges from underneath
Beautiful pictures!
Thanks, Tammy
My goodness, the substructure of the bridge is like the dog’s breakfast. Ah the messy gum trees, I remember them well. Here there are arbutus trees which shed like those gums.
I saw your avatar on MyBlogLog and came to have a look. I’m a transplanted Aussie, gone for 48 years.
Hiya, JMB. I think I spotted you here a couple of weeks ago – you’re in Vancouver now, from memory
Have you ever been back?