Details of bark on a Madrona tree, Calamity Trail, Sharpe Park.
Distortion and splintering of cedar bark as the tree bends toward an inevitable fall. Off Heart Lake Road in Anacortes.
I have always loved the madrona tree, a Northwest wonder. Childhood memories include neighborhood expeditions to collect the smooth, brown bark. The madrona pictured here was photographed on a bluff just off the Loop Road in Washington Park. There is also a stand of trees downtown, between the Anacortes Depot and Cap Sante Marina. Freelance […]