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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #60 on: June 14, 2009, 10:12:45 PM »
In small clearings rocky outcrops are a perfect home for wild flowers and here and there are nurseries for forest regeneration...but how many years will it take for them to reach these giddy heights and look over the valley like the lupins?  ;)

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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #61 on: June 14, 2009, 10:41:22 PM »
Wow, Robin.  Excellent pictures.  The views are breathtaking, and I love the Lupin colonials.  ;D
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #62 on: June 15, 2009, 07:16:37 AM »
Love those in forest shots RR, I can almost smell the dank soil, the forests here are much drier!
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #63 on: June 15, 2009, 10:42:48 AM »
Thanks for looking Hristo - the forest is a special place to walk and enjoy away from all the normal buzz!
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #64 on: June 15, 2009, 10:58:49 AM »
Beautiful images Robin !!  They remind me of it that it's high time for me to return to Wallis again - it's been too long !

By the way, did you sow the Lupins ???  ;D
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #65 on: June 15, 2009, 07:58:37 PM »
Quote from: Ragged Robin on June 14, 2009, 09:40:04 PM
Walking down into the forest the trees close in around you and wild laburnum displays panicles of yellow flowers lighting up the shadows

Nice to see Laburnum alpinum in the natural habit Robin.
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #66 on: June 15, 2009, 09:44:14 PM »
Quote from: Luc Gilgemyn on June 15, 2009, 10:58:49 AM
Beautiful images Robin !!  They remind me of it that it's high time for me to return to Wallis again - it's been too long !

By the way, did you sow the Lupins ???  ;D

Glad you enjoyed the photos of Valais/Wallis Luc - when were you last here?  The lupins are self sown but not sure where from - there is a meadow in our neighbourhood which has magnificent ones too so imagine they must be of wild origin although they don't look simple enough.

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Nice to see Laburnum alpinum in the natural habit Robin.

It certainly is Uli and it is a really striking yellow against the dark green pines in the forest - a perfect combination  :)



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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #67 on: June 16, 2009, 12:09:02 PM »
As I wrote Robin, it's been far too long since I was last in Wallis -
I spent Summer hollidays in de Val d'Hérence (Evolène) - Val d'Anniviers (Zinal) - Mattertal (Zermatt) - Saasertal (Saas Fee - several times) and Leukerbad.
I believe that's it as far as Wallis is concerned.
Alas that all goes back to the late seventees and the eighties...  ::)

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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #68 on: June 16, 2009, 03:20:44 PM »
Some lovely places you visited Luc - wouldn't imagine a lot has changed since then except for the rate of exchange  ;D

Time for a re-run?   
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #69 on: June 17, 2009, 04:09:31 PM »
Looking up to the top of the mountains one always wants to go higher and higher, the urge is so strong to reach for the sky!  The Alpine pastures are in full flower now and waist deep to wade through. 
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #70 on: June 17, 2009, 04:11:12 PM »
Even as the sun goes down the cows seek shade and and scratch away the annoyance of insistent flies.  Time for the last lazy mouthful of grass and flowers which yield the most amazing milk.... you can still take your own churn to in local Alpine Farm and sample some. 
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #71 on: June 17, 2009, 04:14:02 PM »
Under the trees the shadows fall and highlight the colours of wild flowers and rock dwelling plants.  By the stream of cold water, banks of wild flowers dip down to the edge and enjoy the passing spray after the heat of the day.
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #72 on: June 17, 2009, 04:16:01 PM »
 At last a chance for a bit of shut-eye and a rest from a hard day collecting nectar on the way home.
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #73 on: June 17, 2009, 06:18:16 PM »
Wonderful impressions - I feel just as being there! Thank you RR!

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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #74 on: June 17, 2009, 07:10:14 PM »
beautiful shots, robin!
i also love the lupines and laburnum, and the ferns..
always nice to see the forest's nursery spots...of course that is how the cycle should work when we leave it enough room--the full range from bare earth to mature forest, as there are species keyed to each stage..
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