Last December my travels took me to the southern Arkansas town of El Dorado. During my short time there I spent a wonderful rainy walk through the South Arkansas Arboretum that was nothing short of magical. I was impressed by the acres of flora and the beauty of the changing colors that surrounded me.
On Friday I was blessed to be able to return to the arboretum and experience how the forested area would look in summer. Again my rather warm but pleasant stroll around the grounds was filled with color, textures and the amazing contrasts of dark and light filtered through the rather thick canopy of trees.
As you know I never set out on one of these adventures without my trusty camera around my neck and on this day I paid special attention to those colors and contrasts as my eye searched for areas and items to photograph. I really wanted to capture images that told a story and highlighted the amazing beauty of God's creation. You can really feel the Lord's presence in a beautiful place like this and you can see His majesty manifested in the simplest of things like tree bark, leaves, sunlight and of course the colorful flowers that bloom when temperatures reach their highest.
I picked out a rather large selection of the photos that I felt best conveyed the true essence of what my walk looked and felt like as I enjoyed the beauty all around me.
The one thing that these images can't convey to you, the viewer, is the smells and sounds of the moment. If you have ever spent time alone in nature you can probably use your imagination to fill in those elements as you view image after image.
I hope that I did an adequate job of capturing what God placed before my eyes.
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The 3-acre (1.2 ha) arboretum features plants indigenous to Arkansas's West Gulf Coastal Plain region, plus flowering azaleas and camellias. Signs identify many of the trees, including shortleaf and loblolly pines, southern and sweet bay magnolias, black gum, white ash, American sycamore, Carolina beech, American holly, black cherry, sugar maple, and oak species such as water, post, southern red, white and overcup. - READ MORE
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