Once again their silvered skins
have dropped in disorderly curls,
like shed gowns, pooling at their feet.
It’s the last day of summer, and the brittle gums are well into shedding their bark. First they go from silver to dark grey, then the old bark peels off exposing the new white bark underneath. It’s hardly a spectacular autumn change, but it’s a marker of the changing seasons still.
You write the most interesting of things. Now, I have to look up this tree. 🙂
Lol, when I was reading this, Eucalyptus tree is what I had in mind, but this particular name confused me. Haha. I love its scent too.
Yep, it’s a eucalypt. 🙂 A lot of the smooth-barked ones shed in late summer/autumn. Australia doesn’t have any native deciduous trees on the mainland, so “fall” is just bark curling off. Or occasionally in drought they’ll drop branches – not so gentle a change.
I did not know they did that at a specific time, but I have definitely seen their bark peeling off to reveal smooth skin, cool skin to the touch.
I love the feel of the cool, smooth bark when they shed. 🙂
Exactly, you ve’ got to feel it! 🙂
Beautiful!!!! I miss this! 💚
But you have the spring thaw to look forward to. 🙂
I would take one gum tree over the spectacle of this entire country defrosting 😉
oh poor Mouse… perhaps you could just sniff some eucalyptus disinfectant or toilet cleaner 😀
Done and done. I’ve even been drinking the eucalyptus dish washing liquid. Diluted with V or course.
over the world line
it is too a time of
seasonal changes
as one side turns away,
so the other must turn towards
Quite a remarkable transformation.
Things are different downunder. 😀 The trees shed their bark, and occasionally branches, but keep their leaves all year round.