November 20, 2017

falling in love all over again with the sub-polar forests of navarino

Our return to Isla Navarino last November was truly magical. It was not just that we had a new mast for Anasazi Girl, but we had a new beautiful person in our family. Pretty incredible to see the island for the first time through his eyes.

So wonderful to return to the same forest paths we had walked after surviving such a close call at sea, the same clearings we had contemplated the future of our family, boat and lives as sailors, and to smell & touch the same pristine flora that brought me joy while I was pregnant with Tarzan.

Springtime was in full swing and the rebirth of the island felt so much more powerful & meaningful now with the promise of a new life for our family of six.

The fantastic four harvest sub-polar salad greens.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Blechnum penna-marina / Antarctic hard-fern (Pinque).
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Blechnum penna-marina / Antarctic hard-fern (Pinque).
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Floor of the forest. Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Calafate / Magellan Barberry / Berberis microphylla.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Calafate / Magellan Barberry / Berberis microphylla.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Sub-polar forest. Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Blechnum penna-marina / Antarctic hard-fern (Pinque).
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Magellanic currants (zarzaparilla).
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Gusano.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
Gunnera magellanica / Devil's Strawberry / Fruitilla del diablo
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
I never get tired of seeing the beauty of the high deciduous beech.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)
The canopy. Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2016)

1 comment:

  1. Somira,
    love your work - and your insights are quite something. Trust all is well with the tribe - and that James is well occupied. He needs to be occupied (lol)
    take good care

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