Isithombe: I-oki emhlophe engadini

Lesi sithombe sokwakheka kwezwe esimangalisayo sibuswa ubukhona obuhle besihlahla se-oki esisodwa, esikhule ngendlela emangalisayo, esibonakala kakhulu kuhlobo lwe-White Oak (Quercus alba), emi njengesici esimaphakathi sengadi enakekelwa kahle, enwetshiwe noma ipaki. Isilinganiso esiphelele somuthi nokuphelela okulinganayo kuyala ukunakwa ngokushesha, kuhlanganisa amandla, ukuphila isikhathi eside, nobuhle bemvelo.

Isiqu sikhulu, sibonakala siwugqinsi, simangelengele, futhi siqhekezeke ngokujulile, insika yokhuni olugugile olusekela isakhiwo esikhulu esingenhla. Isisekelo sawo sikhukhumala kancane, ngokugqama kwempande okunabela emhlabeni osizungezile, kugcizelela ukusungulwa kwawo okujulile nokuhlala unomphela endaweni. Lesi siqu esikhulu sibe sesiphakama ukuze sisekele esinye sezici eziphawuleka kakhulu zesihlahla: umpheme obanzi, osabalele. Lo mqhele awumude futhi umncane, kodwa unwebeka ngokuvundlile futhi uyindilinga ebanzi, wenza idome ecishe iphelele, elinganayo noma umumo wesambulela owelulela ngale kwesisindo esikhulu sesiqu.

Amahlamvu aminyene ngendlela emangalisayo futhi aluhlaza, abonisa ukugqama, okufanayo okuluhlaza okotshani phakathi nobumnyama okubonisa impilo eyingqayizivele. Amaqabunga apakishwe ngokuqinile, avumela ukukhanya okuncane kudlule, okuholela echibini elibanzi, elijulile lomthunzi opholile ophonswe phansi phansi. Ukukhanya endaweni yesehlakalo kuphakamisa usuku olukhanyayo, olunelanga, nelanga lithe ukusakazeka kancane. Ukukhanya kukhanyisa emaphethelweni angaphandle kwe-canopy ngokukhazimula okukhazimulayo, kugqamisa ukuthungwa nokunotha kombala oluhlaza futhi kudala umehluko onamandla nethunzi elijulile elingaphansi kwesihlahla. Amagatsha ngokwawo aminyene futhi anamandla, adlulela ngaphandle ngamaphethini ayinkimbinkimbi, ahlanganisiwe, isakhiwo esibonakalayo esisekela isisindo esinzima samaqabunga.

Lesi sihlahla sitholakala otshanini obungahlanzekile, obushanelayo, obusebenza njengesiteji esikhulu, esingaxutshwe nalutho. Utshani buqinile, buluhlaza okotshani obunempilo, bulungiswe kahle futhi bunqunyiwe, bunwebeka bushelela kude. Ukuthungwa kotshani nombala kunikeza ingaphambili elingenasici, eliphansi elivumela isihlahla ukuthi sigqame ngaphandle kokuncintisana okubonakalayo. Ingxenye ebalulekile yokwethulwa kwesihlahla iyindandatho eyisiyingi eyindilinga ye-mulch ensundu ngokumnyama ezungeze isisekelo sesiqu. Lo mngcele ochaziwe ufeza kokubili injongo engokoqobo—ukuvikela amagxolo ezintweni zokugunda nokugcina umswakama wenhlabathi—kanye nobuhle, ukudweba umugqa ocwebile, omnyama ogqamisa ngokuphawulekayo ubuphakathi nokubaluleka kwesihlahla ngaphakathi kwedizayini yokuma kwezwe.

Ingemuva lesithombe libonakala ngokujula okunezingqimba kanye nohlaza oluluhlaza, oluhlukahlukene. Ngokushesha ngemva kwesihlahla esimaphakathi, unqenqema lotshani lushintshela emngceleni osemthethweni owakhiwe izihlahlana eziphansi, ezisikwe kahle kanye nokutshala okufana nothango, okuyindilinga futhi okulawulwa ngokuqinile. Ngalé kwalo mngcele, udonga oluminyene lwezihlahla zesibili ludlulela kuhlaka, ludale ingemuva elijulile, elenziwe ngendlela yokwenza lohlaza lwehlathi olungeza isisindo esibonakalayo esibalulekile nesivalekile esilungiselelweni.

Lokhu kwendlaleka kwezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zamahlamvu—isihlahla som-okhi esikhulukazi, izihlahlana ezilawulwayo, nezihlahla ezikude—kunikeza umbono wendawo yepaki ejulile, ecezile futhi ethuthuke kakhulu. Ngenhla komugqa wesihlahla, isibhakabhaka sithambile, siluhlaza sasibhakabhaka esinamafu ahlakazekile, alula, umkhathi onokuthula ohlinzeka ngokuphambana okupholile kokuluhlaza okufudumele nokunsundu ngezansi, okuthuthukisa umuzwa wokuzola, umkhathi waphakathi nosuku.

Isithombe sisonke siwucwaningo oluyingcweti lokubunjwa kwezwe, ukugubha ubuhle obubabazekayo, ukulingana okuphelele, nokuba khona okuhlala njalo kwe-White Oak ekhule ngokugcwele endaweni ekhethwe kahle.

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