Tag: forests
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September 11, 2007 03:07 AM EDT --
Sometimes the flow of day’s events
Dissolve me into rhythm, rhyme--
When fragrant air envelopes trees
And breezes trip to music time.
The colors flare their own, no care
To blend a green . . . more
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April 22, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
My name is Tucker Evans and with my Mistress Elizabeth I am celebrating Earth Day, 2007 by a romp in my favorite woods...the woods behind my house. Right now we are at the top of a big hill overlooking . . . more
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September 05, 2007 02:07 AM EDT --
Old Growth Forests are characterized by trees of all ages; wide spacing between the older trees, and a luxuriant and diverse understory of plants adapted to low levels of light. The stand I was lucky . . . more
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September 07, 2007 07:14 PM EDT --
Well, Geocaching has taken me to yet another place I never imagined going. Washington State! To fiind and log another A.P.E. cache.
The Project A.P.E. caches have become something special to a lot . . . more
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May 28, 2008 08:39 PM EDT --
Kudos to Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA) who co-sponsored the Wild Sky Winderness legislation that will be signed into law Thursday, May 8, by President Bush. This . . . more
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October 03, 2007 06:26 PM EDT --
Memories are sparked by so many things and in such unexpected places...
The forest floor is strewn with fallen leaves. Bowers more hang waiting on the brink to fill the spaces in between. . . . more
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June 04, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
When I was about 8 years old, my Dad helped a friend of his cut down some trees on his land. One of the trees they felled contained a squirrel's nest. There were five baby squirrels in . . . more
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August 21, 2006 01:37 PM EDT --
Rat Wars
Fall is typically the time of the year when young rats leave their nests and strike out on their own. In most rural parts of the country the greener pastures they seek come in the form of warm . . . more
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August 25, 2006 11:38 AM EDT --
We sat down with him across the gray cedar table lined with Hot Wheels in various stages of mechanical sufficiency. "I'm going to be starting some work up there, he said, and I want to be a good . . . more
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August 14, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
Babbling brooks, cool and serene;
Chuckling over rocks mossy green.
Deep dark pools, Hide the big fish;
The ones of a fisherman's wish.
Waterfalls cascading like a bride's veil; . . . more
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November 14, 2007 11:40 AM EST --
NEW YORK, Nov 11 (OneWorld) - Major U.S. companies are adding to the impending threat of global warming as they drive the production of palm oil in Indonesia's tropical forests, says a new study by . . . more
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June 25, 2007 06:55 AM EDT --
Tahoe In Flames
A wildfire is burning out of control a couple miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe. The fire is burning along the heavily wooded ridges west of the Upper Truckee River. . . . more
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September 02, 2006 10:19 AM EDT --
One of my lessor skills that is being worked on all the time is that of logger and sawyer. One before shot of some Ponderosa Pine logs.
Another shot of some of the finished . . . more
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October 10, 2006 03:51 PM EDT --
One day's exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books. See how willingly Nature poses herself upon photographers' plates. No earthly chemicals are so sensitive as those of the human . . . more
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February 24, 2007 12:47 PM EST --
People love closeness to wildlife provided by forests. You know you've been under the overhanging branches within a camp or along a street with old oaks in front of houses. Wouldn't you like . . . more
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January 16, 2008 10:46 AM EST --
Our Green Sanctuary of my church, the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, put together a tour by the guides of the Morton Arboretum. I enjoy the Arboretum, just the beauty and majesty of the area . . . more
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June 26, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
Still Burning - Update
Tahoe In Flames
26 June 2006 - Angora Fire - South Lake Tahoe, CA.
First to all my Gather friends and connections, I am safe and doing fine, though the loft is . . . more
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June 27, 2007 07:29 AM EDT --
Wildfire Jumps Containment Line
Update - Tahoe In Flames
26 June 2006 - Angora Lake Fire - South Lake Tahoe CA.
Bad news this afternoon. The Angora Lake wildfire jumped the forward containment . . . more
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June 29, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
Tahoe In Flames
Update - Friday
29 June 2007
29 June 2007 - Angora Wildfire - South Lake Tahoe CA.
Today in Tahoe began with a beautiful and colourful . . . more
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June 28, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
Ashes to Ashes - Tahoe in Flames
27 June 2007 - Angora Wildfire - South Lake Tahoe CA.
While the Angora Wildfire still burns, today, the ashes left in the fire's wake received their viewing . . . more
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