Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greetings to all. Still hiking in the mountains around Seattle. This old tree provides a meal for woodpeckers: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/woodpeckers.jpg.html I'm not sure what killed these limbs: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/thousand+fingers+reaching.jpg.html It does rain in the Cascades: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/rain+coming.jpg.html In this part it appears that the park service does do controlled burns: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/survivied+the+fire.jpg.html I spent a large part of my childhood next to the Mississippi. Reading about the early shipping I couldn't understand the dangers. Seeing this log in the Cascades I understood what would happen to a steamboat if it hit a log like this: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/floating+down+when+it+rains.jpg.html The center holds: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/heartwood+goes+last.jpg.html All the best. -- Don don.dory at gmail.com