I love seeing direct evidence of wildlife in the forest. This area near Murray Lake had lots of evidence of beavers just working hard on their dams.
What is ironic is that this area had *tons* of blowdown. But they would rather gnaw a young sapling than a fallen old tree. This has all sorts of knock-on effects and trophic cascades.
There’s a lovely Magnolia tree in Grant Park that has the largest, most fragrant blooms I’ve ever seen or smelled.
Waterfalls in the Southern Appalachians are rarely grand and tall. They are mostly stair-stepped and draped rhododendron. But they have a human scale and plant diversity around them that makes them so lovely.
Most years, I get to run either the full or the half marathon in Atlanta. It usually takes place early in the year, in late February or early March. It’s a great event with a great course, but it’s always funny just being part of such a giant crowd that is out to…run.
Driving along I-5 in California, I was taken how seemingly every town was like the world’s producer of some random crop. We drove through a town that produces like 95% of the world’s apricots, another one that does rhubarb, another one that does sunflower seeds. It’s really incredible to see. Also, they all had huge bee boxes along the fields letting the bees do their thing.
Longmire Meadows is a very scenic, low elevation area in Mount Rainier National Park.
This photo is of a young maple tree in Grant Park. Every Fall, I love just how yellow it turns…
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