tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post4455644234019178755..comments2024-01-03T01:06:58.771-05:00Comments on A Tidewater Gardener: Lost Among The LodgepolesLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-69500355281417542532009-09-18T20:02:19.141-04:002009-09-18T20:02:19.141-04:00Wonderful series of photos Les!Wonderful series of photos Les!Alan Pulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784439710406781235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-24813447882168774352009-09-14T22:07:35.746-04:002009-09-14T22:07:35.746-04:00Joan,
I hope you had a great trip and the time aw...Joan, <br />I hope you had a great trip and the time away from home did you well.<br /><br />Anna,<br />Don't worry about the mis-spelling. It is a confusing name anyway in that is is spelled Staunton, but is pronounces Stan-ton.<br /><br />LesLeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-26334117730451423172009-09-11T23:00:46.474-04:002009-09-11T23:00:46.474-04:00I was just returning to show my son your pictures....I was just returning to show my son your pictures. He's home for the weekend and I wanted him to see Colorado. <br /><br />I corrected my spelling of Staunton--how silly of me to call it Scraunton. ErrrrrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-28916262600434959202009-09-05T14:48:18.381-04:002009-09-05T14:48:18.381-04:00What beautiful pictures. I am on vacation myself a...What beautiful pictures. I am on vacation myself and walking through woods. It's a lovely thing being away from work routine.joanhttp://charlestondailyphoto.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-87911209110273536892009-09-05T08:32:18.771-04:002009-09-05T08:32:18.771-04:00Pam,
These are the same beetles. One of the very ...Pam,<br />These are the same beetles. One of the very knowledgable volunteers we talked to said that he still had a room in his house lined with paneling made from the blue streaked wood. It was very popular 30 years ago.<br /><br />Jeff,<br />Thanks for quite a compliment. The vacation series only has two more issues. I am not sure what I'll post about after that.<br /><br />LesLeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-6265002041749165952009-09-05T03:22:52.245-04:002009-09-05T03:22:52.245-04:00I have to agree with the Ansel Adams reference - t...I have to agree with the Ansel Adams reference - that's exactly what I was going to write. Some of those are worthy of framing. Thanks for sharing so many great pics and the info; it's fun (and cheap) to live vicariously through the vacations of others!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12538769872317933763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-61232191414490236202009-09-04T23:48:10.124-04:002009-09-04T23:48:10.124-04:00What interesting images - all of them.
I had forg...What interesting images - all of them.<br /><br />I had forgotten about cow parsnips - and how nice they are. They were fairly abundant in certain places along a fence row where I lived in Michigan - and I don't see them often here. How beautiful!<br /><br />Awhile ago I was obsessed with the pine beetle invading stands in western Canada - the ones that have the relationship with the fungus that results in a wood with blue streaks. We are seeing so many subtle - and some not-so-subtle changes in "pest" associations due to change in climate - associations that aren't given the time to reach some kind of friendly equilibrium. It's fascinating and scary.Pamhttp://www.talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-8170736123181270422009-09-03T17:56:20.032-04:002009-09-03T17:56:20.032-04:00Janet,
There were very few creepy crawlers. It is...Janet,<br />There were very few creepy crawlers. It is too cold in the mountains for reptiles, including snakes. The only real pests were mosquitoes, but they were not everywhere. Hopefully we were noisy enough to make bears and mt. lions scarce.<br /><br />Sweet Bay,<br />The trunks are mostly gray anyway, so it was not hard to turn them into B&Ws.<br /><br />Frances,<br />We were not attacked too bad by the beetles. My unle owns land with a lot of pines on it. He harvested them to prevent the timber from losing its value from the beetles. That never really set well with me. I know people need to make the most of their resources, but I am always saddened when I see woods destroyed.<br /><br />Racquel,<br />There were many treasures along the trail.<br /><br />Phillip,<br />That plant had no resemblence to what I know as Wintergreen or Winterberry. That is the trap of common names, so I try to learn the Latin.<br /><br />ESP,<br />It was indeed silent - when my 11 year old motor mouth was quiet.<br /><br />Anna,<br />It will take a long time for the forest to recover, but it will. I am glad I got to see it when it was full. After Hurricane Hugo It was devastating to me to see the countryside outside of Charleston reduced to piles of scrap wood. I did not think it would ever look the same. 10 years later you would not have known anything had ever happened.<br /><br />LesLeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-4730536824746915972009-09-02T23:38:17.852-04:002009-09-02T23:38:17.852-04:00I'm afraid for them as that is a lot of kindli...I'm afraid for them as that is a lot of kindling. Seems like they are long overdue for a fire. <br /><br />And then it's very pretty too. It will take a long time for the seedlings to replace such a lush growth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-66945293465620893122009-09-02T22:59:45.022-04:002009-09-02T22:59:45.022-04:00Hi Les.
Great photography, loved the black and wh...Hi Les.<br /><br />Great photography, loved the black and white images, lots of striking form and textures. This looks like an amazing place to hike, very magical and I surmise at times quite eerie. The pictures conjour up a very "silent" place.<br />ESP.ESPhttp://eastsidepatch.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-30575649139422415042009-09-02T20:22:40.728-04:002009-09-02T20:22:40.728-04:00Oops I meant wintergreen.Oops I meant wintergreen.Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-32271412036173650952009-09-02T20:22:00.665-04:002009-09-02T20:22:00.665-04:00What a beautiful place and unusual plants. I love ...What a beautiful place and unusual plants. I love the pink winterberry and that mushroom is a stunner.Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-77478787005850659032009-09-02T06:14:45.093-04:002009-09-02T06:14:45.093-04:00I really love the black & white images. Glad ...I really love the black & white images. Glad to see you found some native treasures in the woods. :)Racquelhttp://perennialgardener.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-51643603388778829352009-09-02T06:01:56.361-04:002009-09-02T06:01:56.361-04:00Hi Les, what a cool place and even thought fires c...Hi Les, what a cool place and even thought fires can be devastating, like what is happening in L.A. right now, it is part of nature's pattern. When we lived in southern CA, we went hiking in La Canada where the fires are taking place, and the guide said they were more than overdue for fire and were fearful it would be very large since man had prevented fire for quite some time. This was in the mid-eighties. We were attacked, as maybe you were too in 2000 by the southern pine beetle. So many trees were lost as they moved across vast stands of loblolly pines. Those areas are once again full of young trees, nature's way of renewal. Love all your artsy photos! :-)<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-66243915417143156652009-09-02T00:08:51.905-04:002009-09-02T00:08:51.905-04:00All of those tree trunks do look like tindersticks...All of those tree trunks do look like tindersticks stacked for burning. How did you manage to make the forest look as though it were engulfed in smoke already?<br /><br />The wildflowers are unbelievably beautiful.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-76435264945333694242009-09-01T23:36:15.802-04:002009-09-01T23:36:15.802-04:00The black and white have an Ansel Adams feel to th...The black and white have an Ansel Adams feel to them. What a great vacation you all had. So with all this walking in the woods...what kind of creepy crawlers do they have in Colorado?Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.com