Getiting quite low even though we just had almost an inch of rain.
This section of a tree has moss grow in several places.
A bit of post tone curve work on this photo of a moss covered log fragment in the deeper part of the forest.
bought at the farmer's market and so far doing ok.
There are no super old trees in here, most are either in the 40 to 100 year rane, and then a bunch of smaller ones younger than 15. My guess is that cattle wandered through here freely around 30 or 40 years ago, Very little of the native undergrowth is back.
Also looks like one day it will collapse...
It hangs out over the bank of the forest creek, which for most of August, was dry. Plenty of moisture in the air and in the ground, though.
This is Zoey, the mother of Monkey who is the alpha cat, mostly.
Furniture is temporary while other room being worked on. Beach ball is prop used in Tai Chi lessons from time to time. Mirrors will cover most of the walls, eventually.
Furniture goes into home living room on other side of the almost soundproof door at the south end.
During the thunderstorms last week, had a bolt of lighting peel some of the bark off this tree. Biggest piece I found was maybe 2 feet long by an inch wide. Lots of pieces though. I recall the strike, though I was looking the other direction and inside the house at the time. Reset the clock in the room nearest the strike, which was a good 100 yards away, but none of the other clocks. Power blipped very briefly.
A few more pieces from the strike
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These two images are from the same black raspberry bush. Apparently visited by different creatures.
These two images are from the same black raspberry bush. Apparently visited by different creatures. This one was from Japanese beetles I'm pretty sure.
The cat Shasta passed on and I put this baby pine over her. I think the pine is a child of the huge Balkan pine by the house.
