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| Appendages inside hollowed trunk of old felled tree |
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| Yucca blossoms in the 8500-foot elevation range |
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| Fire ring at a primitive campsite |
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| Horned Lizard |
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| Becca spots a squirrel |
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| Up there |
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| Scott at It Just Comes Naturally just posted about this kind of pinecone |
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| Yucca buds just starting to open |
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| Maple leaves |
4 comments:
That pine cone had such a nice smell--almost like cinnamon.
I'm glad that you're having great weather there; we'll be in the low 90s today, but expect relief tomorrow.
You've probably heard about the new wildfire east of Santa Fe; it's starting already!
My arborist colleague said that he had never seen anything like the conical appendages and didn't want to hazard a guess about they they might be without looking them over himself. I like your idea about supports for limbs (even though no limbs or scars were visible on the outside of the bole). If they were supports, they might have been denser and/or more resinous than the rest of the tree, which might help explain why they persisted when the rest of the central tree core hollowed out.
Hey, thanks for getting in touch with your friend the arborist, Scott. I appreciate that.
Yes, we're starting to get really concerned about the start of fire season; it's muy dry here. A few summers ago we spent two weeks here without being able to hike because the entire Lincoln National Forest was closed to recreationists. Since last we were here (about five weeks ago) we've only had .16" of rain.
I just had another thought about those "appendages." Could they be the internal structure of tree knots? I did a little research and discovered this artist who excavates trees to leave their insides intact. Take a look:
http://imgur.com/ZzBSF
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