Comments on: in the redwoods – part three http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-11348 burning silo Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:02:40 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/#comment-11348 Wayne - There's really so much to see when in the redwood groves that it's easy to overlook the many smaller organisms. Despite my conscious effort to look for things, I'm sure I was seeing just a tiny fraction of what's there. I'd love to spend several weeks exploring the redwoods more slowly, perhaps in another season of the year, so learn more about them. Perhaps it will happen some day. I've read about the fog condensation as well. It's difficult to say if it was such condensation that made the trees seem wet, although it may well have been. When I was hiking on the Prairie Creek trails, the forest seemed quite wet and soggy, although I don't actually think there had been much rain in the days before I was there. Wayne – There’s really so much to see when in the redwood groves that it’s easy to overlook the many smaller organisms. Despite my conscious effort to look for things, I’m sure I was seeing just a tiny fraction of what’s there. I’d love to spend several weeks exploring the redwoods more slowly, perhaps in another season of the year, so learn more about them. Perhaps it will happen some day.
I’ve read about the fog condensation as well. It’s difficult to say if it was such condensation that made the trees seem wet, although it may well have been. When I was hiking on the Prairie Creek trails, the forest seemed quite wet and soggy, although I don’t actually think there had been much rain in the days before I was there.

]]> By: Wayne http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-11342 Wayne Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:15:10 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/#comment-11342 The photos looking up into the trees are really dramatic, Bev. I'm particularly taken by your noticing the other things that are growing in crevices or on burls - the amazing amount of other living things that depend on these trees. And of course the animals that take advantage of all these niches. Did you see water running down the trees? I've read that one of the major peculiar things is that the trees catch the fog and condense it, producing watery films on a regular basis on the tree itself, and then of course directed downward into the soil. The photos looking up into the trees are really dramatic, Bev.

I’m particularly taken by your noticing the other things that are growing in crevices or on burls – the amazing amount of other living things that depend on these trees. And of course the animals that take advantage of all these niches.

Did you see water running down the trees? I’ve read that one of the major peculiar things is that the trees catch the fog and condense it, producing watery films on a regular basis on the tree itself, and then of course directed downward into the soil.

]]> By: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-11324 burning silo Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:23:00 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/#comment-11324 Dave - Glad you're enjoying the redwood series. I haven't sent in the links to FOTT yet, but I'll have to get on that. I seem to be behind on so many things since I returned home and finding it difficult to get back into the swing of things. Dave – Glad you’re enjoying the redwood series. I haven’t sent in the links to FOTT yet, but I’ll have to get on that. I seem to be behind on so many things since I returned home and finding it difficult to get back into the swing of things.

]]> By: Dave http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-11314 Dave Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:03:49 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/25/in-the-redwoods-part-three/#comment-11314 I'm really enjoying this look at redwoods, which I've only ever seen once in my life. I sure hope you're submitting these links to the Festival of the Trees! I’m really enjoying this look at redwoods, which I’ve only ever seen once in my life. I sure hope you’re submitting these links to the Festival of the Trees!

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