Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
Sunday
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Sunday
Tuesday
Flowers for the Events
We loved these amazing flower arrangements from a new floral designer in Santa Fe called Cutting Edge Flowers. They were modern arrangements and just beautiful!
Wednesday
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Wednesday
Flowers in front of Joel's Office
For the last 8 years I have watched these flowering trees bloom. With Joel's office closing this might be the last year.
Thursday
New Rose Bush
This is the first rosebush I have ever cared for. It has only been in the ground for a week, but it seems really happy.
Wednesday
Fire
Almost every where we drove in Mesa Verde was destroyed by fire. To see the fire history of the area, follow this link. It is stunning. Thistle is coming up in many of the recently burned areas.
One of the rangers talked a bit about current theories about fire control. Most parks do controlled burns, but he said Mesa Verde has so many cultural sites (known and unknown) that doing controlled burns will damage artifacts - so they haven't done them. The current belief about the fires is that with global warming, the climate has changed to a dryer climate and lightening strikes on the mesa cause more extensive fires than in the past.
This is a road on the west side of Chapin Mesa.
The next two images are from the 2000 fire on Whitherall Mesa. Our tram driver in this area of the park told us he was part of the crew that drove fire fighters out to the mesa during the fires. He said they made many firebreaks to protect the sites, but the fire jumped over every break. Apparently there were some cultural sites damaged in this 2000 fire.
The image below is taken on a hike up to a fire tower. This was probably a fire from the late 1980s. The scrub oak has come back, but the tops still show the burned bushes.
One of the rangers talked a bit about current theories about fire control. Most parks do controlled burns, but he said Mesa Verde has so many cultural sites (known and unknown) that doing controlled burns will damage artifacts - so they haven't done them. The current belief about the fires is that with global warming, the climate has changed to a dryer climate and lightening strikes on the mesa cause more extensive fires than in the past.
This is a road on the west side of Chapin Mesa.
The next two images are from the 2000 fire on Whitherall Mesa. Our tram driver in this area of the park told us he was part of the crew that drove fire fighters out to the mesa during the fires. He said they made many firebreaks to protect the sites, but the fire jumped over every break. Apparently there were some cultural sites damaged in this 2000 fire.
The image below is taken on a hike up to a fire tower. This was probably a fire from the late 1980s. The scrub oak has come back, but the tops still show the burned bushes.
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