Wordless Wednesday May 11, 2016

Russell and Mike ready to make firewood!

 

Siskiyou County necessity...

 

More Siskiyou County required equipment... 

 

Why the tree died... 

 

Angry biting ants do not like being disturbed... 

 

Yikes

 

It went down between two smaller trees 

KaBaam!

 

Looking from the top towards the stump

 

 

Russell resting on his laurels...

 

The Knob Cone Pine tree was approximately

96' tall and approximately 40" across the top of the stump. The top of the tree snapped off when it fell so I am not sure how tall it really was. Now to figure out how to buck it up to the top of the hill so it can be split. If need be we'll just take the  wood splitter down to the tree and use the ATV and trailer to bring up the split wood. Besides this tree Russell and Mike took out 3 Oaks that were also dead.

Most likely from the 4 year drought

and the Mountain Pine Beetle.

 All photos were taken May 9, 2016

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Saturday Words and Sunday Shadows October 24-25, 2015

Mt Shasta, California   October 21, 2015

 

Hopefully this is only the beginning...

 

Drought Stressed Apricot Tree   October 2, 2015  

 

 

After four years of drought we can

only hope that this winter will bring us

lots of snow in the mountains and lots of rain in the valleys.  

 

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Six Words and Sunday Shadows August 8-9, 2015

 

We have been busy this week.....

 

Orange sunrise due to wildfires 

August 7, 2015

 

Smoky skies create an eerie light

inside our home....

 

 

Russell has been tremendously

busy cutting down dead trees due to pine beetles and the drought.

 

Lots of nicely stacked wood

waiting for the log splitter we

will be borrowing from friends.

 

Everywhere I turn there's another pile!

 

I think the "Chefette" owes him

a big steak dinner?? 

 

Meanwhile.....

 

We listened to these incredible musicians... 

who are here for a week of study

and performances.

This is the third year for this event.

Pacific Crest Music Festival .
They played one evening at
Dunsmuir Brewery Works

 

And after our Friday hike they came

to a friends home to play after

we had eaten our pot luck lunch... 

 

And here's why children should have

music lessons....

 

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Have a great week and do visit

Six Word Saturdays and Shadow Shot Sunday!



A to Z Challenge 2015 D is for Drought

Looks can be deceiving.....

After a lot of rain Hammond Pond

is full of water. But in reality we have

only had 15% precipitation of what we need

to keep our trees alive and to sustain

our wildlife. 

 

Hammond Pond April 3, 2015

 

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Six Words and Sunday Shadows......Finally! A bit of rain here..... February 14-15, 2015

Finally some rain and snow in the mountains!

 

 



 

Before.....

 

 

AFTER !!

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Magpie Tales #247 Waiting for Snow

Snowstorm by  Maurice Vlaminck

Eyes skyward

Scan the arid mountains

Waiting for snow

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Many thanks to Tess Kincaid for

her wonderful Magpie Tales!!!!

Six Words with Sunday Shadows October 25-26, 2014

Mt Shasta  October 24, 2014

Torrential rain ...wind gusts 85 mph!! 

I would say that winter is just around the corner.

Mt Shasta is finally getting snow and

may it snow til next May! That might alleviate

the drought conditions we have endured

 the past three years! 

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Point your umbrella Here for 6 Words

and throw a snowball Here for Shadow Shots!

And for heavens sake go find your snow shovel!

Six Words and Sunday Shadows! August 2-3, 2014

Eerie light created by numerous wildfires....

We've had lots of lightning and consequently 

there are currently multiple lightning-sparked fires

burning in Siskiyou County in both federal and state land. 

There were over 955 downstrikes recorded.

Smoky light at 4:45pm August 1, 2014

Foraging Chipmunk  August 1, 2014

We have not had sufficient snowpack

for at least the past 3 years.

Look at the photos below and compare.

We are in a severe drought. 

Hopefully this winter we get snowed in!!!

Mt Shasta April 2012

 Mt Shasta October 2013

Mt Shasta August 1, 2014

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And for Pete's sake have a great day!

Once again it's Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday! May 31-June 1, 2014

What we saw while driving home....

Shasta Lake with only 48% of total capacity.

 Shasta Lake is getting a new bridge

Lucy listens to our blooming Orchid Cactus

May 30, 2014

This plant is amazing! It's never

bloomed in all the years we have had it.

Now look at it! WOW!

It looked like this before we left:

May 13, 2014

Mother Nature is truly the boss!

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Cheers!

Have a great day whatever you do!

A to Z 2014 Challenge E is for Esperanza

The Eddys Mountain Range
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Eddy

Esperanza = Hope

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We're finally seeing snow on the Eddys.
Hopefully we'll have more snow and/or
lots more rain before summer is here. 

The A-Z Challenge requires that we

post a blog each day in April except

for Sundays for each letter of the 

alphabet. Today the letter is D.

Here's the link to other bloggers:

A-Z 2014 Challenge

Six Word Saturday and Sunday Shadows February 8-9, 2014

Our weather is finally becoming winter!

We've had a severe drought here in all

of California. It started snowing yesterday 

and hopefully will cotinue. 

 Milepost #6, I-5 Oregon

Baby Quilt for Stan and Maggie's Grandchild

February 2, 2014

Finally finished all 6 tops for 6 babies!

Now they've been mailed to the quilter-

and she;ll mail them back to me so I can

put on the binding and then mail them off

once each baby has been born.

A Sunny Day in January,2014

Probably won't see shadows for awhile-

since we are finally getting some winter weather!

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And have a lovely weekend!

Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday January 4-5, 2014

Love sunshine,but we need precipitation!!!!

We seriously need rain or better yet snow.

This is the driest winter on record since 1936.

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Have a great weekend!