2018 Photo Project

2018 Photo Project

Photo #43

Manzanita Blossom

 

Manzanita is beautiful, but so hazardous

because it is so flammable and we live in

an area where you need to be mindful of wildfires.

So we are always diligently cutting it back

and pulling out the little seedlings. 

The deer are helpful also as they eat the leaves

as they meander outside our home.

Have a lovely Sunday!

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More Sunday Shadow Shots here.

Saturdays Six Words and Sunday Shadows May 3-4, 2014

Carefully living in a wildfire zone....

Because we live in a wild fire zone, we take

care to keep Manzanita and other highly

flammable shrubs cut back and far away

from our home. This means that we periodically

remove and either burn or chip the piles of brush.

Today we are renting a big chipper with a neighbor.

We'll chip up all our piles and then help 

our neighbor do the same on his property.

We will use all the chips for weed deterrent mulch.

Plus the chips will keep the dust down

in addition to keeping the ground moist. 

Clearing the Manzanita also enables

native wild flowers to appear! 

One of many piles of Manzanita waiting for the chipper!

May 2014

 Burnt Stump From Fire of 1929

Soft Arnica, May 2014

Click on these links to see more

Six Words and Sunday Shadow Shots

Have a great weekend!

Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday August 10-11, 2013

More Manzanita cleared...job well done!! 

Three Tree Trail 

This is only one example of all the clearing

and trails made during these past two weeks with

the help of our friend Elliot. He came down

for two weeks and did an awesome job along

with Russell.  They cleared out so much, made

wonderful meandering trails 

and built enormous burn piles that will

be ignited once we have snow on the ground.

Before

Russell with the new chain saw

after the 30+ year old one died

Elliot by one of the burn piles

After

Close up of one of the 10 huge burn piles

Last but not least-

this is how dirty one gets

working in the woods!!!

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To read more Six Words go here:

http://www.showmyface.com/2013/08/six-word-saturday_10.html

and to see lots more Shadowy photos go here:

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/2013/08/shadowy-sculpture.html 

Have a great weekend !!!