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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Trees, Trees and more Trees

After doing my post below about how much old growth forest has been lost in the USA due to clearing for the old time homesteading and mostly for logging. I decided to make a new post for Mosaic Monday and Sally's Blue Monday with my archive shots of the various parks we visited where we saw these huge Redwood Trees. A few people commented that the Olympic National Park also has the old growth forest. Their comments brought back memories of our visit to the Hoh rainforest in the Olympic National Park.

The first mosaic shows my son Brian in his younger days ( he is 18 yrs old now) running around all in blue in the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park. If I knew then what I know now I would have never let Brian as close to this tree. The frequent rain in the Hoh rainforest contributes to the lush canopy of both the coniferous and deciduous trees. Mosses and ferns also add to the enchantment of the Hoh Rainforest. The National Park protects what is the largest remaining old growth forest and temperant rain forest in the lower 48 states.

This mosaic is a mixture of photos from our visit to the Redwood National Park which has the tallest trees and Sequoia National has the big wide trees both parks are in California. The giant sequoia trees are among the largest trees on earth. The Giant Forest was saved from logging by the creation of the Sequoia National Park..

The General Grant tree in Sequoia NP was designated as the nations Christmas Tree in 1926. This tree was so tall I could not fit it all in my photo.

This was our rental car at the time, of course we had to take a picture of it going thru the tree.

I have to thank the National Park system for protecting these old growth forest and these amazing huge trees. Hopefully these beautiful trees would never become a means for balancing the budget. Crazy things can happen, they might decide they need to build a road thru the forest. These trees are national treasures should be be treated as so and conserved. I would like to see logging come to end as far as logging these grand old trees and the old growth forest that we have left today.

Please visit Mary's Mosaic Monday to see some wonderful mosaics and Sally's Blue Monday to see everything blue. Thanks to both Mary and Sally for hosting these fun memes. And thank you for stopping by my blog to see my post. Have a wonderful week!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Outer Banks

These are some of the scenes we saw while recently visiting the Outer Banks. Photos included in my mosaic are of the Pea Island NWR header photo , sunset at Pea Island, Wright Brothers National Memorial..see my previous post for more photos, Jockey Ridge State park is home to the tallest and natural sand dune, Bodie Island Lighthouse under renovation until Dec 2010 and Nags Head Woods Preserve.

Jockey Ridge State park had a nice Tracks in the sand trail.

The trail took us along the Roanoke Sound for a short time

The Bodie Island Lighthouse under renovation until Dec. 2010, but the grounds and visitor center are open to the public. They also had a nice nature trail which included a lookout tower over a pond. The pond was great for checking out the birds and ducks.

Nags Head Woods Preserve, five miles of trails in anciet oak forest. A beautiful place.

Sunset at Pea Island NWR

This is my entry for Mary's Mosaic Monday and click on my link to see more wonderful mosaics.

Thanks for stopping by to see my post. I hope you all have a great week and a Happy Thanksgiving.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Wildflowers..Mosaic Monday

From archives, I created my mosaic with wildflowers I've seen at various national parks. I am not familiar with the names of the flowers but I thought they were all beautiful.

Thanks for visiting my blog and thanks to Mary of Mosaic Monday

To see more wonderful mosaics click on my link.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Cape Henlopen...Mosaic Monday

I took these photos a few weeks ago, my hubby and I went on a daytrip to Cape Henlopen and the Delaware shore. I was looking for Snow Buntings that were reported in the area. It was a cold and windy day for a walk on the beach but it was still a pretty day with the sun and a blue sky. I thought the photos would make a great mosaic.

To see more wonderful and creative mosaics go and visit Mary at Little Red House

This mosaic looks much nicer if you click on it for a larger viewing.

Thanks for stopping by to see my mosaic and thanks to Mary for hosting Mosaic Monday.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Yellowstone Mosaic Monday

I created Yellowstone Mosaics for this weeks Mosaic Monday. One mosaic is from the photos I have on my Yellowstone post below and I created new mosaics of the Old Faithful Geyser and some of the other geysers in the park and another of the Yellowstone buffalo. Yellowstone National Park wouldn't be Yellowstone without seeing geysers and buffalo.

Please click on the photos to see a larger version of the mosaics

If you would like to see my Birds of the decade mosaic you can visit here: viewingnaturewitheileen

To see more wonderful mosaics go and visit Mary at The Little Red and Mosaic Monday

Thanks for stopping by my blog and for commenting and thanks to Mary for hosting Mosaic Monday.