- If I don’t keep track of learning new things during the month, I’m hard pressed to think of them at the end of the month.
- There is a wildflower called “Giant Blazing Star”; it looks like its smaller cousin, “Blazing Star”. Wildflower naming is just confusing and weird to learn, but I persist in my quest, and one day there will be a book called Wildflowers of Mineral King: Common Names.
- Do great books count? I read an unusual number of books that I rated with 5 stars on Goodreads. We Took To the Woods, Blackbird (and the three other books by Jennifer Lauck), Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
- I didn’t learn an answer to this question but here it is for you:WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA??? It wasn’t this way until about 10 years ago, at least in my memory. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?? A friend has the theory that it has to do with a change in Park policy about suppression. Many wildfires are not in the national parks, so that doesn’t really cover it. I think the tremendous media attention causes arsonists to crawl out of the woodwork, but that is just a hairbrained theory of my own warped thinking.
The Horse Creek Fire from the Mineral King Road at night on July 21, 2018. - A cat will do what a cat will do. After 2.5 months of trying to befriend Heidi, she ran away. No amount of mentoring by Piper or acceptance by Tucker and Scout could fix whatever was broken inside her little head.
- I’ve had an ongoing discussion with a friend who calls lodgepole trees “tamaracks”. Turns out that there is a tamarack tree that is not a lodgepole, but a deciduous conifer. Who knew?? I learned of this in a book called “Devotions From the Mountains” by Lisa Ham (published by Thomas Nelson). I’m not sure that was the intended lesson from that day, but it sure was interesting to me.
- We heard a guy interviewed on the radio who runs an organization in Montana called Provision International. They collect excess food and things, then ship them to needy people in poor countries. Among the things that they provide are used shoes, called “Share A Pair“. Trail Guy and I went through our closets and we filled a large carton with shoes to send to Billings. If you like their philosophy and mission, you might do the same. It seems more helpful than loading up a local thrift shop or just hanging on in case you might wear them again.
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What a clever post! Everyone should share what they learned. I’m going to send some shoes to Share a Pair! Also, your arsonist theory might not be far fetched! Loved seeing you last month!
Natalie, it is always a treat to hear from you, and an over-the-top treat to be together! Looking forward to real mail.
I love your Horse Creek fire photo! The NOAA fellow who was monitoring the weather for the firefighters during the biggest surge of the fire, said it was the smallest “major” fire he had ever seen.
Louise, thank you for your comment. I wonder if the Horse Creek fire could also be the largest “minor” fire. . . always playing with words because that’s what we do. 😎
Thumbs up!
Thank you, Leigh! And I say thumbs up to your fabulous jewelry!
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