I saw similar things in Florida after a hurricane. Hurricanes often harbor dozens of tornadoes in their midst. Some of my trees that managed to stand were twisted. I hadn't thought about them not being good for lumber but it makes perfect sense.
Lovely photos Gail ! We have quite a few twisted trees here as well and very weathered to but for me I find they make for interesting photography . For ever one that dies there's always one born , hope the new little trees grow big and live full life ! Have a good day !
An interesting walk through your forest. Goats are so neat. I used to raise angora goats for spinning. I had about 40 goats and they kept the area looking like a golf course. Now, sadly, I have to pay men to mow. I miss the goats.
Some of the nature hurricane Hugo destroyed in 1989 never recovered. The landscape remained forever scarred. Now, it's construction that does the same thing around here. I don't like it.
The land manages to heal, altho our memories do not. Was this tornado in the series of ones that took our Joplin, MO? So horrible. Glad you and yours remained safe.
I look at the tree trunks twisted by tornadoes, and I cannot help but liken them to our lives, sometimes also twisted by the storms of life, but somehow we find ways to heal or repurpose, maybe moving in a new direction or starting over with new growth. I see damage, but I also see resilience, and I like that a lot! Loved the little vinca too, you've got to like determination to make your presence known, even if it freezes itself in the process! Another lovely walk, a girl could get used to these! Perhaps you need to do videos we could use with our treadmills! :-)
Ah, Vinca! We have those here. I wondered what they were. :-)
I've never had a skyline like that, but I do know what hurricanes, typhoons, and tornadoes can do. Glad you are here to show us the pictures. Had not realized you'd had a tornado.
It's amazing how nature restores herself, isn't it?
=)
March 9, 2013 at 10:52 AM
is what it was always called. Mostly cedar, pine and few hardwoods grew here on the rocky side of the ridge. Before the tornado you could not see the sky line well. Now it looks bare to me.
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Seeing the top of the ridge is something new in my lifetime.
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Years before my memory Dad and Mom had goats
on this hill side keeping the underbrush clear.
The briers make it almost impossible to walk.
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Here lie the roots of an ancient cedar torn up by the tornado but the loggers were able to save it for lumber. Much they could not for if a tree is twisted so will the lumber tend to twist.
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You can see the healed twist in this small tree.
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Many cedars could not be used for lumber
but can be split for fence posts
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A pair of Osage Orange or Bodark trees
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One gone one twisted and split but still living.
Supposed to be the best tree for making bows.
It is sad to see the destruction
but the tiny cedar trees are growing again.
In sixty years you'll never know the damage that was here.
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Returning from my walk
A frost bitten vinca tries to convince me its spring.
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I hadn't thought about them not being good for lumber but it makes perfect sense.
March 5, 2013 at 5:34 AM
How long ago was the tornado? That close to home - scary!
March 5, 2013 at 5:42 AM
Oh this feels like home:) B
March 5, 2013 at 5:51 AM
Love that pretty little sign of soring
March 5, 2013 at 6:22 AM
Morning, wow!!!! looks so pretty though...love the little flower peeking out....just banks of snow here, Francine.
March 5, 2013 at 6:38 AM
Love how you weave me into your life story with your words and telling . . .
When was the tornado . . .
March 5, 2013 at 7:16 AM
Never heard an Osage Orange called a Bodark! Around here you see fence lines of Osage Orange. I never saw the tree until I moved here.
March 5, 2013 at 7:34 AM
Lovely photos Gail ! We have quite a few twisted trees here as well and very weathered to but for me I find they make for interesting photography . For ever one that dies there's always one born , hope the new little trees grow big and live full life ! Have a good day !
March 5, 2013 at 7:59 AM
I love it when you take me along for a "look, see". I learn so much. When was the tornado? Oma Linda
March 5, 2013 at 8:01 AM
An interesting walk through your forest. Goats are so neat. I used to raise angora goats for spinning. I had about 40 goats and they kept the area looking like a golf course. Now, sadly, I have to pay men to mow. I miss the goats.
March 5, 2013 at 9:48 AM
glad things are growing back again.
March 5, 2013 at 10:03 AM
i am a tad envious of all you have to see when you walk. and even one tree down changed the sky line..
March 5, 2013 at 10:55 AM
A pensive post of both damage and healing. Beautiful.
March 5, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Some of the nature hurricane Hugo destroyed in 1989 never recovered. The landscape remained forever scarred. Now, it's construction that does the same thing around here. I don't like it.
March 5, 2013 at 2:35 PM
You can really see the evidence of tornado damage, the turning of tree's. What will happen with the logs already cut, will they be fence posts?
March 5, 2013 at 4:13 PM
Looks like spring to me! :)
March 5, 2013 at 5:01 PM
The land manages to heal, altho our memories do not. Was this tornado in the series of ones that took our Joplin, MO? So horrible. Glad you and yours remained safe.
March 5, 2013 at 5:06 PM
I was trying to remember that name the other day, Bodark Trees. My Dad used them for fence posts.
It really is an amazing walk.
March 5, 2013 at 5:23 PM
I look at the tree trunks twisted by tornadoes, and I cannot help but liken them to our lives, sometimes also twisted by the storms of life, but somehow we find ways to heal or repurpose, maybe moving in a new direction or starting over with new growth. I see damage, but I also see resilience, and I like that a lot! Loved the little vinca too, you've got to like determination to make your presence known, even if it freezes itself in the process! Another lovely walk, a girl could get used to these! Perhaps you need to do videos we could use with our treadmills! :-)
March 5, 2013 at 8:03 PM
Ah, Vinca! We have those here. I wondered what they were. :-)
I've never had a skyline like that, but I do know what hurricanes, typhoons, and tornadoes can do. Glad you are here to show us the pictures.
Had not realized you'd had a tornado.
*hugs* and God bless. ♥
March 5, 2013 at 11:19 PM
That little Vinca is so cheerful!
It's amazing how nature restores herself, isn't it?
=)
March 9, 2013 at 10:52 AM