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July 27th, 2015

7/27/2015

 
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Goodnight, flowers.
     Oh, what a beautiful morning! While yesterday yielded mostly rain and clouds, this morning started out that way and has turned lovely and blue. Yesterday's high was 65 and the low was 52. We received 1.6" of rain in a heavy afternoon down pour yesterday, but the clouds broke and let a little color through for sunset last night. Right now it is 63 degrees and sunny! Y'all have a great start to your week and we will see you on the top!
Cp
7/27/2015 03:54:30 am

Just a stunning photograph! Oh, what a beautiful day!

MARLENE BOWEN MASTERS
7/27/2015 04:05:17 am

Beautiful. Love this site.

norman
7/27/2015 04:53:33 am

I agree!!

Becky Moore
7/27/2015 06:18:30 am

Awesome picture!

elktonbrant
7/27/2015 06:38:49 am

My shoulders de-tensed and I believe my blood pressure dropped about 20 points after staring at the photo for 4 minutes.
This is a picture worthy of a calendar!

ut-k
7/27/2015 09:25:48 am

I can't remember what left some of the trees bare.
Some type of beetle?

Kent
7/27/2015 11:15:24 am

That would be the Balsam woolly adelgid. The Hemlock woolly adelgid have also taken a horrible toll on the Hemlocks, nearly driving them to extinction. I have heard they've made a bit of a comeback, in recent years. The last two bitterly cold winters have helped greatly reduce the numbers of these pests.

ut-k
7/27/2015 12:03:22 pm

What a shame!!
Thanks for your response :)

Elaine
7/27/2015 03:57:26 pm

Kent is correct about the damage from the woolly adelgids. We have been battling these bugs in WNC for more than a decade now. Soil immersion, spraying, as well as the release of beetles who were to thrive off of the woolly adelgids have been attempted. In contrast to the many of these dead trees that stand in our park, it is comforting to hear from our park rangers that hemlocks will eventually make a comeback and not be today's version of the American chestnut.

Donna
7/27/2015 09:36:18 am

I love all the photos but this one is by far my favorite! Saved to my background!

norman
7/27/2015 12:49:26 pm

Got it on my background also. HAGE

Doug y link
7/27/2015 01:14:40 pm

A field of dreams.

Elaine
7/27/2015 03:45:29 pm

One of the best! So uplifting.

Richard
7/28/2015 03:05:02 am

I agree with Donna. I love all of your photos but this one is outstanding.

elktonbrant
7/28/2015 06:44:49 am

We've been hiking to Myrtle Point since 2004, and in that time we have noticed a healthy new crop of fir trees growing up to replace those that were attacked by the adelgid. We're hopeful that the efforts to save the trees are successful, as we look forward to the day when we see nothing but green on that part of the trail.

Don
7/29/2015 02:16:29 am

Thanks for everything y'all do up top, but us low landers sure love our blog and like to read about what is going on up top. Please keep the blog updated everyday with your beautiful pictures and info from the top for us. Thanks


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