Okay, the first order of business is congratulations to Jacky and Shelli, winners of the giveaway for e-copies of
The Problem With Peggy. Happy reading!
Next, we have one more week without a new story, because I'm attending the California School Board Assoc. annual conference this week, and haven't had time to write a story (I made a start, but have only about 1/3 of a story, about 30 minutes to bedtime Thursday night. Not happening. I'll finish it and use it next week!). Meanwhile, I'm learning lots to help me lead our school district, which is a pretty amazing thing to be able to do.
So, as so often when I've no stories for you, I've gone into the archives for some photos to serve as a Friday distraction. And since a lot of us have been feeling like things are kind of tough the last few weeks, I picked out photos of things growing where you wouldn't think they could.
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| Pioneers among the lava (Hawaii Volcanoes NP) |
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| Never underestimate the power of a plant! (Hawaii Volcanoes NP) |
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| Datura grows lavishly in desert corners (Canyon de Chelly Nat. Monument, AZ) |
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| I am always amazed at what grows in the desert, though of course the canyons are where the water is. Cottonwoods in the Narrows, Zion National Park. |
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| Even where the sun hardly shines, plant grow on every ledge in the canyons (Zion NP) |
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| What grows after the fire? Flowers! Beautiful, delicate flowers. (Sequoia NP) |
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| Of course, the alpine flowers are a bit mind-boggling. How do they find every tiny pocket of dirt at 10 or 12,000 feet? (Sequoia NP) |
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| Columbine are among the most amazing (to me), as they look so delicate, and grow in nearly dirtless cracks in the rocks at high elevation (Sequoia NP) |
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| Okay, this one's a cheat. It's actually growing in a pretty decent spot, in a moderate-elevation forest. I just think they look so unlikely--some kind of saprophyte, which live on decaying matter rather than photosynthesizing (thus the lack of green bits). |
I hope the photos gave you something to smile at, and a bit of hope!
©Rebecca M. Douglass, 2016
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A great walk round with lots to find & see
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's always the most fun for me to do these, since I get to look back through my old photos. Well, not THAT old, since I usually stick with the digital ones, which "only" go back to 2005.
DeleteGorgeous!
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