This area was hit very hard by a storm in Spring 2022 and many of the pine tree plantations in sandy soil got fucked right up.

The photos don’t line up exactly but I got the feeling that part of my walk this morning was on a trail that was super hard hit. I’m glad to see my memory was correct and one of the photos I took today lined up well! I remember this sinking feeling about the deviation, and am so happy to see it bouncing back, full of native trees instead of the pine.

Bonus photo with fucked up tree roots being reintegrated into the forest circled in red

  • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    One of the beautiful things about places with cold winters is how the world transforms every year. Forests become barren, lakes become sheets of glass and then white fields. And then it comes spring and it transitions back .

    • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOPM
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      3 months ago

      It continually blows my mind. By the time Feb rolls around I’m in absolute despair because the world is barren and dark. As soon as the first leaves start budding I’m blissed out for months.