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Ausable Chasm with the #forest on top

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#fall #fallcolors #scape #EastCoastKin
A narrow, steep-sided gorge filled with dark water cuts through dense forest. Tall pines and hemlocks rise above the rocky walls, mixed with early autumn foliage in green, yellow, and orange.
October 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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However, two were still habitable. Near the point of the peninsula, cabins 1 and 3 had been rescued from decay. Two men were set up in cabin 1 when I arrived, but 3 was empty. That was my home last night. I could not exactly see the attraction at first. These were no luxury accommodations.
A rustic old wooden cabin with a screened front porch in a forest of tall old pines and hemlocks. It is raised several feet off the ground, a foundation is wooden logs sitting on rocks. The steeply sloped roof is covered with shingles.
September 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Rogue Hemlocks Carl Martin | Fence Books
Fence published Rogue Hemlocks, Carl Martin's poetry collection, in 2008. Poet Carl Martin’s literal and figurative “Brit vernacular” asks of its reader nothing less than a total ignorance of expectat...
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September 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
tomsnarsky.bsky.social
today for #twopageplustuesday, another poem by Carl R. Martin: “Poe ambling through streets of Baltimore in the drunk election crowd/ or the donkey whose tail stands up, his profile that belies the moon. […] I have no promises to keep except to love & die & dream,/ to tend the dryads in the trees…”
PERCHANCE "Ambling with intent not pursuant to criminal acts." Poe ambling through streets of Baltimore in the drunk election crowd or the donkey whose tail stands up, his profile that belies the moon. In a rooming house for single girls Poe's silhouette is on the block. Winter is cold, protectors scarce, "romance" is not in command. Milk is pay. With heads unshorn the poor are "beastly dead" whom horse-drawn hearses ferry out among the witching trees. The donkey's head is on the block, resurrection is his fate. Branches drift within the sky; bloomers are hanging in the trees softly blown in wild, earthy directions home. The woods are gentle, dark, and deep, and I'm forever half asleep since I discovered midnight's seams where truth's awry. I have no promises to keep except to love & die & dream, to tend the dryads in the trees who are far lovelier than leaves and do not hold to chopping wood. I know these ethics seem at fault, but think of such adventurers that made the ruddy Hudson seem like some dense Amazonian stream in oils that may yet amaze, somewhat restored, a bit less crazed. Even the dream must suffer art, a meticulous eternity through privileged forays of the brush where wild birds treat the canvassed slough with soothing chemistry and song (excuse the Brit vernacular) and grant it lasting threads of life. Mark Twain became the white-haired cigar-wielding swain who preferred his Hartford sitting room, exclusively by Tiffany, and did not hold to chopping wood. Perchance to dream: fleetingly obscene and thoroughly American. Rogue Hemlocks by Carl Martin
September 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Autumn leaves and lily pads float on a secluded pond, Herron Pond, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. October 24, 2024, 2:44 PM.

#hiking #autumn #forest #lake
A deep blue cloudless sky. Standing on the shore of a pond surrounded by a mixed forest of pines, hemlocks and hardwoods. The hardwoods have lost many of their leaves, those that remain are the burnt oranges and golden browns of late autumn. In several spots just offshore, including one just ahead of us, there are patches of tall water grasses, green giving way to golden brown here, too. The surface of the pond is almost still, reflecting the trees and the sky. There are clusters of green lily pads which have also collected a number of brightly colored freshly fallen leaves.
September 28, 2026 at 6:20 PM
partridgecg.bsky.social
Went to get some hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) samples from one of our infested hemlock sites. Good news: I couldn't find any HWA. Bad news: It is because all of the hemlocks are basically dead. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
September 26, 2026 at 7:18 PM
3daydog.bsky.social
When the nor'easters come through like this with the high wind gusts, I have to hold my breath for a couple days because of all the tall old hemlocks and maples around the house. It's been a dry year and wet leafy branches are much more likely to fall.
September 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
nxnorthwoods.bsky.social
Pretty typical old growth hemlock-hardwood forest in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. Lots of white pine and hemlocks with maples mixed in.
September 25, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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Just a few miles up the road the hemlocks and giant white pine along the Headwaters Wilderness' Giant White Pine Loop were nearly unscathed. bsky.app/profile/nxno...
nxnorthwoods.bsky.social Scottie Tuska @nxnorthwoods.bsky.social · 8d
Look up, young man. You're walking amongst giants.

Giant White Pine Grove State Natural Area
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

Argonne, Wisconsin

September 2026

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#wisconsin #upnorth
#scape #eck #hiking
My very cool brother-in-law gazes up at the Giant White Pine Grove State Natural Area near Three Lakes, Wisconsin
September 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
nxnorthwoods.bsky.social
A better view of one of the giant hemlocks lying on the forest floor.
September 25, 2026 at 4:44 AM
nxnorthwoods.bsky.social
The same day that a tornado ravaged Wisconsin's Fox Valley, straight line winds took down hundreds of trees in the
Nicolet National Forest. One of my favorite hikes was a bit somber seeing these centuries old Hemlocks broken like twigs.

#forestfriday #scape #eck
#wiwx #upnorth #northwoods
Beyond a grove of intact trees are giant hemlocks broken like twigs.
September 25, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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Our king of trees (red cedar) stands about 100' tall in the center of our yard with hemlocks, a holly tree, maples, cherries alder, hazelnuts, madrona and others
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September 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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This #NationalTreeDay & #NationalForestWeek we’re launching a campaign to help save Eastern Hemlocks. They are under threat from Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive insect that can rapidly kill mature trees.

Help save our forests 👉 Donate or learn more at: longpointlandtrust.ca/saving-the-e...
September 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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At @harvardforest.bsky.social Harvard Forest, doomed eastern hemlocks found to further future generations current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/harv...
At Harvard Forest, doomed eastern hemlocks found to further future generations
Sixteen years ago, an invasive pest called the woolly adelgid arrived at Harvard Forest and slowly began to devastate its the eastern hemlocks — as they had done in forcce elsewhere. Since then, Harva...
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September 23, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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accidental one year later doodle of hemlocks sister
A waist up doodle of a yuan-ti woman with tan skin, brown hair, and multi color scales speckled across her face like freckles. There are two versions of the same doodle; one that features her with her more nature curly hair and another where her hair is straightened and she's wearing eye makeup. She stands with one arm up, a finger tapping against her cheek while her other arm is propping the first up.
September 23, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Above the city, Hancock Brook Trail, Waterbury, Connecticut. October 24, 2020, 6:02 PM.

#hiking #autumn #forest #mountains
The late afternoon sky is hazy, with a mix of clear skies and clouds. We are atop a mountain on a very large gray rock outcrop looking out over a deep ravine to another mountain whose flanks are covered with a dense forest of dusky green hemlocks and hardwoods just a little past their autumn peak colors. There are brick reds, burnt oranges and golden browns, but the colors are still bright. A similar forest grows on our ridgeline. Near the horizon between the two ridges, the mouth of the ravine reveals a portion of the northern outskirts of the city of Waterbury, Connecticut.
September 21, 2026 at 11:41 PM
syzygyrior.bsky.social
i know im gonna miss the maples and the hemlocks when i eventually move out to WA
September 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
poemoftheday.bsky.social
📖 THE COMING OF NIGHT.
👤 Dickinson, Emily (1830—1886)

How the old mountains drip with sunset,
And the brake of dun!
How the hemlocks are tipped in tinsel
By the wizard sun!
How the old steeples hand the scarlet,
Till the ball is full, —
Have I the lip of the flamingo
📖 THE COMING OF NIGHT. 👤 Dickinson, Emily (1830—1886)
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September 21, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Lake Wintergreen, West Rock State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 21, 2024, 3:02 PM.

#hiking #autumn #forest #lake
A deep blue sky with a bright sun shining towards us across a lake. Two large patches of tall green and golden brown water grasses grow along and near the shoreline. Beyond them is a forest of stately pines and hemlocks, with a couple of clusters of hardwoods sporting foliage in rusty orange, brick red and golden brown tones. Though the colors are slightly past peak they are still deep and rich in the bright sunshine. Sunlight sparkles off the slightly rippled lake surface.
September 20, 2026 at 11:53 PM
jordanagreene.bsky.social
Advantages of old-growth forests include greater biodiversity & richer, more complex soil that isn't compacted the way many second-growth areas are compacted. All of that can affect how fast hemlocks grow.
September 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
swampvids.bsky.social
The swamp enjoys showing off its pinewood gingertails colonizing all of its the dead hemlocks every autumn, but what's not been mentioned yet is that they're always full of mites. #FungiFriends #arachnids #ento
A colony of small and colorful orange gilled mushrooms climbing up an old hemlock stump covered in green moss. Microscopic image of a tiny red mite crawling in the gills of the pinewood gingertail.
September 20, 2026 at 3:08 AM
thomasmkaneauthor.bsky.social
That makes sense.

There's a stand of 100-year old hemlocks in my home town, but they aren't significantly bigger than other trees in the area.
September 19, 2026 at 3:43 AM
aliennextdoor.bsky.social
The diversity of life on five ancient maple trees... #lichen #fungi #moss #ferns #maple #trees #treestudy themeaningofwater.com/2025/06/15/a...
A Diversity of Life on Five Ancient Maple Trees—A Tree Study
Large sugar maples amid old-growth hemlocks on the drumlin slope, Mark S. Burnham Forest, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) . The Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park is one of few remaining and well-preserve…
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September 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Celebrating #oldgrowth #hemlock #forests ... themeaningofwater.com/2026/07/12/c...
Celebrating Old-Growth Eastern Hemlocks–A Tree Study
Old-growth hemlock forest, Mark S. Burnham Park, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) . My relationship with the eastern hemlock tree started when I was a little girl and endures to this day; I remember scr…
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September 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Ice Age Trail Crosses Forest of Hemlocks, Aspens
#iceagetrail #wisconsin #hiking #backpacker #camping
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Ice Age Trail Crosses Forest of Hemlocks, Aspens
A segment of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail runs through Taylor County Forest. Day hikers can enjoy a hemlock and aspen grove and a panoramic view of a forest on a segment of the Ice Age Nationa…
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September 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM