"Sunday is a day of rest".
I slept in until 6:00 a.m.
Mrs ERJ is still not fully recovered from the flu. I went to Mass today while she stayed home.
I took a nap once I got home.
Very little blog-worthy activity happened.
Bonus Images
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| Refrigerator Door Art. Quicksilver, age 3 |
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| Bur Oak twigs from a fire-ecology adapted strain |
Hope that flu doesn't cycle through again friend.
ReplyDeleteLaughing as we have granddaughters' "art" also.
Fire adapted ecology strain? Can you expand on that a bit please? Wasn't aware that your area was so prone to widespread fires like California.
The current thinking in academia is that Native Americans were extremely aggressive in using "burns" to reduce tick populations, control brush (that enemies could use as cover) and to favor oak savannas and to make movement from one village to another less encombered by brush.
DeleteOne map here: https://external-preview.redd.it/bUOFKYmiUK9QmZmjyqTiysfLz8AvT22ZkR2UoIeLTso.png?auto=webp&s=df83ef64e393789cfa8c4a52fb3bca06212324c7 showing estimates based on char data and ring counts of ancient trees.
There are higher resolution maps but this is the best I could do in five minutes.
Locally, one can "map" pre-Columbian burns by place names like Plains Highway, Hickory Road and so on.
Look at this map, too. https://driftlessprairies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PC2FM-fire-frequency-map-1.jpg
DeleteIf I'm not too late a full moon and snow cover might allow cool night pictures.
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