{"id":3699,"date":"2018-11-21T21:57:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T21:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2018-11-23T15:35:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T15:35:11","slug":"tree-farm-first-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/tree-farm-first-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree Farm: First Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the art\/life trail.<\/span><\/h4>\n

On the third Wednesday of each month BD and I share our Tree Farm adventure which began in February 2010 with her purchase of 50 clear cut acres.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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\"\"BD: the first spring<\/span><\/p>\n

The story thus far:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Chapter 1<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

\u00a0 Chapter 2<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Spring 2010:\u00a0<\/span>Compelled to connect to this damaged and ravaged landscape w<\/span>e begin making once monthly trips from the beach to the Piedmont. It’s a near 4 hour drive. We set up camp and stay 2 – 4 days each visit.<\/span><\/h4>\n

We prepare with the purchase of a large tent, practice set up and take down, buy cots, sleeping bags, a screen house to use as kitchen. A large wagon from Northern Tool makes it possible for us to mule our way from the creek bed up the hill to the level ‘camp site’.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h4>\n

Loading the Mazda with supplies becomes a practice in planning and efficiency:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Each trip requires puzzling items into the truck: tent, screen house,
\ncots, camp chairs, folding tables, wagon, camp stove, water, food, clothes, tools.<\/span><\/h4>\n

With no road beyond the logging access dirt track the truck bumps slowly over the land bouncing through ruts, puddles and compact earth until we reach the creek.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Boards laid out to get the wagon over the water<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Creek side loading the wagon<\/span><\/h4>\n

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\u00a0Gear schlepped by wagon up to higher ground and the camp site<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

BD had the wherewithal to have the\u00a0<\/span>wood waste in the<\/span>\u00a0camp chipped. This creates a semblance of\u00a0 a cleared area. This is where we set up the tents. This is where grass seedlings immediately begin to sprout.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Blue Bird Gulch Camp<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Sleeping Zone<\/span><\/h4>\n

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View from the Tent mid-summe<\/span>r<\/h4>\n

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Inside the Kitchen Tent<\/span><\/h4>\n

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\u00a0One of the first sign of survivors\u00a0of the clear cut:\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Frankie the fence post lizard.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Beyond the camp zone: an opportunity to practice the Japanese adage:<\/span><\/h4>\n

“When walking pay attention to your feet.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Spread across the acres are heaps of twisted tree tops, large branches, stumps protruding from the compacted earth at different heights along with the occasional random trees that were allowed to remain standing. Any tall trees seen are along the creek spared the saw by the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Each visit we make piles and clean up debris areas close to the camp. Each visit we learn of the exorbitant waste left by the timbering industry.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Quisasana, from Latin:<\/span>
\nWhere one heals.<\/span><\/h4>\n

From the Nature Fix, Florence Williams<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

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By August of 2010 we’ve made a connection.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Foreground, first summer growth in camp site<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Off grid, no cell phone reception, no connection to ‘out there’ <\/span><\/h4>\n

for three or four days each month<\/span><\/h4>\n

the adventure unfolds…<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Thanks for your visit ‘-)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Thanks for your comments.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Next installment written by BD to be published Wednesday, December 19.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Visit:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Wren House Studio\u00a0Painting website:\u00a0Donna Iona Drozda<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Lifecycle Creative Coaching website:\u00a0Lifecycle<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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You Tube : Two Minute Creative Tune-UP^<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/donnaionadrozda\/<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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22 Prayer Poems for Care Givers\u00a0book\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/ionadrozda<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Wren House Studio Face Book:<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0LIKE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Fan Page<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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