maple

Haven't been here for a while. Sometimes, life takes over writing and blogging . At any rate, I am resuming this blog starting with the new plants around our cabin. Today, I got a small maple tree which I am planting in front of the house. Hope it takes root this winter and give us brilliant red foliage next fall.

I always wanted maple trees around our high mountain cabin ... so I am starting with a maple tree today. Maybe I will plant more in the spring if this one can survive winter at 8000 ft elevation.

a mess of trout

lake mamie -- mammoth lakes

spring 2014

Good fishing today! We got our limit. I was surprised that we got as many trout.

Windy.. which helps blow away the mosquitoes  :-)

Spring Collage

collage by zme  spring 2014

       Spring brought out a lot of flowers in the garden... most have their glory

      for a few days. Was very surprised that the apples are almost ready for picking. 

     This collage was made early March. Strangely,  the plants seem to know we are

      in a drought. Tangerines, cara cara oranges and navels bloomed but developed

      few fruits. I think even those that are marble size will eventually drop

      due to the drought. We shall see.

mountain fire

copyright z m evensen .. summer 2013

Mountains and valleys are interconnected in their structure and ecosystems. This 

was  the smoke from a huge fire near Yosemite. Though we were not in danger

of being the fire's path, the smoke settled down in the Mammoth Lakes area that we 

found it hard to breathe. We retreated to Southern California for a few weeks.

Amnazing how beautiful a catastrophe can look.

more hiking ...

sunday at four ayem

(c) z m evensen

spring 2013

i have this universe all to myself

this sunday dawn -- alone.

it is the time of loudest silence

and a space for quietest tears.

there is no traffic in the spectrum

between the sadness and the smiles.

it is time to wish for something

like being stardust in your eyes.

--24apr1994

hiking

mcleod lake  mammotk lakes

photo copyright  z evensen

 We did a lot of hiking this year. There was very little snow in the Eastern Sierra. Our backyard was covered with Jeffry pine needles -- an enormous amount of work raking it and driving to the dump every day. We are concerned we might lose the trees. Wonderful that we have so many options on what to do. Finally, I got my hiking legs strong enough to hike to McLeod Lake . This is a log tepee some built near the lake -- probably nice place for any bear to hibernate.