A Couple of Weeks In January

Red clay hill on a sunny afternoon.

Heading home on our afternoon walk.

Interesting clouds in a blue sky.

Ice on the little waterfall behind our house.

Ice flow from seeps on the bluffs.

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A Couple of Weeks In January

Fallen Tree

The amazing things isn't that the tree fell. What's amazing is that it was able to stand for as long as it did growing out of about six inches of soil on top of solid rock at the edge of a bluff.

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Fallen Tree

Rock Ledge

Loge seating is limited and access is tricky, but you'd have a great view of the woods below while sitting on that ledge.

Rock Ledge

Purple Wood Sorrel

Photo by Jo March 29, 2007

Purple Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea)

Both purple and yellow wood sorrel are found here, though yellow is more common. Some people like to use wood sorrel as a salad garnish because of it's sour taste, but it should be eaten in moderation if at all. The leaves and stem contain oxalic acid which can cause kidney damage.

This cluster of wood sorrel we found growing on a bluff rock top beside the path down from Jerry Joe's pasture north of our place.

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Purple Wood Sorrel

A Sunny Thursday

From March, 2007

The temperature warmed into the upper seventies again on Thursday. For most of the day we had a couple of windows and the sliding glass door open. We needed to let some of that warm air into the house. During the early afternoon it was about five degrees colder inside the house than it was outside.

We pass by the overhang in the bluff pictured above nearly every day on our afternoon walk. There are a couple of these overhangs, but the other one is more obscured by rocks in front of it.

A Sunny Thursday