sdavis
Mame
A black nest box may get too warm!
Nova bonsai garden
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markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Oh - I didn’t think of that. I wouldn’t want to paint it until the clutch has fledged. Hopefully they’ll be ok in there.
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Interesting landscape in the Bull Run Mountains. The lower slopes are greening up - those are the early successional tulip poplar dominated woodlands. The upper slopes are oak/hickory forests - they are late generation successional. Until the civil war, the pastures extended up the slopes to the end of the tulip poplar woodlands - now reclaimed by early successional forest.
Within the tulip poplar forest, you can still find many old homesteads now long abandoned. This mid 1800’s era cabin preserves some of the stone chinking. Pretty cool.
Within the tulip poplar forest, you can still find many old homesteads now long abandoned. This mid 1800’s era cabin preserves some of the stone chinking. Pretty cool.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Depending on where you're looking, some of those farmstead weren't abandon. In the 1930's, for the creation of The Shenandoah National Park, hundreds of families who had been there for generations were forced out into the Valley or nearby counties as their lands were seized.
markyscott
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I’m not sure about the part of the Bull Run Mountains I was in. That area is not state-owned - it was mostly held in conservation by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. I think it might have been privately held before either donation to or purchase by the VOF, but I can’t say for sure. In reference to the story of land seizure during creation of the park, I was really pretty unaware of it until last fall when, while hiking near the LIttle Devils Staircase, I ran across a small cemetery. I always love old cemetery’s, so I entered and spent a bit of time looking around. I was surprised to find a number of recent graves - I think they were probably original community members who had special permission to be buried in their historic family plot within the park. Also in the cemetery was a mounted plaque, attached below, expressing the anger some of the mountain communities had about being forced to leave their homes. I don’t mean to get political, but I love the SNP and it’s important to remember how others were affected to create it. Certainly made me think.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Not really political as much as context. Before those families were there, there were others. Native Americans were also present in the Valley. I was surprised to learn recently that one of the main roads through the Valley Rt. 250 (which has been a major east/west road since the early 1700s) ran straight through a burial ground near where I lived. Worth a read-- https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites...ican-Communities-of-the-Shenandoah-Valley.pdf
PerryB
Shohin
I know this hike, this cemetery and this plaque well! It's one of my favorite hikes and I try to do it at least twice a year.
I have also photographed the plaque.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Wash.Post story on this from back in the 80's. I was around there in the 70's and 80's and the bitterness was still pretty widespread. It's around now still, but has faded.
BTW, the use of burial plots in the park has come and gone, and come again. The author of the poem on the plaque is part of this article and about the cemetery you were in.
BTW, the use of burial plots in the park has come and gone, and come again. The author of the poem on the plaque is part of this article and about the cemetery you were in.
Ninecloud
Yamadori
im going through all this still wondering how you did the trees...
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
My son and I drove them up in a 26’ moving van. Don’t think that I will do that again - once in a lifetime experience.
Ninecloud
Yamadori
i bet! love seeing the progress. One of the doods from my Bonsai club lives out there. Not sure you if you have met any NVBS, im fairly new my self
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Wow - thank you for sharing these articles. A moving read and an important perspective.
S
Wulfskaar
Omono
There's a place near where I live that was continually inhabited for over 10,000 years, only to suddenly disappear upon the arrival of Europeans. It's important (to me) to remember these folks and to respect them and their burial places.
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Some progress on the benches. 
markyscott
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Nova Bonsai garden one year ago and today. 
AnutterBonsai
Shohin
It’s paradise, man. Congrats!
markyscott
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And spring flowering trees in bloom.
Blackhaw, crabapple and dogwood:
Dogwood and sassafras:
Dogwood lane at the state arboretum:
Blackhaw, crabapple and dogwood:
Dogwood and sassafras:
Dogwood lane at the state arboretum:
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
If any of my Virginia friends are planning to go to the Potomac Bonsai Festival at the arboretum, I’ll be there on Saturday May 6. Hope to see you. I’ll be most likely one of the only 6’6” people there.
Scott
Scott
vp999
Masterpiece
Im probably going to show my maple there with my club, hope to see you! I’ll say Hi if I see you. Tommy
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