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Outdoor Wisconsin Spring

Gaining definition

April 18, 2015 gdkalligher 2 Comments

It’s good to see the summer clouds again. In winter all the sky melds together into a pale mat. As spring evolves the clouds gain definition, shape and separation.  spring 2015

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Outdoor Wisconsin Spring

Nature provided

April 15, 2015 gdkalligher 1 Comment

I can see why birch bark was used for a thousand years to make canoes. Our northern forests are full of stovepipes, the durable circles of bark with the wood center long since rotted out. Should one punch a hole in the hull, repair materials were readily available making birch bark a smart choice. copyright Gene Kalligher

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Outdoor Wisconsin Spring

Finding old trails

April 14, 2015 gdkalligher 1 Comment

The old trails around this Wisconsin lake were created to log white pine over 135 years ago. The iron rail tracks are long gone of course but the trail remains with pine, birch and oak slowly reclaiming the landscape altered by European settlers soon after Wisconsin was declared our 30th state in 1848.

1800s logger trailSource: MN Historical Society

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