Arcto-Tertiary Forest

Meyers lemon bloom Remember that little book I'm supposed to be writing? As I hoped, starting was the hardest part. Despite ten thousand visits and visitors in December, I've now finished a rough draft for the first chapter and a quarter out of six chapters. (So what if the chapter I finished was the shortest one....)

Yesterday, I spent most of the day researching the Arcto-Tertiary forest -- a vast expanse of trees which once spread across the northern portions of North America, Europe, and Asia, then got whittled down by changing climates until all that remains is a pocket of close relatives here in the southern Appalachians and a pocket in eastern China. I think that my head is still somewhere deep in the Ice Age, watching the advancing glaciers batter the European forest against the Alps until every tree (ent-like in my mind) perishes.

Meanwhile, and far more relevantly, Mark and I spent our Christmas money from his mom's side of the family on replacing the stunning camera which I had to return to my nonprofit when I severed the knot. You can look forward to vibrant photos again from here on out! (This photo is of our lemon tree taken indoors at night without a flash.) Thank you, Rose Nell and Jayne!

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