tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post4307959770638992481..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Wildflower Wednesday: At Mount St HelensVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-30037853861998768442011-10-29T13:41:40.603+01:002011-10-29T13:41:40.603+01:00Mark - writing up these pieces about our holiday h...Mark - writing up these pieces about our holiday has made me appreciate what we did even more :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-77656623499080861472011-10-28T19:20:52.299+01:002011-10-28T19:20:52.299+01:00Deep envy.Deep envy.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-76906873534049030842011-10-28T08:16:43.567+01:002011-10-28T08:16:43.567+01:00gardeningbren - each of the 4 visitor centres tell...gardeningbren - each of the 4 visitor centres tells a different story about the eruption. One of them is about the personal stories about the eruption. Thanks for telling your story here.<br /><br />Victoria - I wrote about the impact volcanoes have on the weather in my <i>ABC of Weather</i><br /><br />Gail - I have a sense of irony! I'll run out of stories soon and will have to start on the UK :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-12688648856350262902011-10-28T00:29:44.576+01:002011-10-28T00:29:44.576+01:00VP, We got married in 1980 and headed west to vis...VP, We got married in 1980 and headed west to visit family~We could see the ash cloud moving across Kansas and Missouri~very strange. Love that you are sharing in the WW and showing us native plants from the US! xxoogailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-2503890453268617912011-10-27T10:21:38.140+01:002011-10-27T10:21:38.140+01:00What an amazing place to visit. I seem to remember...What an amazing place to visit. I seem to remember the eruption affected the weather here in the UK too, but checking on the internet, it seems the eruption of El Chichon in Mexico two years later had a much worse effect. Yet it's Mount St Helens we remember - possibly because it was such a dramatic eruption.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-3334096720547753472011-10-27T00:24:46.706+01:002011-10-27T00:24:46.706+01:00Oh my..I have not thought of the eruption in so lo...Oh my..I have not thought of the eruption in so long. We were living on Salt Spring Island and I remember coming outside in the morning, a day or so later and everything covered in the ash..the car,everything..the air was yellow, the sky bluegreen... Such a sad memory. But your journey brightened my heart, knowing Tiarella's grow there now and the changes that have been made. Thank you for sharing this!Gardeningbrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709940044197929905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-70676017865556579812011-10-26T19:15:18.389+01:002011-10-26T19:15:18.389+01:00Thanks Elaine - they looked just right en masse. A...Thanks Elaine - they looked just right en masse. A case of right plant, right place :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-40043989199923833302011-10-26T18:45:59.335+01:002011-10-26T18:45:59.335+01:00Interesting and beautiful post - it's hard to ...Interesting and beautiful post - it's hard to think of Tiarella's as being wild flowers - but they look just right in that setting.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-31613590072195352692011-10-26T17:38:08.460+01:002011-10-26T17:38:08.460+01:00Gosh Barbara - I didn't realise it had travell...Gosh Barbara - I didn't realise it had travelled that far! Thanks for telling us about it.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-42631741254846932742011-10-26T17:34:01.574+01:002011-10-26T17:34:01.574+01:00We had volcanic ash from the eruption in Montreal ...We had volcanic ash from the eruption in Montreal - about 3500 miles away. A thin film covered everything. Very weird that something on the other side of the continent could find its way to us. Lovely little foam flower on the trail - an excellent wildflower.Barbarapchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990013417063903768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-64188342962448689442011-10-26T15:15:40.474+01:002011-10-26T15:15:40.474+01:00Petoskystone - ahhh the Pacific 'ring of fire&...Petoskystone - ahhh the Pacific 'ring of fire' I remember from schooldays :)<br /><br />Isn't the Yellowstone area beginning to bulge - leading to speculation that it's waking up? I seem to recall reading that somewhere...<br /><br />Must look up the madrid quake to see what that's all about.<br /><br />Yes there was lots to see in 1 of the visitor centres about how nature has come back so quickly, but my first picture of this post also made us realise nature still has quite a job left to do. When you see the riverbed looking as awesome and grey as that, it helps you to realise just how destructive things must have been.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-34042476609417680732011-10-26T15:06:28.002+01:002011-10-26T15:06:28.002+01:00coastal cities, such as seattle, also have evacuat...coastal cities, such as seattle, also have evacuation routes due to tsunami risk associated with being on a volcanic 'ring'. yellowstone national park sits on another rather large (inactive) volcano...the yellowstone caldera. although, i admit, the site i would most like to see isn't all that 'touristy'..it's the new madrid quake site. given the destruction of mt. st. helens, it still amazes me how quickly wildlife has recovered.petoskystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633621111274495078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-86232910965677156332011-10-26T15:04:21.561+01:002011-10-26T15:04:21.561+01:004 humans thank goodness, though they did disturb t...4 humans thank goodness, though they did disturb the peace and quiet a bit ;)<br /><br />That's a very good word - perhaps it's the trouble I would have been in if it'd turned out to be a family of 4 bears?VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-44623770867554173432011-10-26T15:01:39.673+01:002011-10-26T15:01:39.673+01:00A much more serious dilemma than remembering what ...A much more serious dilemma than remembering what to do when stung by a wasp or bee . . . !<br /><br />. . . but was it a family of four bears or four humans?<br /><br />P.S. WV is 'hotagnit' - isn't that a great word? It ought to mean something!Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-43113765018837132482011-10-26T14:58:44.753+01:002011-10-26T14:58:44.753+01:00PPS NAH's uni friend had a bear visisting her ...PPS NAH's uni friend had a bear visisting her garden at night whilst we were there, hence my awareness of how dangerous they can be. The problem is, what you do when meeting a grizzly bear is different to what you do for a brown bear and I couldn't remember which was which! Then I heard some chilling crashing in the undergrowth...<br /><br />... luckily it was caused by a family of 4 intent on visiting the same spot as me.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-12636432174488846812011-10-26T14:54:35.748+01:002011-10-26T14:54:35.748+01:00PS having lunch outside gave us a couple of hours ...PS having lunch outside gave us a couple of hours to continue gazing at the view - hence my calling it lunch with a volcano ;)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-67681344583065376442011-10-26T14:53:23.040+01:002011-10-26T14:53:23.040+01:00That should read Yakima. not Yakina!That should read Yakima. not Yakina!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-56091912337000332262011-10-26T14:52:28.191+01:002011-10-26T14:52:28.191+01:00Lucy - it was really hard to move away just as it ...Lucy - it was really hard to move away just as it had been difficult to move away from so many of the spots we went to on holiday.<br /><br />We nearly didn't go to Mount St Helens: it was on my must see list but I'd drawn up a much shorter itinerary to cut down on the number of miles we drove. I'm so glad that <i>D</i> NAH's friend from uni days persuaded him a longer trip would be so much better. It was.<br /><br />NAH was fascinated by the whole Mount St Helens experience (hence the photo he took). It's amazing to think that the 1980 eruption is small beer as far as cataclysmic volcanic eruptions go.<br /><br />When we drove to Yakina from Mount Rainier I suddenly realised we were driving through miles of layers of old lava flow hundreds of metres thick. I have a post lined up to tell you all about this another time.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-25378456409702040242011-10-26T14:40:30.873+01:002011-10-26T14:40:30.873+01:00How ever did you move away from looking at the vie...How ever did you move away from looking at the view in the top photo? I expect NAH is grateful to volcanoes and bears for making it clear that standing still for ever might not be a good idea. Otherwise, you might never have gone home!Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.com