Another 56 steps through the rainforest

Saw a male bluebird the other day, up from the south to scout for territory. The female will come up later.

Time to start checking out the northward migratory sightings?

sumac, now that would be a daring feat

Hi Beth... <waving> Hi everyone!

<waving back at Piffka>


Ya know, I'm kinda liking those little sheepskins I got the doggies for Christmas. They're very nice on the back.


A polka on a highly polished floor? I can tell you that I am going to demand a verra verra proficient partner before I try that.

Aa-type question: Is it rain forest, or rainforest?

Aa-type answer: my Webster's New Riverside (1988 edition) has it as two words. Personal opinion: since the expression has supplanted the now non-PC "jungle", I see no harm in writing it asoneword.

Thanks for the new thread, ehBeth...new threads always work better when you have to use a 56k dial-up.

As for the word Rainforest - I've always taken a bit of enjoyment in rebelling against the spellchecker's insistence that it be written using two words. Of course, I use that rebellious streak as an excuse for all the rest of my misspellings, too...LOL! :wink:

Have a great weekend, everybody!

I visited the outskirts (aoneworder) of a rainforest in Alaska (of all places). And, walked through the one on the Washington state peninsula. Also, have been in the jungles of SE Asia, Philippines and Samoa. Oh yeah, Guam...... That's about it I reckon.

Water from vines is great - a slight woody taste but good. And, there is a certain tree that is covered with knots - at night, if you cut a knot off it flows fresh water by the gallon. Funny world - huh?

Matrix, I'm also on a pedal-operated server, so I knoooooooooowwwwwwww the slowwwwwwwwwwwwnessssssssssssssss of which you speeeeeeeeeeeeeak.

I didn't want to cut things off just as we were nearing 40 acres, so it was grab 40 acres and start a new thread.

Danon, one of the photos from the page i visited earlier today, featured
the vine covered trees that live right next to the river. Perhaps the reason why there's more of a concentration of water (?)

Also, in today's news, A 74-year-old woman <Sister Betsy Flynn, an American activist> had worked to defend human rights and the environment, despite frequent death threats, federal police said today - but was killed by those opposing her views.

Brazil's government compared the killing of the award-winning activist to that of legendary Amazon campaigner Chico Mendes, who was gunned down in 1988 and became a martyr in the fight to save the rain forest and protect its people.

Activists are serious people.

Keep clicking everyone!

Danon, the only rainforest I am personally familiar with is on the big island of Hawaii. There are only remnants left now, but after you've crossed the great Halema'uma'u crater of the Kilauea caldera, you have to trudge through about two miles of tropical forest (all uphill) to get back up to the Volcano House hostelry and civilization. Know whatcha mean about water from the lianas and other vines. Refershing, though.

Rainforest,one word, forever.

Forever, sumac.

As long as there are people, there will be moisture on Earth. And, ranforest's (aonewordwordmiserablymisspelled).

Merry Andrew,
A visit to an active rainforest is a must - it is awe inspiring (should have been one word - but my dictionary sez it should be two words) grin......

Stradee,
I think all rainforest's - by definition - have no problem with an accumulation of water. big grin.........

A rainforest is an ecosystem unto itself, so one word is quite suffcient.

Danon, yep <silly grin> me not having visited a rainforest...

never mind LOL

Morning all, from sunny (now) but cool (still) eastern North Carolina. Going to click now.

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1 Aktbird57 .. 40.120 acres

Hi ya wildclickers ~

all clicked

Happy Valentine Eve all......

Movin slow this morn so have cricked. And, creaked a little too.

I clicked. That was such sad news about the nun, Dorothy Stang from the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Sad because she was killed, sad because the Brazillian rainforest seems to be run by threats and gangster behavior. Sad because the Brazillian government doesn't seem to have the means to control the exploitation and crime in the Amazon.

"The logging companies work with a threat logic. ... They elaborate a list of leaders, and then a second movement appears to eliminate those people," Stang told the magazine. "If I get a stray bullet ... we know exactly who did it."

Mahogany logging can be singled out as one of the main catalysts for deforestation and forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon.

Well, I decided to do some internet research and find out about mahogany. What follows are some of the most interesting bits that I found. Here's an idea: investing in a tropical rainforest for your IRA or your own use. You can "visit" your trees, too, but they don't offer mahogany except as part of their "premium mixture." This site, Finca Leola, also offers a similar deal.

This Old House has some clear information about mahogany, its uses in construction and the varieties.

--The fact that stood out for me is that commonly only one mature mahogany tree will be found on every two acres of rainforest. That's a lot of clicking to save one tree. Mahogany, btw, can be grown in the most southern part of the United States. It can manage with modest amounts of water (Which seems surprising for a rainforest tree, doesn't it?), but nothing about it is considered showy... it doesn't attract wildlife, it isn't especially showy, it has thorns and drops a lot of litter. It is described as a fast growing shade tree when properly pruned.

Here's a further description of the most exploited form of mahogany. If you have the time, the website lists several other extremely interesting endangered trees. I was most amazed at the Wollemi Pine. It was considered extinct until 1994. I thought the Dawn Redwood was the only tree that had been rediscovered alive after being known as a fossil.