View of Black Meadow Road, after Hurricane Irene

             This photo was taken on 8/29/2011 at about 6:15PM looking from Durland Hill down at Black Meadow Road. Note Black Meadow Flora, Inc. greenhouses at left. Our rainfall total for the storm was 7.6".                                                          

Tree cavity lined with rocks

This mostly dead white ash has a cavity about 3 feet up the trunk that is lined with the broken up shale Durland Hill is constantly shedding. It looks like an old woodpecker excavation that a smaller animal appropriated for its (aborted) nest.
By the way, we did not feel yesterday's magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck in Virginia, although it was clearly felt throughout the area.