tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post6277360057260828116..comments2024-03-28T01:32:46.604-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): The message in the flamesMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-17046706005414013192015-03-09T16:55:59.704-04:002015-03-09T16:55:59.704-04:00I love this. The fynbos phoenix stirs, to rise fro...I love this. The fynbos phoenix stirs, to rise from the ashes with the winter rains...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532403180123519635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-13310878016562418812015-03-08T23:24:01.874-04:002015-03-08T23:24:01.874-04:00not about the fire (fire is necessary also in pla...not about the fire (fire is necessary also in places like Yellowstone National Park) but about NYBG.<br />They have (or have had) a community garden outreach program that might interest you -- Bronx Green Up<br />http://www.nybg.org/green_up/ my crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484071987163894248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-10169529099295113862015-03-08T13:42:02.516-04:002015-03-08T13:42:02.516-04:00Thank you . . . I think I have learned more about ...Thank you . . . I think I have learned more about South Africa from your blog than from any other source since I became old enough to want to know more. MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-29646224636080352932015-03-07T18:29:47.016-05:002015-03-07T18:29:47.016-05:00The many aspects of this enormous fire remind me o...The many aspects of this enormous fire remind me of similar aspects of the massive eruption of Mt. St. Helens, in southwest Washington state, in 1980. About nine months earlier, we had conceived our first child on the shores of Spirit Lake, an ethereally-beautiful lake on the base of the northern flank of Mt. St. Helens that was buried beneath more than 200 feet of ash and mud by the blast. We grieved mightily for that lake, which we had only recently discovered, and for the human souls, the flora and fauna, the old growth timber and all that had perished. Scientists thought it would take generations for the area to become alive again, but within one year, nature taught us otherwise. While the blast may not have been necessary in the same way as that fire was for the fynbos biome, it had been necessary in other ways. Now, after almost 35 years of being largely left alone by humans, the affected area has become a very beautiful habitat for thriving biosystems. It is changed but glorious. Thank you for bringing the Cape Town fire, and the heroic human responses, to our attention and educating us about its larger meanings.<br />Leslie in Oregonnoreply@blogger.com