Seen at Edwin Warner Park this morning.

This is too common a scene at the Warner Parks these days, but fortunately the Park people are clearing the roads. The 18 inches of rain we received during the Great Flood of May 2 caused landslides everwhere. Officially these park roads are closed, but unofficially people are ignoring the signs and barricades, since the trees and the soil have been cleared. One interesting thing I saw at the landslide was all the Poke seedlings growing in the disturbed,newly sunny ground that was once forest. I have read that Pokeweed seeds are able to lie dormant for decades waiting for the landslide or tornado that will level the trees and bring back the sun.