"Nashville snow" and a success in Daisy trail cedar glade.

"Nashville snow" and a success for Daisy trail cedar glade.

  

Daisy trail cedar glade is a beautiful

and diverse area at the end of my own street,

I have been visiting this glade since 

we moved into this home and this

is the first time I have seen it in the snow

albeit a "Nashville snow" that's barely

dusted the grass.

 

While their leafy friends are deeply dreaming,

These stunted eastern red cedars

are wide awake and playing in 

the snow.

 

The exposed bedrock has a nice

white covering of fresh snow.

 

As do the karst areas between the hickories

that surround the glade.

 

Amazing textures in a broken sheet

of ice that had covered a pool which drained

away, deer most likely broke the ice.

 

Snow dusted moss covers the rocks in the

margins of the glade.

 

Frozen mud creates textures in the 

ice by a frozen pool.

 

Most of the nearby percy preist lake has 

been drained to winter low levels

and frozen over.

*And now for the small success*

 

That's right, Daisy trail cedar glade is now protected!

not that I can officially  take any credit,

but i don't know anyone else who has been

blogging about this out of the way unknown

cedar glade ,cataloging its rare and

endangered endemics, and sending emails and

letters to the state of Tennessee on it's behalf (eh hmm).

In reality the area spoke for itself when

surveyed at some point, it is a small

but diverse glade area and

one surrouded by flooded

out caves which  surely harbor

their own oddities.

 What this brand new sign basically means 

 

Is that people are now prohibited to damage stuff 

up in Daisy trail cedar glade,a subject which

has frustrated me for 3 years of

watching people dump,drive through,cut donuts

on atv's in,burn,steal from,and(gasp) even MOW

once two years ago. yup someone MOWED this cedar glade,

the area abutts several neighborhoods

and the kids play there often,

someone was also overly happy with their riding mower.

None of these people even know what a cedar glade is!!

well THAT is the point of this blog.

Because this area borders the lake,and hunting

and fishing are allowed there, it won't become 

a Glade reserve area such as Flat Rock,

Mt View, or Couchville glade, but there

is now a hefty fine for anyone doing 

the aforementioned actions.

so it's a happy day for Daisy Trail Cedar Glade