A stroll after breakfast into the Desolation of Helene.
I didn’t video many of the blown-down pines, oaks, maples, etc. Some of them I will saw later to re-open some of the paths. Hurricanes: I do not like them.
Meanwhile, there are native wild azaleas, sphagmum moss, crawfish, cinnamon fern, and a few still-standing tulip trees.
Plus muddy dogs, two of them visible; the other two showed up shortly.
Here are some video clips:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2836260780100076/
Movie: Sphagmum moss, cinnamon fern (21M)
Movie: In the cinnamon woods (12M)
Three tulip tree rootballs, with dog fennel
Movie: Sky and River in mud boots (8.5M)
-jsq
Short Link:
![[Wild Azaleas]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2026-04-02--tulip-trees/20260402_083534.jpg)
![[Into the wild azalea forest]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2026-04-02--tulip-trees/20260402_083725.jpg)
![[Movie: Crawfish (7.2M)]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2026-04-02--tulip-trees/20260402_083910.jpg)
![[Movie: More crawfish (6.4M)]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2026-04-02--tulip-trees/20260402_083925.jpg)
![[Rootball of big tulip tree]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2026-04-02--tulip-trees/20260402_084221.jpg)