
I look thru my shelves of books
To realize most are non-fiction
Tales told of the world we live in
Stories built upon the past to the present
Earth and us as main characters
As it unfolds into the future
I pulled this book down to open the pages
“New England Forest Through Time” By David Foster and John O’Keele
The slideshow below are dioramas that show NE forest over the cost of 300 years
It book describes the changes to landscape, vegetation and wildlife that have occurred
It is a theme that is discussed in many of the books I have
Whether it’s NE or other parts of the US and the earth as a whole
This book I’m always opening, so it will remain on my shelf
To end this post I’ll add one more picture
In the slideshow we seen the changes that have occurred through our use of the landscape
Today many of our changes have much more long term effects on the landscape
For our use of man-made materials to alter the environment
Has changed the time-line for the environment to recover, if it can

This reminds me of another book ” The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman
Maybe to be looked at again in the future.