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Doin' OK. I'm good.

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People ask how I'm doing.
Doin' OK. I'm good.
It's hard to stand up sometimes.
And I'm finding a few more wrinkles.
But, doin' OK. I'm good.

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Posted on 14 February 2009 in 5. Virginia, Trees/Wood | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Showoffs

The American Beech (fagus grandifolia) were really showing off this morning in the early fog. The trails to reach them were no second fiddle either.

Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Georgia
Saturday 3 January 2009

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Posted on 03 January 2009 in Stone Mountain Park, Trees/Wood | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

     The next time you savor the delights of pecan pie or butter pecan ice cream consider this tale that might, instead of smiles, give you the shakes.
     Mature pecan trees are strong gangly creatures. Their elusive fruit hang high making successful harvest tricky and difficult without unacceptable collateral damage to leaf and limb.
     As expected, modern mechanical wizardry and ingenuity to the rescue. The preferred harvester is conspired as a low-slung turtle-like machine reminiscent of the bottom half of a Sherman tank, often carried on three small wheels, occasionally on crawler tracks. A long arm extends from the front at the end of which is attached a huge menacing hinged claw wide enough to firmly clamp both sides of any trunk or low slung limb.
     It goes like this. The contraption eases up to the target, protruding arm extended. The claw grips firmly. Then, the harvester issues a burst of powerful high frequency vibrations that, for 10-15 seconds, shake the bejesus out of the entire tree creating a noisily intense crackling hail of pecan nuts, a dense shower, followed by an eerie silence that will leave any observer stunned and slack-jawed.

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Posted on 02 January 2009 in 1. Georgia, Trees/Wood | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Dreamwoods

I'd like to
Think a few thoughts
And say a few words
About the Dreamwoods.

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Posted on 20 December 2008 in 5. Virginia, Trees/Wood | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)

October Morn

Everything looks better to the camera after a healing rain. To the camera operator too. Soaked in the pleasures of a gorgeous October morn.

Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Georgia
Saturday 11 October 2008

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Posted on 11 October 2008 in Grist Mills, Stone Mountain Park, Trees/Wood | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Wood Got Heart

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From the karma lab
From the mojo bench
A Valentines wish
To all my friends.

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Posted on 13 February 2008 in None of the Above, Trees/Wood | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)

BANG? ...the new year

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Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Georgia
Monday 31 December 2007

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Posted on 31 December 2007 in Animals, Monochromes, Patterns in Nature, Stone Mountain Park, Trees/Wood, Water Scenes | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

My Paean

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Song of praise, Song of joy
Hymn to the snow brushed hill

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Posted on 19 December 2007 in 5. Virginia, Haiku Moments, Trees/Wood | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Little Slice of Heaven

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Fifty degrees brisk
Tickles my nose
Till I sneeze.
Upside down squirrels watch
And groan strangely.
Crows land nearby
Curious about my calls.
The Sun and bright colors
Slow the morning walk.

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