tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post5040919238416974748..comments2024-03-20T14:31:49.238-07:00Comments on mole: Ash Tree DownDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-41044462246119483862014-01-16T09:46:01.067-08:002014-01-16T09:46:01.067-08:00Always good to know the limits of concern and care...Always good to know the limits of concern and care. I used to think, for example, that I just adored all cats, but having taken on an obstreperous octogenarian feline out of what Nathan and I felt to be the ultimate kindness, I find my opinion of them has soured (wakes us nearly every morning with screaming and howling down the hall for her breakfast), as listening to my own mid-winter griping and fussing has becone equally unwelcome. Let's hear it for rain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-27767456335674588312014-01-11T14:21:08.865-08:002014-01-11T14:21:08.865-08:00Lost most of one of our two eucalyptus trees in th...Lost most of one of our two eucalyptus trees in the recent storms. A great pity, but at least it came down in our garden and will be turned into wood ash for our convenience. I don't mind ash trees; it's their b----y seeds that get everywhere that I detest. There isn't a hedge in the neighbourhood that doesn't have cuckoo/seedlings growing through them. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-79035598464845709442014-01-11T13:06:33.546-08:002014-01-11T13:06:33.546-08:00(o)(o)rbarenblathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882606147795083729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-26772349232554495892014-01-11T12:56:27.253-08:002014-01-11T12:56:27.253-08:00A discomfiting diminishment in love of trees! I fi...A discomfiting diminishment in love of trees! I find myself attached now only to ornamentals, and the oldest of hardwoods. Is our joy tainted by knowing how briefly our lives will intersect?<br /><br />A sole Japanese maple in a pea-gravel courtyard strikes me as perfect. (There may be a bald cypress exception, primarily for the globular, mold-green cones.) JMartinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-42293111636994443512014-01-11T12:52:42.885-08:002014-01-11T12:52:42.885-08:00We lost a pine tree this fall. I'm glad you w...We lost a pine tree this fall. I'm glad you weren't too attached to the tree. Wishing you well with the tree work, when it happens.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-44187438616532925132014-01-11T11:38:13.170-08:002014-01-11T11:38:13.170-08:00We may get your leftover rain, and welcome as well...We may get your leftover rain, and welcome as well. Clear some of the ice, a moment of ease. <br /><br />Perhaps someone would like the wood from your ash? <br /><br />Facing who I keep becoming has been baffling and dismaying at times. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-82711779594835585842014-01-11T10:20:44.117-08:002014-01-11T10:20:44.117-08:00I envy you the rain. It's been nothing but sun...I envy you the rain. It's been nothing but sunny skies in my part of the world for so long that all color has been bleached from the landscape...alembichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239840137312063151noreply@blogger.com