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Sure, 'til they bite you.Oh they're all soooo cute!
Sure, 'til they bite you.Oh they're all soooo cute!
There was a TV program that I watched last night about the blue stones of South Wales and how the neolithic tribes managed to haul them 144 miles to their current site. It's estimated that the first stones were in situ almost six thousand years ago.
Not exactly in view from my door, more like a twenty minute drive away, fifteen in the current climate. But nobody is allowed out yet.
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Out my back door in HoosierLand....
Snowdrift Crab & Japanese Cherry....
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That’s so very sad Bob.Our pine paradise took a beating from an EF2 tornado Monday afternoon. We lost seventy 50-year-old pines (that my wife’s Granddad planted) in the yard and probably 100+ trees up in the woods proper. Somehow My wife and I, the dogs, the house, garage and barn we’re not damaged. I’ve been running the chainsaw since then and will for weeks. Finally got out the driveway. Just got our power back on thanks to some great guys from an Arkansas Electric Co-Op and the local Co-Op. The county did a super job of removing about 150 trees that were over the nine mile stretch of dirt road that we have to travel. Most of these trees were old and massive. Our woods loop and lake road will take some time to open back up. Looks like we’ll have to get used to another new normal. Gonna miss those trees...
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So glad you are ok.
Just now hearing about the storm thru another friend Bob. Sorry to hear of all the tree damage on your place & in the area. Glad you didn't suffer any structural damage or personal injuries among your family!Our pine paradise took a beating from an EF2 tornado Monday afternoon. We lost seventy 50-year-old pines (that my wife’s Granddad planted) in the yard and probably 100+ trees up in the woods proper. Somehow My wife and I, the dogs, the house, garage and barn we’re not damaged. I’ve been running the chainsaw since then and will for weeks. Finally got out the driveway. Just got our power back on thanks to some great guys from an Arkansas Electric Co-Op and the local Co-Op. The county did a super job of removing about 150 trees that were over the nine mile stretch of dirt road that we have to travel. Most of these trees were old and massive. Our woods loop and lake road will take some time to open back up. Looks like we’ll have to get used to another new normal. Gonna miss those trees...
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Well said Bowen, I echo your sentiment. So glad that there was nothing serious to life or limb.That’s so very sad Bob.
Thank God yourselves and house were spared. I recall many tornados growing up in Indiana. The purple sky's, the erie silence then the immense roar of a railroad train are such surreal memories.
So glad you are ok.
Bowen
Just now hearing about the storm thru another friend Bob. Sorry to hear of all the tree damage on your place & in the area. Glad you didn't suffer any structural damage or personal injuries among your family!
Well said Bowen, I echo your sentiment. So glad that there was nothing serious to life or limb.
Just curious Bob, do you have any sort of company or government department that maintains such trees. In the UK, trees on your property are your responsibility, so get yourself insured in case one might get blown over and leave you with a large bill. Trees on the public highway, like a tree lined avenue, are the responsibility of the local authority and trees like those where I live in The New Forest, come under a government department that's known as The Forestry Commission. They are responsible for the checking, and when it requires, felling of old, damaged or lightning struck trees. Tree husbandry is what they are about, planting new trees, clearing overgrown areas and making sure that sunlight reaches everywhere.
Badgers? We ain't got no badgers. We don't need no badgers. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badgers!...I'm not sure if the badgers were orphaned, they are obviously in some sort of sanctuary...
So ... anytime our Ring camera alert goes off the little dog starts barking and I asked her "What is it Ava? Is it a bear?"
Usually it's a squirrel, but this time ... guess what?
Does this mean I have to go out with a .44 strapped to my chest all the time? This doesn't bode well for the dogs having a free run when they need to go out.
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Grizzlies in the Ozarks?? But seriously, do you have many cinnamon phase black bears in your area? That's a rangy young one, and might be scared of the dogs... but might not be.