It has a number of other oak buddies nearby, including a massive willow oak which is close to six feet in diameter at its base. They are growing on top of a hill near a house that was once on a large farm, but now there are only about 10 acres of the original homestead left. The oaks are probably about 125-140 years old.
Today I saw some irises nearby:
They are giving way to other flowers as spring marches on.
Mama bluebird has filled her newly feathered nest with eggs:
That's it from here. My lawn needs to be mowed again. It will just have to wait.
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I did not know that Ryan Gosling played the harpsichord.
Looks nice where you are.
We're a little slow in NEOH.
You notice the old trees because you yearn to turn them. I noticed the younger trees, but only from a bird's eye view:
Flying low into Dulles airport recently, I noticed how some landscape was reverting back to trees. From the air, I distinguished not just forest from farms, but working farmland from fallow land. Here and there I could also see multi-acre spreads, some with newer homes planted in the middle and surrounded by acres of buffer land. I could tell that this land had once been plowed. I say that the land was receding back to forest because a farmer would never let stray trees sprout in a field. The lands surrounding these mansionettes were dotted with clumps of new old growth -- some of it deliberate to be sure-- but some looking like a slow reseeding of the land.
We're a little slow in NEOH
I lived in NEOH -- if Cleveland Heights counts -- briefly during the winter/spring/summer of 1984. I didn't have a car and biked everywhere: To work in Warrensville Heights; to the Flats and to the east on weekends. East of Cleveland is quite picturesque. Hunter jumper country.
Love the vid -- very Lurchy. Didn't you grow up in an Addam's family, Sixty? Old house with valuable nails; disused antique keyboards.
Did the bluebird mama do any swooping at you to protect her nest? Did she at least raise a ruckus? Can't imagine she did neither.
I keep an eye on the bluebird box and wait until she is out working, then check on her progress.
As for Addams' family living, my father bought a Neuport harpsichord around 1961 or so - it is an awful German machine, heavy with a bad sound, but those were the days before much information was available on what makes a good harpsichord. I like the Italian instruments - they had much lighter cases that resonated and made the whole thing sound sweeter. The downside is that they fail due to the string tension overcoming the lightly built box. It's a trade off.
And my father did manage to get some pianos, too. People gave him old pianos if he would pay to get them moved - he got a Steinway square grand that way. Odd instrument, and worth every penny of the purchase price.
What a great photo of the blue bird eggs. I know that you stayed away from them to not contaminate the nests.
Great nature photography sixty.
Your like the Marlin Perkins of wood.
Thanks, I think, Troop.
"My partner Jim Fowler will be stalking the elusive Pissonia tree while I stay here in camp drinking." - Marlin Perkins in an alternate universe.
The good ol' days of tv - when there were 3 channels and America was great.
Sixty used to be the Johnny "Wadd" Holmes of wood.
Sixty's business has improved since he put up his new roadside sign: Got Wood?
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