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Amongst the Trees

 

I forgot to post this last fall!  I just noticed it in the draft folder.  Oh, well, I hope the links work.

In the trees north of Aberdeen.  Please excuse the dirty windshield.

Other videos about being in the pines:

Leadbelly's version of In the Pines/Where Did You Sleep Last Night/Black Girl

Mark Lanegan covering Leadbelly's version

Nirvana covering Leadbelly's version

Hole's version

Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys doing their version

The Stanley Brothers

The Louvin Brothers

Dolly Parton and her parents

The Carter Family

Doc Watson and David Grisman

Elvis Costello, Renee Fleming, Rufus Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle

The Marquette Male Chorus

Jerry Reed, Glen Campbell, Tom Jones and Big Jim Sullivan

Joan Baez

Big Tree in the Middle of the Street

I don't have anything to add here.  It's a big tree in the middle of the street in Luling.  Also, it looks like someone got fed up with having their mailbox smashed.

Heroic Tree

November 29th, 2010.  Two cabs collided.  One went into this tree.  Because it went into the tree it didn't hit Emilia Victoria or her mother.

The New State Tree

The October snowstorm snapped the tops of an unimaginable number of trees across the northeast.  Intersestingly, the leaves, which had not yet turned color, stayed on the trees for the winter.  You'll see damaged trees like this everywhere in the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and Massachusetts.  This tree happens to be near work.  There's a milder example in my Morningside Park photos (before, immediately after, and last week).

The Hall of Mosses

The Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula was amazing.  It is at the end of a long, long road off the highway.  I visited in the middle of the week when the visitor's center was closed.  No entrance fee for me!  I put on my raincoat and went for an easy hike along the Hall of Mosses Trail, which is about the eeriest place ever.  I believe those trees in the second photo are maples.

Gray Leaves

It's time for the leaves to start changing colors.  I've been seeing these gray leaves in Morningside Park the past few days.  I think they are some sort of birch.  These leaves go from green to yellow to gray almost as soon as they fall from the tree.

Last year I scanned dozens and dozens of leaves between October 18th and December 5th.  For whatever reason I never put any of those scans online.  Some of those scans were really elaborate and need to see the light of day!

Before and After Irene

I had this brilliant idea on Saturday to walk around the neighborhood and take pictures of things that might not be around after Irene came through the city.  My choices didn't out to be the best and Irene, thankfully, didn't inflict much damage.  The half-rotted London Plane at 114th and Morningside Ave. miraculously escaped unscathed.  Similarly, the big old tree on the lower path near 119th St. remained standing.  At least there two nearby trees fell.

The Confused Tree

The branches are pointing up and the leaves are pointing down.  I didn't understand this at all.  On 120th near Morningside Drive.

Back from the Northwest

That was a good trip!  I returned home late this afternoon after eight days of wandering around the frontwaters and backwaters of Washington and Oregon.  The above photo is from the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park.  It was one of the neatest places I've ever been to.  More from Seattle to Prosser to Lincoln City and Forks and back to Seattle soon.  First, though, I've got to go to sleep.

Trees

Seen on a Friday afternoon walk.  That bottom tree has been on Flickr before.