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The foliage is less dense than most of the other trees in the rows, and its also one of the shorter ones. That one looks like the only trunk where the base not not broadly widen where the base meets the ground, especially on the side of the mushrooms. There is also a sprinkler sticking out of the ground about to the left that is not in the image. A small popup like a Toro that's on a tiny riser instead of the sprinkler body in the ground. Not sure what it would water. It looks a bit small to reach much of the grass outside the mulch ring. The mulch rings are the Giant sequoia needles for each tree, about 6" thick in the outer ring.

How about a guess at the base of this Giant Sequoia. I don't think its mycorrhizal. Probably decay related. There were several other rows of mushrooms among the row of trees that appeared mycorrhizal, extending radially where roots would extend. The climate is right too. But this cluster looks different. Its the only trunk with a base that looks like this.

Another visit middle of last week. One of my favorite pics is the Drury Tree seen through other redwood foliage in the foreground. The Rhododendron is at Forty Four Creek of Redwood National Park. About the only are I saw a lot of Rhododendrons blooming. Anywhere else was virtually nil this year, probably due to the remarkably cool spring with very few sunny days. The Rhody didn't have much for flower, but I thought that the big old Douglas fir was pretty nice to look at for some mix of species with the redwoods.

Sounds like the same line of thought as maybe not filling brake fluid in a reservoir and driving afterward. Because that would acknowledge some potential leak or wear. Then what if the brakes go out?

It would almost be unimaginable that a mac would not have a program to do that. Or you could use a free online program like this and save it to your computer: FotoFlexer - The world's most advanced online photo editor I tried it out. Seems to work pretty quick. REMEMBER THE SUGGESTION TO USE A NEW FILE NAME. OR IT COULD OVER-WRITE.

I'm with you. Why settle for the cheap seats.

Not quite sure. Here's a pic from last year, when just the log end caught my attention. It was not until a repeat hike last week that I took time to notice the tree growing upward. I was so focused previously on the resemblance to a face. Every time I repeat a trail or grove, or hike loops in the opposite direction, something new stands out. Or hangs down - LOL

This is in the next park over down in Tall Trees Grove next to Redwood Creek.

This redwood below is less than a kilometer from the other image I posted previously.

Redwood does not get a lot of insects. There is not much decay either. So not the mushroom population of the hemlock and spruce forests nearby. Some groves like Tall Trees Grove that have a good mix of species including Douglas fir, etc., seem to have a bigger range of insects. And more colorful mushrooms too. The amphibians vary too. Tall Trees Grove and Redwood Creek seem to have a lot of frogs. Especially a hoard of miniature ones along Redwood Creek.

Too bad that video can't capture much of that. And it changes season to season and park to park. I can share a couple of thoughts about the sounds. When the wind is still, its exceptionally quiet. My mother said it was the most peaceful place she had ever been when I took her at age 89. If the wind is blowing, the wind rushing through the crowns sounds a lot like the ocean. That's the only thing that comes to mind. The echos are different too. In winter, raindrops landing in seasonal ponds made a sound that was almost musical last winter in Women's federation grove. Unlike raindrops I heard in other forests. Some parks have less birds, because there are not a lot of insects in some groves. But Prairie Creek has these crows and ravens that sound as if it were some tropical island. Again, because of how their calls echo. Many forests have creaking, so that you should be familiar with. Only maybe bigger and louder in some redwood areas.

Just got back from hiking the redwoods again, the last half of last week. Here's one from Prairie Creek redwoods state park.

In our area, that would be more due to avoiding sunburn on the South and West sides of the tree, if applicable. If a tree was shaded on all sides, it wouldn't matter much. But would need screening for a while. Sharpen tools. Sharpen the shovel, the ax and the pick.

If you can't access Youtube, and can't catch it on cable or television, how about Amazon.com [ame=http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Climbing-Redwood-Giants/dp/B0030BS1FC]Amazon.com: National Geographic: Climbing Redwood Giants: Steve Sillett: Movies & TV[/ame] The editorial review on the page mentions Sillett and Fay, so I'm pretty sure its the same presentation.

That's a surprise. Even if you go directly to Youtube? Maybe its got to do with the ads on there and whether they are marketing to the US.

The Nat Geo Explorer video was just posted online a week ago. All 44 minutes of it. I've watched this on cable TV three times. Grand scenery, superb photography. It's got the research climbing, the Fay transect, and a segment about the 84 image composite photo by Nichols for the big foldout. This is rather convenient to have the video online. This is the video counterpart to the October 2009 National Geographic magazine cover story on Redwoods, the tallest trees. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDasTOjQEos&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

My two best friends who have tree companies, both get good response from big lettering on their trucks. When people drive by, it gives the impression that you want them to stop and ask for a card.

Small newspaper ads worked great when I started out in the 80's. Then after we moved back to north Oregon, and I tried that again, couldn't put my finger on one call I got from that in 10 months. Years ago, I got 10 customers per month from a small ad. You ever thought about flyers? Not neccessarily just for walking a route. I put flyers at about 4 houses on either side of where I'm working. Takes just a few minutes. One thing of many. Lately, instead of business cards, I've been giving out 4 x 6 photos with just my name and website. Last week, a techie engineer guy who works for Intel, says that if I had given a business card, he'd have just tossed it. But that he would keep the photo. For my cards, I put the same size of magnets on the back, and people usually keep them that way. Below is my new large photo card.

You are leaving us ?? !! Just be sure to come back and visit us and the trees whenever you like. Here's one of your "Evergreen State" trees Bryce ..

Not sure. Just stopped to take a photo. One use for this kind of wall pattern that might be a good fit, would be behind or surrounding a child's play area in a sloped back yard. Because children's play stuff typically has a lot of color.

Hey ... Made right here in Oregon LOL On the way to the redwoods, by the way.

What do you think of this retaining wall? This is not my work. It was near another customer's house: stopped to take a photo. I think its pretty decent looking. The first one I've seen with mixed block colors.

That's a good one. Even with a small burl on it.

Which was does the light need to go to get in there? Down through the canopy, or sideways? This reminds me a bit of a man who wanted to top or pollard a few flowering plum trees once for more light and less leaves. I told him that he could get less leaves by thinning a third, than topping a third. And more light beneath by thinning, since it was understory grass or plants that he wanted more light to. I just tend to prefer pruning that causes less numerous stem numbers if its feasible. Of course the coppicing is different. Its something I've done to shrubs much more than to trees. Definitely less time consuming than pollarding. Given 9 hazel for example, I'd probably prefer to remove 1/3 the stems yearly, from all 9 in one area, than coppice 3 one year, and maybe 3 more a couple of years later, and so on.

Happy Birthday Steve !