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Seems to be a genetic variation. And I don't think in seeds, but basal sprouts, or sprouts off roots. I don't think any of them began from a seed. Its rare. There are maybe 50 or so known. No chlorophyl and no photosynthesis, so they get fed from the tree to which they are attached. Here is one more of my brother in Jedediah Smith redwoods state park from this last weekend.

THanks. I'm learning quickly that numbers can make a big difference too. I heard that Nat Geo, for example, took 10,000 images for the October issue featuring redwoods. So I'm taking about 4 times more photos these days. Camera-wise, one is a Canon A650 IS, which I've heard described as like a Canon G7 minus the frills when I got it a couple of years ago. My other camera is the Canon SX10 IS with 20 x zoom. Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Digital Camera - Review - The Imaging Resource! Its in the series following the S1 IS, S3 IS and S5 IS. There's a newer model out now with a bit extra, like HD video I think. I don't shoot video much at all now, though.

Albino Redwood. Near Rockfeller Forest.

Just went hiking with my brother in the redwoods. Our first hike together in that forest. Winter is incredibly nice. As nice as any other season, in its own way. Even without the leaves on deciduous plants, the greens are really something else. Posted some of these at the Buzz, too.

Fasciation ... yes, I knew that part. I was curious about what kind of plant was shown for the post I quoted, regarding the attempted cutting or propagation.

If you mean reiterated stems by "self optimization", here's one redwood across a stream that adapted rather nicely. A natural bridge.

I like it. So what were we looking at there?

These are a couple that I liked. One from flowering cherry, and one from a red maple street tree.

That pic in the OP looks sort of Bolete-like with the bulge in the stem. I was looking a few different styles in Hiouchi and Orick of California, a few weeks ago. Your stem actually looks as good as the ones I was looking at.

First glance looked like a Deodar Cedar. The Larch was an interesting guess earlier, but the needles look closer to Cedrus to me. Can Cedar of Lebanon have that form?

Speaking of things stuck in trees, here's something that got stuck. Its an elk skull embedded inside the wood of an Arbutus tree. On display in one redwood park visitor center. I can imagine a head getting wedged between stems, but how the wood tissue grew into and around the skull entirely, I do not understand or have a guess for. Remember, if you hurl shovels, keep in mind that things can go wrong.

As unusual as it seems, I can imagine how promising lunch would seem after working at somone's home and occassionally smelling a wift of the savory meat simmering in there.

Sharing this on a couple of forums. Was out of the ordinary. You folks have this style of BBQ Smoker for sale over there don't you? I mean on legs, not on trucks. The horizontal drum type. Went to the Portland yard, garden and patio show today to help some designers dismantle the association booth. I entered early and took some photos. When I came back to put my camera away in the parking level, I saw this landscaper's truck in the row behind me. A front mounted smoker with bicycle handles for a lid handle. Pretty stout build. The chimney is to the right, almost out of sight. Reminded me of the longhorn horns on a Texas truck.

Is the stone building yours? As old as it looks? Or should I say "how old"?

What does it need to remain? Couple of cables? Or is is wasted?

Geez Graham. What a picture - can't you get any closer so we can see the pieces of undigested carrot or doghair mixed in from self-grooming. Give us some texture next time. I was ready for you though. Two nights ago, because our dog ate something wrong and got blockage, it was blowing fudge and chunks from both ends all over the place. Had I known you were posting, I'd have taken a few shots. My office throw rug was actually on the verge of replacement anyway, so we replaced it the next day. Had hardwood in the other rooms.

Don't neglected fruit trees grow that tall there? Someone in Portland has had me out two years now to bring their yard under control, and one apple tree they want to save, is about 18 meters tall. I said that I may never be able to bring it down to less than 7 meters, and that it may take 6 years. They don't even care about fruit, they just like the tree. At least for now. So I'm must doing thinning, corrective pruning and some preliminary crown reduction. My advice to the person who posted, is that there is not need to remove all problems in one year. It take years to even develop from scratch the right way, and it takes years if not a decade sometimes to re-develop and correct a neglected fruit tree. Other than that, maybe get a book. I just instructed a group of a dozen folks on-site at their property. And it was evident that fruit tree pruning is a challenge to teach, even right in front of someone's face. So I rarely get burned out trying to explain too much detail online.

Very nice. The conk spores add a nice touch too.

One tourist attraction that's actually pretty nice, is the Trees of Mystery. They have a gondola ride to the top of the hill. The ride is through young forest, but the trail goes through some fun looking trees, and the return through a lot of nice chainsaw carvings.

If you contacted Gerry Beranek and a few of his circle, they know where to do legal climbs on old growth size redwoods. Would just need coordinating and alteration of the itinerary. About 4 hours north of the Jedediah Smith redwoods I listed, is the city Eugene. They have climbing near those heights in the Eugene area: Pacific Tree Climbing Institute: Home Someone replied about pricing an RV ... That would be one good option. But unless you hauled a small car as a "toad" behind, some nice trails like Tall Trees Grove and Howland Hill Road would be lost from the adventure.

In redwood related topics, I've seen countless folks posting that they want to see the redwoods. And sometimes I've replied that the journey is inexpensive. So I sat down tonight and made a few calls to gather firm expenses for a hypothetical one person redwood vacation round trip. I picked Atlanta to Portland out of thin air just for a cross country example. It's based US east coast to west coast. You would need to tweak the plane flight cost and some minor expense. I've seen flights from Germany or the UK to San Francisco, or Portland, in the $900 US before. So maybe add $500 US dollars to the final total on the page. Affordable Redwood Vacation Travel by MDV That page has the basic data in the table. A full week redwood trip that may be one or two days wages for many of you folks. More days for others, but really quite affordable.

One thing that just came to mind, was whether the axe men worked both right and left handed. I pretty much can just control an axe with my left side facing the tree. Would that be a right handed swing?

Its been handy to be able to tinker on my own design the past couple of years. My rule of thumb is have a website first. With the website presented first on the business card, with larger, more conspicuous print. Because if people want a phone number, they will look until they find it. Although, my current cards don't have the phone on them because virtually everybody out here uses internet. The last version was white foil on marbled green. The current version is gold foil on marbled green. The white was a bit easier to read, but I like the gold quite a bit. The cardstock virtually replaces design though. Since these are text and a clipart.

So people hunt for them like the Bigfoot, except that they are real.

Here's a redwood photo for you to hang in your office: