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Just began a new blog this week on Wordpress for overflow tree and redwood stuff. Tonight's new post was: Is Ancient Redwood Tissue and Antique Glass Technically a Liquid? Ever seen the parts along redwood trunks that sort of drape? Not neccesarily burls. And have you ever seen antique glass that is thicker at the bottom? Anyhow, it was a fun one to write, because our son and several friends had window cleaning businesses, and they mentioned some thing about the properties of glass that I was reading about tonight to see whats what. Now you folks have a lot more antique glass over there in churches or other historic buildings. Bet half of you know about this stuff already.

Lately I've had a chance to help a guy measure redwoods in northern California. He's been using a Laser Technology Impulse Laser for several years. It's rather precise. On anther tripod, we've been using a prism made by Leica, when the trunk base is around a corner or whatever. We carry a Trupulse 200 with us also. Laser Technology Impulse 200LR Laser Rangefinders with Zoom Scope 7003824 FREE S&H 7003824. Laser Technology Range Finders.

Didn't it say a trip to Eugene, Oregon to climb a redwood or giant sequoia? Are there any much over, say, 150 feet in that part of Oregon? We're talking planted trees here, maybe from early 1900s or something. I don't get the impression that this a meet in Eugene, is like going into redwoods like Beranek climbs on private property in California. The natural range for redwoods ends over 150 miles south of Eugene. Oregon's champion Sequoiadendron is in the same county I live in: Giant sequoia They seem comparable to other big species of conifers that local arborists may have worked on here from time to time,

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That tree looks more like a 90' to 100' height more so than 150' after pausing earlier in the video, and later at 1:04. Its got plenty of meat on its bones though. Thats one of my favorite genus.

Curious how many in the tree industry have seen The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, from the 1972 book. Within the context of a story, it makes a pretty good parable for an environmentally responsible mindset. Here is Part 1 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Y0Az-4wUg]YouTube - The Lorax (Part 1)[/ame] Then that page has the other 5 parts off to the side. First time I had seen the film version of this. And I've always like Dr. Seuss stuff anyway.

Did you see this segment on Youtube about that pull out image - it was playing slow tonight for some reason: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LHjV48e9s]Youtube for National Geographic and Redwood[/ame] If you play that on Youtube, it's even better than the embedded mini

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Previous owners built the treehouse thing. These were new homeowners when I started. No shots of the water fountain from the trunk. But if it rains next time they have me out, I may try a photo or a video.

Got an email yesterday. Caught me off guard like "what's this ??" Months ago, I put the higher resolution file of my site's header image into a poster at Zazzle.com, available for sale. Someone ordered a copy. A 22" x 8" size it seems. My cut was $1 US. I figure is at least 2 a year sell, by the time I'm 100 years old, I'll get $100. woo hoo !!

Here is a walnut tree I began working on several years ago. The photos without leaves were taken 2 hours apart from near the same spot, but a bit different angle. The image with leaves was a couple years later. Been trying to leave what I can on the house side, but it's pretty close. This tree is a natural water feature. The day of pruning for the image with leaves, it was raining. There is a bowl crotch in the middle of the leaders, with an open cavity. Rain flows down the stems to that bowl, and exits a small waterfall / fountain which is a decayed and hollowed wound from an old cut on the side of the trunk. Pretty cool to see flowing.

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Sweet !! The only friend I have who has a small plantation, is one from Kansas originally, where he has a big patch of black walnut.

Sure wouldn't want to raise the canopy any higher on those stems now, would we.

Yes, relating to the same magazine issue. One point that may have been missed by some folks, is that the Nat Geo issue appears to be centered on Fay's 1,800 mile transect. Although it would be nice for the article to mention more stuff and more people, it's still limited to 30 or so pages. When I was at the redwood visitor center, there were a dozen books or more on redwoods and logging, with maybe 1000 pages of information. So the likelihood of something being omitted in a short article is quite likely. For example - the indigenous Indian tribes of that area. Preston and Nat Geo barely scratched the surface. And those people predated virtually anyone else. The tribes are groups I'd like to know much more about, and am currently seeking information for. I'm not sure if Beranek's background would have fit this last issue, but he would have been a good choice for Fay to speak to if there were opportunity. I think that Beranek not being mentioned in Preston's The Wild Trees may be more noteworthy, considering the length of the work. Jerry Beranek has been on my The Wild Trees book review page for quite some time now: The Wild Trees Book Review w/ Beranek for Comparison It's not like time is over though. More articles and stories will be done. Interest in redwoods is growing.

How many folks got the new October National Geographic magazine of 2009? Just got my copy. Read part of someone else's last week. The redwoods are the cover story. Somewhere on the Nat Geo site, they have an archive of the 1964 redwood article, and the 1898 article. I read those two last night. Not sure how long these links will remain, but here is a youtube about the big image that is also the fold-out in the current issue: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LHjV48e9s]YouTube - Redwoods: The Tallest Trees[/ame] If you go directly to Youtube to view this, it's like 4 times bigger. Also, is the National Geographic promo link: National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com

Are they still going to include Pihl, who was arrested after he rolled the jeep recently, with children not secured with belts?

One pic is of a man walking down through ferns to a redwood, last Thursday. And from yesterday, a man next to a redwood with a root almost 2 meters thick extending to the right.

Whenever time allows, I sure enjoy cutting dead trees apart to see what may be inside. Took down a fairly small birch today. My guess is that it died not just from topping, but from root damage too. The top was somewhat hollow and composted. As I cut the trunk every 5 feet from the top, the width of decay got narrower inside, making me think that topping was not the only culprit. They the next sections showed the diameter of decay increasing significantly, and almost the entire width near the stump.

Sure like the way the Beech tree roots look in that one photo. What a network.

What's the cool looking multi-stem tree on the right side of the photo?

Smooth looking. I used to start plenty of topiary / hedge stuff my first year in business, and it was not long into the second year that I changed my mind.

Here's 2 more pics with our son in them from our recent redwood visit. Sure paid to have an image backup, because my hard drive crashed. But all images were on disk, other computers and external drives.

Would be awesome to see a group come out together from your area. It was more local, but an entire Forest Ecology class from the University of Oregon was camping at Prairie Creek redwoods last weekend. I met a guy in Rockefeller Forest last year. Turns out that he was an arborist from Australia. He camped in his car, which would not be my first choice. But he made a tour of almost all the parks from the Oregon border down to San Francisco. The redwoods are pretty much an all year thing. Bit of a risk of storms from late October to March. You can hike in the rain, but not storm weather. In two years, storms have not altered my planned schedule from this close, except access down one road - Howland Hill Road - through Jed Smith redwoods. So I parked on the highway and entered one of the other trails from the outside of the park. Only one day of tweaking in 4 years. I met a guy late last winter for some hiking. He came from Germany. Not an arborist - but just enjoys trees. Sounds like he is returning again this year already, the end of September or October for some more hiking in the coast redwoods.

Every 2 or 3 together would cut motel rates to as little as $20 per night, reduce fuel and auto rental by 1/2 or more. Main cost is the plane flight, which is not all that much if you compare rates. Here's a couple of extra photos. One with the burl is in Prairie Creek redwoods, and the other is our son Michael next to Boy Scout tree on Boy Scout tree trail: Jedediah Smith redwoods.