tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post7118167527389139043..comments2024-03-27T10:30:15.253-06:00Comments on Standing Into Danger: November CottonwoodFundy Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-63402942246916038802012-12-02T13:22:06.793-07:002012-12-02T13:22:06.793-07:00I'll see what photos I can find and maybe have...I'll see what photos I can find and maybe have Peter scan them to you:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-30020024268458288572012-12-02T12:17:20.344-07:002012-12-02T12:17:20.344-07:00Hi Noushka!
Thank you for your kind comments and...Hi Noushka! <br />Thank you for your kind comments and your understanding! <br />I'm hugging my fireplace to stay warm!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-71042080513628816982012-12-02T12:14:36.526-07:002012-12-02T12:14:36.526-07:00Hey, sister of mine! Miss you too!
I've been...Hey, sister of mine! Miss you too! <br /><br />I've been writing and working on photos several hours this morning. It takes me a long time because I am such a niggler. It's sunny and warming up here. <br /><br />Come on back! Ron wants a ponderosa pine post now. We could do it together.<br /><br />Listen, get after those other two sisters of mine. I'm in desperate need of copies of our northern photos - photos I can edit. I have a bunch, but I remember a lot more. Also, do you/they have any letters written by Mom, or us, or whomever, during that time? I need them or copies. I'm going to sic Sue, Heather, and Patrick on Roy. You will all get the finished results!<br /><br />Thanks (and stay warm).Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-22964453840886748122012-12-02T11:59:54.731-07:002012-12-02T11:59:54.731-07:00I'll work on it, Ron! I'm hoping to go a ...I'll work on it, Ron! I'm hoping to go a nature walk in the Ponderosa Preserve, but I have to do it through the Plains Conservation Center or the city of Aurora. If I sneak in on my own and am caught, I can get a ticket! And the park rangers do patrol! I have been longing to get close to these trees!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-65561659380195832292012-12-02T10:34:37.257-07:002012-12-02T10:34:37.257-07:00Hello Fundy!
Very interesting and meaningful artic...Hello Fundy!<br />Very interesting and meaningful article about the Cottontree!<br />Good for you to answer the call of this extraordinary specimen!<br />I can understand easily you took so many pics!<br />Cheers and keep warm! ;-)Noushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583459949373167021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-50454125779992038972012-12-02T09:47:01.518-07:002012-12-02T09:47:01.518-07:00Hi Wiezer, It's Barb - I loved the photos - ha...Hi Wiezer, It's Barb - I loved the photos - hard to believe I was looking at those trees with you just last Week - it is cold & snowy here in Calgary today - a brisk -13c (9f). Keep writing - miss you!<br />Cheers,<br />BarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-45776507417831914172012-12-02T07:09:48.376-07:002012-12-02T07:09:48.376-07:00A Ponderosa Pine post is now necessary....such st...A Ponderosa Pine post is now necessary....such stately and majestic trees...is this asking too much? Now don't get all like Jim...I have to do it because they asked me to do it. Priorities, now that you are retired!<br /><br />Ronfromsophiesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532257840856313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-31421903927782112802012-12-01T17:48:19.473-07:002012-12-01T17:48:19.473-07:00Obrigado pelo elogio! E bem-vindo ao meu blog!
V...Obrigado pelo elogio! E bem-vindo ao meu blog!<br /> <br />Vi suas fotos do pôr do sol, e eles foram belo! Vou seguir seu blog também.<br /><br />Eu não falo Português, mas eu estou amando este tradutor do Google. Espero que está traduzindo corretamente! Minhas desculpas se algo soa estranho!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-8645317259302000582012-12-01T17:42:58.313-07:002012-12-01T17:42:58.313-07:00Thank you for following my blog! Yes, I am a nati...Thank you for following my blog! Yes, I am a native Bluenoser, and I do miss Nova Scotia. But I love Colorado very much as well. I shall try to catch the Parker Christmas Parade next weekend and look for Boomer! I saw the beautiful ponderosas on your ranch in a couple of your pictures. I'm afraid I'd miss them if I landed in Nova Scotia permanently!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-21362275573839993692012-12-01T17:37:49.151-07:002012-12-01T17:37:49.151-07:00We are kindred spirits indeed!
We are kindred spirits indeed!<br />Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-63574432816688853042012-12-01T17:36:30.139-07:002012-12-01T17:36:30.139-07:00Too funny!Too funny!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-86908966170171361472012-12-01T16:28:58.386-07:002012-12-01T16:28:58.386-07:00Excelente trabalho....
CumprimentosExcelente trabalho....<br />CumprimentosFernando Santos (Chana)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414036591247821891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-51181750982942877592012-12-01T16:24:44.083-07:002012-12-01T16:24:44.083-07:00Your photos captured the bark so well. I love tre...Your photos captured the bark so well. I love trees too. We only have ponderosa pines on the ranch, and a few landscape trees. <br /><br />You mentioned that you've known Ron for many years - are you from Nova Scotia? If so, you must miss it! I look at Jim and Ron's blogs and drool! So beautiful!<br /><br />Your "beer and jingle bells" comment was spot on. Boomer and Ben are Clydesdales. Boomer was on the Budweiser hitch (beer) and he will be in the Parker Christmas Parade next weekend (jingle bells).Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944121836337072178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-19465569564312520142012-12-01T16:14:26.223-07:002012-12-01T16:14:26.223-07:00I used to read Owls In The Family to my students a...I used to read Owls In The Family to my students as well!! Great minds think alike and fools......lolJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-19023704170631525462012-12-01T16:09:29.590-07:002012-12-01T16:09:29.590-07:00Will Sarah Jessica Parker be headlining!?Will Sarah Jessica Parker be headlining!?fromsophiesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532257840856313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-84402860288746573472012-12-01T16:08:50.661-07:002012-12-01T16:08:50.661-07:00Thanks Jim!
I'm so glad that someone gets be...Thanks Jim! <br />I'm so glad that someone gets being "called." You are so right! One just cannot not listen to that voice! <br /><br />I haven't read Mitchell's "Who Has Seen the Wind," but I know that he is a wonderful Canadian writer. I'm going to have to read it. I think there were cottonwoods in Farley Mowatt's "Owls in the Family" which I read aloud to my students numerous times over the years. <br /><br />Ron thinks of elephants, and you think of alligators - both awesome analogies! <br /><br />Enjoy your weekend, and thanks again for the encouragement.Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-6312994579156283192012-12-01T16:00:26.995-07:002012-12-01T16:00:26.995-07:00Actually I was thinking of you, Ron, when I came u...Actually I was thinking of you, Ron, when I came up to the tree and saw its bark up close. Your comment about the bark on my "Colored in Browns and Grays" post inspired me to write this post. <br /><br />I will follow up and let people know what kind of tree this is. I'm thinking I'll call the post "Sex in the Park!" It's going to be a long winter! <br /><br />It could very well be woodpeckers living in the hole in my cottonwood. The northern flicker likes holes such as these, and I have seen them flying in the park numerous times. <br /><br />Your yard sounds beautiful! Have a good rest of the weekend! I still love my weekends, retired or not!<br /><br />I love trees too! Tolkien's love of trees is one of the reasons I enjoy him so much as an author. Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-15363103082339959812012-12-01T15:45:10.385-07:002012-12-01T15:45:10.385-07:00I will try again...my comment just up and disappea...I will try again...my comment just up and disappeared!!! My fingers are too big for this keyboard Im afraid!! RON!!!!<br />OK, where was I....<br /> oh yes, I am so happy you listen when you are called Louise. I do too and am glad I do. Funny how one just cannot not listen to that voice!<br />This tree is magnificent! As you may know we do not have them here in NS. I remember first hearing about them when reading W.O. Mitchells Who Has Seen The Wind. So now I have seen them up close and rather personal I must say! lol<br />I think they look like an alligators hide....very rough and deep furrowed.<br />Another great post Ms. Barbour! Thanks for sharing.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-62307191999063245052012-12-01T14:16:19.509-07:002012-12-01T14:16:19.509-07:00The tree reminds me of an elephant....the overall ...The tree reminds me of an elephant....the overall adult look of it and the colouring. The soft innards seem so contrasting to the strength of an elephant though...so unique. No wonder so many of the trees are gnarly and fallen...weak centers can't hold it up for long. The young saplings sound like they are quite attractive...the colouring. Now you'll have to wait all winter and into spring to find out if you have a male or female. <br /><br />Hope you can wait that long! The leaves remind me of a gingko tree...we have a small one growing in our backyard. I like it a lot. We have a few specimen trees(as we call them) because they are 'iffy'...will they survive our Maritime weather or not. A lot of NOTS...unfortunately, the gingko still lives.<br /><br /> I have a beautiful Katsura tree that I made video of and shared on Sophie's blog. The leaves look like the cottonwood as well. I just noticed last week that the trunk has rings of holes around it above head height. I think it was a woodpecker having lunch. I'm so worried that the tree may have gone to meet it's maker...next spring will tell. <br /><br />Thanks for this tree post...as you may have figured out...I love trees!<br /><br />Ronfromsophiesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532257840856313054noreply@blogger.com