Ed, I agree with your premise, and even driving around town I keep starring at the trees I'm passing wondering what discover sitting in plain site I'm missing. However, it's simply easier to see the lessons in some forests than others.
Jess On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Edward Frank<[email protected]> wrote: > Jess, > > When I was more involved in caving people would ask me about which cave I > liked the most. I never could answer the question. There was something > unique and interesting about each individual cave. Likewise I believe there > is something neat about each individual forest no matter how impacted in may > be. Sure some forests are more interesting than others and have more > special features, but if you look, something of note can be found almost > anywhere. Perhaps we need to train ourselves to find the extraordinary > hidden among the mundane. > > Ed > > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. > It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jess Riddle > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:27 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: More Giant Ledge > ...My feelings about the catskills are similar to my feelings about most > other mountain ranges I've visited. Some of the forests are > wonderful, fascinating areas to explore, but I have a hard time > getting myself interested in other patches of forest. Some of the > slopes on slide mountain harbor second-growth stands with overstories > consisting of only sugar maple and yellow birch. Those stands had > little to hold my interest in terms of structure or species. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
