Bob, Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, it has been a rough year but I will pull through. I might have been laying low for a while but I am not gone. Though I have not been in the woods much this last year, what few times I have, all you ents come to mind. You will hear/see more from me. Heck, I gotta check and update the Chestnut project if anyone has found any large chestnuts over the summer and fall.
Tell Monica Joy and I said " Hello ". James On Dec 6, 8:29 pm, [email protected] wrote: > James, > > Great to hear from you. We are sorry for your rugged year. Thanks for the > pictures. Hope we'll be hearing more from you. Hang in there. > > Bob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Parton" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2009 4:57:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Fall Mountain Ash > > ENTS, > > How is everybody? It's been a little while since I have posted. It has been > an eventful year for me and my family. To put it shortly, financial problems, > a reduction in both my pay and my wife's pay, a new grandaughter, and my > stepson has been stationed in Iraq. My daughter has also moved further away > from me which has depressed me a bit. I have been in the woods less this year > than in years. This years highpoint was the ENTS trip to Congaree. I am still > around and still love trees. This last summer I did do some fishing with > Brian ( My stepson ) before he left for Iraq and I caught a 24 pound carp and > won 550 bucks by it being the biggest fish caught that night in the fishing > derby. Anyway, I am overdue and have a post to do from back in the fall, so > here goes... > > A couple of weeks apart, back in the fall, Joy and I along with the Tench > family went on a couple of hikes on Craggy Pinnacle and Sam's Knob. Craggy > Pinnacle is located going north from Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway on > the left before reaching Mt. Mitchell. Sam Knob is accessed at the end of > Black Balsam Rd which is on the right just past Graveyard Fields going south > from Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway. > > The American Mountain Ash trees, which are a major component of the forest > canopy above 4,500 feet were very colorful this year. They had more berries > this year than I have seen since 2003. Along with Hawthorn & Holly they are > arguably my favorite trees. > > I hope all of you are having a wonderful HOLLYday season > > Check out the pictures. > > James Parton > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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]
