Bob, It must be nice to have a forest of nice trees behind your house on your own property. I'm jealous!
Merry Christmas James P. On Dec 24, 4:30 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Don, > > Go for Baroque. Good one. I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't think of > it. > > Earlier today, I decided to check on Monica's Pine. At this time of year, her > tree's crown can be seen from our upstairs bedroom window, which gives me a > higher vantage point to view the crown. From the spot I chose to measure > Monica's pine, the distance from my eye to the top twig was 42.5 yards. I > obtained this reading repeatedly as the light gradually changed. The crown > angle was 45.8 degrees, which was an average of 10 readings. That gave me > 91.4 feet above eye level. The distance to the base was computed by a similar > method of repeated shooting. The distance was 37 yards at an angle to 22.6 > degrees. This produced 42.7 feet. Let's see now, 91.4 + 42.7 = 134.1 feet. > Monica's pine stands a mere 87 feet from our back door. Can anyone in ENTS > top that for a tall tree so close to their front or back door and on their > property? Say within 100 feet of a door? > > While I'm in email mode, I'll share four backyard scenes. I took the images > only about 30 minutes ago with my trusty iPhone camera. Images follow. > > TulipsAndPine.jpg: The image of the right is a tuliptree that measures 129.0 > feet. The one on the left is about 124.5 feet. The tree in the background is > Monica's pine. > > MonicasPine.jpg: This is the champ. > > SarahAndPhoepe's Pine.jpg: This exceptionally attractive pine stands 126.0 > feet tall. > > Oakie's Cousin.jpg: This is one of the several 100-foot oaks behind our > house. Two of the oaks are named Oakie and Doakie (instead of Okie and Dokie). > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Bertolette" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:53:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Central Park in the Snow > > Bob/Jenny- > I agree...go for baroque! > -Don > > Sent from Don's iPhone 3GS... > > On Dec 24, 2009, at 9:02 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Jenny, > > Don speaks for others of us as well- your Ent sisters and brothers. Your > video creations reflect the true spirit of ENTS. Please, keep them coming. I > anxiously await a video (or videos) presented to a background of baroque. > Hint. Hint. > > Bob > > > > TulipsAndPine.jpg > 165KViewDownload > > MonicasPine.jpg > 131KViewDownload > > SarahAndPhoebe's Pine.jpg > 149KViewDownload > > Oakie's Cousin.jpg > 174KViewDownload- 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]
