Bob, I would do well to keep up with Will. If you get even half of these your'e good!
JP On Dec 31, 8:36 pm, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > James > > Good question about resolutions. I'm starting to think about some > New Years tree resolutions. Here's what comes to mind at this point. > > 1. I resolve to bug Andrew Joslin and Will Blozan until at least one > of them climbs the Jake Swamp white pine and from its crown loudly > proclaims it to be the greatest tree on the planet. > > 2. I resolve to buy at least two, no three, new laser rangefinders > (gotta help the economy). > > 3. I resolve to write one poem about trees and humbly submit it to the > harsh judgment of my fellow and lady Ents. Any resemblance to Robert > Frost, William Cullen Bryant, Carl Sandburg, etc. will be purely > accidental. > > 4. I resolve to confer with Treebeard prior to naming any more trees. > So all of you will know that any new tree name has been personally > sanctioned by Treebeard. > > 5. I resolve to bug Jenny until she creates a tree video for us using > baroque as background music. > > 6. I resolve to brush my teeth in the morning as well as at night > (oops, sorry, not a tree resolution). > > 7. I resolve to develop 3 new tree measurement formulas and tie them > to E = mC^2 or the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, thereby > demonstrating that tree measuring is the basis for the evolution of > all things large and small. > > 8. I resolve to say nothing critical about folks who continue to > advocate use of the tangent method (just kidding). > > 9. I resolve to work with Will, Ed, Lee, Don, Steve, etc. to develop a > useful ENTS tree measurement database (see, I can be serious). > > 10. I resolve to visit my tuliptree in Ohio (also serious). > > 11. I resolve to hold up my end of the agreement with Don Bertolette > to eat lots of Friendly's sherbet- oops, not a tree resolution. Never > mind. > > 12. I promise to make better use of my GPS to document tree locations, > provided the temperature is above freezing, I had a good breakfast, > and there are no pesky insects buzzing around. > > Well, enough for now. > > Bob > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 31, 2009, at 7:36 PM, James Parton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Ed, > > > Very nice! It's definently winter up there! > > > Mentioning New Years, what are some of your New Years resolutions? > > Comon' ENTS? Mine is to get into shape enough to able to keep up with > > Will Blozan in the woods! ~laughing~!! > > > James P. > > > On Dec 31, 6:09 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ENTS, > > >> I went for a short walk today and took some winter photos. I > >> wanted to share some of them on this New Years Eve. There is a > >> full moon tonight if it is clear enough to see it in your area. > >> These were all taken in the small patch of woods behind my house. > >> I concentrated on some of the smaller scenes today. > > >> Eastern Hemlock > > >> Eastern Hemlock > > >> Chestnut Oak with Hemlock > > >> Eastern White Pine > > >> Hemlocks with dead tree > > >> No Caption > > >> Woodpecker Holes > > >> Chestnut Oak Leaf trapped in a crook > > >> Princess Pine > > >> Eastern White Pine > > >> Eastern Hemlock branches > > >> Decaying Stump > > >> Edward Frank > > >>http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/http://primalforests.ning.com/... > > >> DSCN1559.JPG > >> 75KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1561a.JPG > >> 140KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1569.JPG > >> 117KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1573.JPG > >> 68KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1575.JPG > >> 143KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1584.JPG > >> 65KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1585.JPG > >> 112KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1587.JPG > >> 48KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1599a.JPG > >> 42KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1604.JPG > >> 80KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1609.JPG > >> 135KViewDownload > > >> DSCN1611.JPG > >> 69KViewDownload > > > -- > > 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]
