You dun the tree well Paul. Glad you had some color in the sky! Awhile back I came across a book about the biggest/oldest trees in Michigan, this one was most likely in it.
-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> >Subject: PESO: America's Largest > >This Rochester Hills, Michigan tree is said to be the largest Bebb Oak in the >United States. It measures about ten feet in diameter at its base, and one of >its weighty limbs rests on the ground. It >is estimated to be at least 250 years old, although that has never been >determined for certain, because common testing means might injure it. >Sometimes we’re so caught up in things, it’s hard to see the trees for the >forest. I must have driven by this massive tree dozens of times since I >arrived in Michigan and never noticed it. I only discovered it after a lady >friend, who arrived here from Italy just a dozen years ago or so, pointed it >out to me and asked if I would photograph it for her. I finally did so this >morning, just before sunrise. It’s on a busy street, so my angles were >limited. I cloned out a couple of street signs and a bit of pavement. The tree >predates them by hundreds of years, so I figured its entitled to a clean >environment. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
