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Might be spirea. We had some bushes for quite a few years. Our neighbor still has some.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiraea_cantoniensis
You’re so quick, BobinVT. Nothing gets past you.
3 years agoNo, so now the turtle doves moved in. We could hear their high coo.
3 years agoRegarding those change of plans... Hmmm. I don't think I'm convinced that's gonna happen.
3 years agoI'm glad your SVT episode resolved, and it's always great to hear about kindness and generosity people encounter while on the road.
3 years agoWho in their right mind would rode in oppressive, unrelenting heat like this????
Wait, don't answer that.
A turkey outstanding in his field.
3 years agoYour video shows how lucky you were not to be bitten by one of those geese!
Do an image search of 'goose teeth'.
The stuff of nightmares!!
Contortionist cranes!
Folding into tiny house
Will their long necks fit?
Pretty little clouds!!
3 years agoFunny. I’ve never heard that. I’ve known of that difference between the white and the red/black oaks though for so long that I’ve forgotten now where I learned it - but probably from my father, who knew all of the major trees back in West Virginia where he grew up. I credit him for giving me an interest in trees.
3 years agoOld Scout method of telling red from white oak.. Indians (red man) shot arrows with sharp points like red oak leaves. White man shot bullets with rounded tips like white oak leaves. I think I remember hearing the same thing on "The Woodwright's Shop" on PBS some 30-ish years ago.
3 years agoYup. No real challenge though - he was talking constantly as he ran for cover.
3 years agoChange of plans. We just arrived in Angoma on the shore of Lake Michigan, and it’s wonderful. We’re just going to keep circling the lake for the next two months and then catch a bus to Newark.
3 years ago
Has to be. I thought I knew what spirea was but apparently I was wrong.
3 years ago