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Sean, I’m setting up a rope swing for the little ones, with the harness you sent me… lots of fun at the lake.

Day started nicely - sun coming up over the lake… first of our children arrived here and the rest arrive this evening. First time all five children and their families will be together since three winters ago. Excited to share this special place with the younger grandchildren who have never been...

The nested sphere’s are by Dale Larson of Oregon. Each s different species of wood- popped one inside the other so they roll around but don’t come apart.

Got back from a Woodturning Symposium in St Paul late Sunday. Went out a day early and what do two mostly-retired arborists do? Well, I spent the day with Tom Dunlap driving around the twin cities, lakes, and rivers looking at all the notable trees. The old photo of the three gentleman at a...

I’d be interested in one also.

Patrick A, I hear you on the Marvin’s with the never-tight-nut situation! Locktite time. The best loppers I have are a City of New York roads and maintenance crew ‘standard issue’ - from a fellow whose grandfather worked on such a crew back in the 1930s. They are longer than most, and...

You know you live in a small community when notice of your art exhibit is the “Top Story” in the local paper 🤣 Link: Art Exhibit

It’s volumetric… if globally we had the same reduction it would reduce the severity of storms… lessen the capacity for superstorms to pick up as much water and speed…

Cory, Sorry for the loss of your buddy. Your last line ‘makes you wonder why folk even get dogs’… same reason we do other things despite there being loss at the end - we tend to remember and give more weight to the positive memories. And, the great joy of the relationship while we are with...

Huge field? How many acres and what are you planting?

Physics at play there: F= ma That large a mass, even at a slow acceleration delivered a massive force to his unprotected skull. Wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t survive. At the least he’d likely have suffered spinal compression injuries, possible meningeal tearing, and if his skull was...

Thanks for the suggestions - duly passed on to the young’un 🙂

Sent to: @Porkbrick but other here might have suggestions, too Our son is in La Honda, CA working maintenance and operations at a Y camp there. They have older Husky 272XPs and Stihl FarmBoss models. He was asking where to get parts: I suggested Madsens and Baileys... Then he asked what saw...

In one of my morning update emails… preaching to the choir: “Planting more trees in cities would save lives.More than a third of all heat-related deaths in the world from 2000 to 2019 could’ve been avoided with more vegetation in urban zones, researchers in Australia reported this week...

Pope Francis