Mea Culpa
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Post by Mea Culpa on Jun 20, 2007 17:41:03 GMT
Used to have that problem ... when I was about 15-16 yo (yeah I know yonks ago) I forced myself to climb a Firetower in the local forest ... I sat there for nigh on 3-4 hours till I found the courage to climb down ... never had a problem after that ... having said that ... I recently played some RPG on PC (forget which it was) where I looked down from a cliff .... and blow me death if I didn't get dizzy ... makes you wonder huh  |
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Post by Shan on Jun 20, 2007 18:58:09 GMT
Shan, I perceive that you like trees...  Same here, love trees, been in them all my life (not swinging from them--as some think.. ;D-) Don't even like to cut them down even when they need to be..  you perceive right, ss. i do love trees. i grew up around some great climbing ones. being an only child and having very few kids to play with i spent alot of my childhood in them pretending all sorts of things. we have a great wooded area around where we live nice with some nice climbing trees and it is fun to climb up in them with the girls and find a great spot to just sit and talk. i also love huge rocks that you can climb to the top of. it was always fun to see how many different ways you could find to climb one, dangerous at times but still fun. ;D lucky me too, i never fell and broke anything although there were plenty of chances for it. |
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Post by Shan on Jun 20, 2007 19:01:56 GMT
Used to have that problem ... when I was about 15-16 yo (yeah I know yonks ago) I forced myself to climb a Firetower in the local forest ... I sat there for nigh on 3-4 hours till I found the courage to climb down ... never had a problem after that ... having said that ... I recently played some RPG on PC (forget which it was) where I looked down from a cliff .... and blow me death if I didn't get dizzy ... makes you wonder huh you actually got dizzy from a cliff in a computer game? ;D that is soooooooooooo funny. don't imagine it was to you though. if you had yelled loud enough, i might have gotten ash to come help you down. heights don't bother ash at all. she grew up in the forest climb to the tops of the trees and turning flips from the lower branches. ;D |
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Mea Culpa
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Post by Mea Culpa on Jun 21, 2007 18:47:03 GMT
Well I thought it was funny as hell too ... and I only remembered it because of this topic ...mind it was only for a second or so nothing dramatic |
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Post by Shan on Jun 21, 2007 20:37:32 GMT
Isn't Chaos great? Look at what kind of memories it can bring back. ;D
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Post by Shan on Jun 21, 2007 21:29:59 GMT
A spectacularly formed Brachychyton with unique shape and markings.   |
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Post by Shan on Jun 21, 2007 21:30:24 GMT
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Post by Shan on Jun 21, 2007 21:33:39 GMT
Osage Orange tree (maclura pomifera): This tree grows at the southern side of the lower parking lot at Montgomery Park. It is at least 75 years old and has an unusual shape. Native to Arkansas, southern Oklahoma and northern Texas, Osage Orange was planted extensively in Montgomery Township 75-125 years ago as a pasture and boundary hedge. Its wood is heavy and dense and burns slow and hot. Cut into the wood and the sawdust is bright orange! The large, curious green-to-yellow dimpled fall fruit has a milky pulp and is inedible and useless. Look closely and you will see that the branches are covered with thorns. There are some other interesting examples in Montgomery Township's 32 square miles: Look for an unusual allee of Osage Orange trees planted perpendicular to Willow Road at the southeast boundary of the Miller's Grove development. A single quite large specimen can be found at the traffic light at the Opossum Road side of the intersection of Rt. 518 and Bloomberg Office Park. Look around the township and there are many examples of old Osage Orange hedgerows along side roadways and scattered in open land. (May 2002) 
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Post by janggut on Jun 25, 2007 2:00:05 GMT
gorgeous trees! i love that brachychyton. nice bottle shape. |
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Post by Shan on Jun 25, 2007 4:52:22 GMT
gorgeous trees! i love that brachychyton. nice bottle shape. it reminds me of a tree person. looking at the picture of it in the distance it has the appearance of a face in it. me, i like the ones with more unusual shapes to them. |
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Post by LaFille on Jun 26, 2007 4:34:34 GMT
Cool trees, there; I love those with strange knots and those with patterns in the trunks. The brachychyton doesn't appeal me though... His shape reminds me of swollen limbs and doesn't feel healthy. ;D The Osage-Orange tree specie looks neat too; checking in Wiki to find pictures of the thorns and leaves, it turns out that it looks really a lot like lemon trees. I planted the seeds of a lemon a few years ago and (huge surprise and probably with lots of luck) two trees grew out of it; they're now about 4 feet tall and still surviving.   The thorns on this are huge and nasty; not sure you guys would have fun climbing in these. ;D The picture I posted earlier, it gives the impression that the tree is a ballet dancer making an arabesque. |
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Post by Galadriel on Jun 26, 2007 13:17:57 GMT
I saw that picture before, and I like that one a lot Fille!
My favorite tree is the willow, more the Salix vitellina, the golden willow
I love the way his branches are hanging down, like they make a cover for lovers to hide under
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Post by ss on Jun 26, 2007 14:40:03 GMT
Willow trees are cool...I planted two at my last home and one at the place I lived at before that...(I move a lot.. ) but I still love weeping willows... |
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Post by janggut on Jun 27, 2007 1:38:33 GMT
beautiful willow, Gal! love the way the leaves are hanging down like that. wish i can plant it in front of my house. ;D so i can hide under it. |
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Post by LaFille on Jun 27, 2007 2:46:02 GMT
Nice, the willows... The weeping ones are neat, but another cool specie of willows is the Corkscrew Willow (Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa') which grows twisted branches shaped a bit like spirals. (Picture here.)I tried twice to grow of these from young branch stubs and unfortunately never suceeded to have them to survive further than the first couple of (precarious) leaves.  |
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Post by Galadriel on Jun 27, 2007 12:15:38 GMT
Nice, the willows... The weeping ones are neat, but another cool specie of willows is the Corkscrew Willow (Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa') which grows twisted branches shaped a bit like spirals. (Picture here.)I tried twice to grow of these from young branch stubs and unfortunately never suceeded to have them to survive further than the first couple of (precarious) leaves.  |
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Post by Shan on Jun 27, 2007 16:51:11 GMT
What do you think of this tree? ;D  |
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Post by Shan on Jun 27, 2007 16:54:28 GMT
These are soooooooo cool.  |
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Post by janggut on Jun 28, 2007 1:30:59 GMT
@ Shan ->  utterly gorgeous!! @ Gal -> very unique! trees can never be boring! ;D @ Fille -> looks like this tree can grow very tall. as for planting it, when did u attempt it? spring? summer? if u are growing it from a small branch, make sure it's not too young & also don't add fertiliser to the soil or the branch might just rot. u can try planting it in a pot. not sure if this is the best way. u should ask your lemon tree. ;D |
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The thorns on this are huge and nasty; not sure you guys would have fun climbing in these. ;D
utterly gorgeous!!