Coffee anyone ?

[Blue Sky]

Our power is out! Wonder how long it will be for the crews to get it back up. Kind of scary for them in this wind.

The high wind gust clocked yesterday at Priest Rapids Dam was 88mph, today was 77.

It finally blew over half of a dead poplar hubs didn't cut down. It's a huge tree, it was leaning and had a split that made it dangerous for him to cut. So we decided to wait for a big wind. I wish the whole tree would have come down. It also took out an evergreen.
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We lost a Black Locust, I'm bummed about that one. It's a nectar source for our bees.
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This is a fir tree, it's been on its way out. We had propped it up, hoping it would send out better roots, but it finally went all of the way down.
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I was raised on the treeless high plains. Since moving here I’ve learned a lot about living with trees.

 

[Blue Sky]

LOTR Epic names!

Mirkwood!

Maybe I could fall back on Mirkwood’s original name Las Galen- wood of green leaves.

 

[drstratton]

I have a spider phobia. I’m afraid if I called it that a couple of those would show up.

I'm not a fan of spiders either...lol

 

[drstratton]

Maybe I could fall back on Mirkwood’s original name Las Galen- wood of green leaves.

Or Lothlórien, the golden wood of Galadriel and Celeborn!

 

[SageHill]

Have you all seen this?

 

[drstratton]

Have you all seen this?

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Another invasive disease carrying species to be worried about.

 

[SageHill]

And just for fun..........
TRUE..........

 

[drstratton]

And just for fun..........
TRUE..........
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Ready for some goats yet!

 

[drstratton]

Have you all seen this?

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I'd have plenty of guinea hens. Noisy buggers, but good for tick control.

 

[SageHill]

I'd have plenty of guinea hens. Noisy buggers, but good for tick control.

Oh yeah!!! Forgot about them -- time for MO folks to get flocks of them <of course no one will get any sleep>.