I politely disagree. Squirrel meat could be added to the cafeteria menu stretching the comfort level of some. Birth control is not good for the environment.
I remember one fatality that involved a man who was cutting down a Catalpa tree. Somewhere in the tree buzz archives. I think he was struck on the neck by a section, if my memory is correct?
The worst thing you could do, is mess with an arborist’s babies! Hope it makes it Tom. Maybe if you figure out where they live, you could bring them some seeds or seedlings and get them interested in reforesting the neighborhood?
This one is about a stone arrowhead I found on a client’s property near a creek. I showed them the point and they wanted to keep it. They are still my clients/friends.
Lost Point of Reference
On a steeply sloping berm I saw her
Resting near a brook
There was beauty in complexion
Symmetry to...
My grandfather survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Wrote this one about the Yamaki pine bonsai that survived the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It was one of 53 trees gifted to the us in 1953 by Japan.
The Pining Bonsai
Locked in bonds of copper
Pruned to oriental taste
I move with the hands...