moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
No interesting bore cuts or quirky hinge mods in punky wood but... this is an unintended tutorial on approaching the kind of cat that won't jump in your lap when you reach it.
This Quercus velutina is a fantastic tree, the cat has good taste for sure. The Boston neighborhood where this happened is generally a very urban context. The immediate neighborhood where the tree is located is a kind of sanctuary, it was developed with smallish houses in the 1930's. Back in the day the lots weren't leveled, existing mature trees were left in place. There are many fine oaks like this in a 4 or 5 block area. Note that the pruning work on this tree was well executed whenever it was done.
There was so much foliage in the lower crown of this tree, plus limitations of a neighbor fence/house and a steep yard down to a 5' retaining wall at a sidewalk that I had trouble finding any kind of throwing alley into the upper crown. Not having an initial high anchor in a wide crown form complicated things, especially when every click of a carabiner gate was putting the cat on edge.
-AJ
This Quercus velutina is a fantastic tree, the cat has good taste for sure. The Boston neighborhood where this happened is generally a very urban context. The immediate neighborhood where the tree is located is a kind of sanctuary, it was developed with smallish houses in the 1930's. Back in the day the lots weren't leveled, existing mature trees were left in place. There are many fine oaks like this in a 4 or 5 block area. Note that the pruning work on this tree was well executed whenever it was done.
There was so much foliage in the lower crown of this tree, plus limitations of a neighbor fence/house and a steep yard down to a 5' retaining wall at a sidewalk that I had trouble finding any kind of throwing alley into the upper crown. Not having an initial high anchor in a wide crown form complicated things, especially when every click of a carabiner gate was putting the cat on edge.
-AJ
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