tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554437679054140312.post942210948192768219..comments2021-08-17T07:57:43.943-05:00Comments on Susie's Musings: {{{TIMBER}}}Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729926009351153534noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554437679054140312.post-52012765725384579392013-05-24T14:25:00.487-05:002013-05-24T14:25:00.487-05:00It is so sad that we are/have lost so many trees d...It is so sad that we are/have lost so many trees due to the drought. On the bright side our OKC/Norman area has caught up and is back on track. Down in the Sulphur area where the Chickasaw National Recreation Area is up until two weeks ago had only received about 7" and the ponds and Little Niagara in the park were dry. We have arrived this weekend not only to find some of them full but overflowing. Little Niagara is filling up and our lake has come up almost 4' in just two weeks. They had so much hail this week that it looked like piles of snow around Davis when we drove through. Prayers that the drought is over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554437679054140312.post-32865154900263846482013-05-23T21:35:34.625-05:002013-05-23T21:35:34.625-05:00So sad to see a tree going down.So sad to see a tree going down.Bobbie and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052038274050011149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554437679054140312.post-17985647929803647812013-05-20T20:47:49.665-05:002013-05-20T20:47:49.665-05:00Nice post. A true 'Ode to a Tree.'Nice post. A true 'Ode to a Tree.'Travels with Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411769980205792011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554437679054140312.post-24940346909732143662013-05-20T20:36:41.737-05:002013-05-20T20:36:41.737-05:00My husband was born in Drumheller, AB and grew up ...My husband was born in Drumheller, AB and grew up in Calgary. His sister lives in Nakusp, BC. We still have lots of friends up that way. Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00729926009351153534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554437679054140312.post-32587471028973075382013-05-20T05:45:40.331-05:002013-05-20T05:45:40.331-05:00I will tell you about an old tree we had. It was t...I will tell you about an old tree we had. It was the time when we lived n a very large property in Alberta, Canada. We lived in an old house from 1936. It had a roof of asphalt shingles. A couple of large Jack Pines were standing close to the house. They had survived a huge forest fire around 1910. We were always afraid a lightning would lit up these trees which invariably would lead to burning down our house. One year we came back from California. It was in April. One the old Jack Pines had been attacked by a tree porcupine which had stripped off bark all around the tree. We could already see that the tree was dying. A month later I started my chainsaw. There was no other way with it, the tree had to come down. When it fell our eyes filled with tears. I started to cut up the huge trunk. When I got to the really big lower parts I had an idea. maybe we could you this for something other than firewood? I had always had the idea of carving something with a chainsaw. So I made these chunks of the lower end fairly large. After we had cleared all the debris away I started the chainsaw again and carved a 3ft. tall pelican of it. It was painted white, and I left the beak in natural wood. It was beautiful. Why I made a pelican? Because every summer we had a small group of pelicans on the lake.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01197108331214049357noreply@blogger.com