Recent content by bobpbx

On the way, or on the return, a photo I like. Where is it?

Who put the old pigweed in the Mulligan stew? Mark Knopflers song of life events spoiled by someone. Pigweed (Amaranthus species) was eaten in old Europe, I think. Possibly still. If you got the older pigweed, it would spoil the stew. This song has an excellent fade out. … Everything was in...

Bingo. Pinus nigra is what I came up with. The other contender was that Japanese Pine, but I could not see it. These pines, I understand, are often used at the shore as a windbreak, the effectiveness drops the taller they become.

I thought some of you may want to help me solve this puzzle of a pine tree, near a building on Two Mile Beach. I've narrowed it down to 2 species, but between the two, I'm very more invested in one of them. The needles are 3.5 to 4.5 inches long on average.

With today's technology, the danger of not even finding my body is minimized. There is a feature on I phone called "share my location". It's the last row on every contact I have. It lasts for as long as I want.

Regarding Wooley swamp, I had my grandson (14) amazed a couple weeks ago. We were talking about someone who was walking in the woods at night, and they were scared to death. I told him that I personally feel safer in the deep woods than I do on a suburban street. I said that once I'm in deep, I...

I don't think I want that. I like overall control. I'm not keen on sitting here talking to my computer.

Good info.

Here's the size compared to my hand. I have a feeling this is all only temporary, that they won't last. But wouldn't it be odd if they all grew to 12' feet?

Yes, same site. It's just that some are a lot larger than the others. Here's a wide view of same site. And these were on both sides of the creek as far as my eyes could see.

Here's a phenomenon I've seen before. This is Rhynchospora alba. The seeds were always there, just waiting for this fire.

This was on the other side of the tracks, the first photo. I walked back up the branch that flows from the RR (second photo).

To me, the big question is, why there? There were easily over a thousand. Could the RR have something to do with it?

I'm going with Catalpa. What say you?