special trees

[jamie]

here are 2 trees each unique for their own reason.

i'll let you guess. answers on a postcode please, the 'pine' in one pic has been circled.

verteran oak

special pine

jamie

 

[jason j ladue]

sorry, i dont know what a "postcard" is...looks like the oad has part of an old treehouse in it. like maybey it was cantilevered or between there ans another tree. and the pine? is it really a tree? kind of fuzzy. looks like i should be looking for a ghost or some...

 

[jamie]

unusual

the oak was ancient, quite large diameter, it had massive holes in it and was boarded up and held together with iron rings (all old work im assuming) the photo shows two thirds of teh trees height.

the pine i'll leave open to others to guess, you are along the right lines though (not the ghost bit).

as for postcards, they are what you send when on holiday or vacation. on the tv when they had competitions they would get you to send in a postcard with your details. hence the phrase.

jason, i feel like i am teaching you many new words tonight.

jamie

 

[NickfromWI]

the pine looks very unspecial to me

 

[jason j ladue]

jamie, thanks for the verbage lesson. i'll make sure and bring you a nice shiny apple... :angel:

 

[Arborialis]

the pine looks to me like one of those camoflaged cell-phone towers that are popping up all over the place...

 

[chipper]

the oak just looks really old and gnarled. what is it, a black or swamp?
as for the pine, very unspecial to me.

 

[Base]

is the pine special because you have been eating magic mushrooms?

 

[NickfromWI]

i'd buy the cell phone idea as that tree looks a bit out of place

 

[Lumberjack]

And a unnatural branch pattern.

What makes the pine special?

 

[treeseer]

The pine lost its top, and its 3 distinct whorls of branches give it an extra-lifelike form to me. I don't see the cellphone tower resemblance.

THe oak looks very special. I'd like to live close to it.

 

[jamie]

mobile mast

???? yu got it, ive seen a few mobile masts like it (cell phone towers), they are popular around Stirling (a Scottish city). might need a diamond tipped chain to fell it?

think the oak was just a plain old English (Quercus robur). sorry we always meant to stop and have a look but for some reason (probably the rain) we didnt.

jamie

 

[NickfromWI]

So i was right. The pine IS very unspecial.

That oak on the other hand....

 

[jamie]

ok

sorry i wasnt too sure how common the mobilemast pine was....

jamie

 

[pmuscato]

The keebler Elves live in the Oak.

 

[NickfromWI]

These palm trees are also very special...

 

[jamie]

very good

bet you get a cracking signal on your phone while pruning them

jamie

 

[Treeman14]

They've both been topped. And have lived to tell about it!

 

[Big A]

Thats a little more realistic than some phone(y) trees I've seen around!