Showing posts with label Weird sites in TGS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weird sites in TGS. Show all posts
10/28/15
8/30/15
9/7/12
Hail STL
I took these photos yesterday of a car on my block wondering if the padding was the car version of wearing a tin hat. About an hour later it occurred to me that this was an attempt to prevent hail damage. Which is plausible, we do get fist size hail.
4/14/11
2/18/11
7/15/09
The Oak Tree across the Alley
The massive Oak tree across the alley lost a branch yesterday.
See all that greenery that looks like its on top of the fence? That's part of the branch.
It's a startling sight because of the length of the branch which I estimate at 50 feet. It took out two fences, some power lines, and is resting on top of two cars.
I love this tree and have had a long relationship with it. Years ago crows (remember crows?) would gather at the very top of the branches to roost at sunset and it has housed dozens of nests. The canopy spans three lots and it dwarfs the three story houses. It has to be over 100 years old and existed before the house was built.
I admire it from my back porch daily and have photographed it over the years.
When I was in cancer treatment I had a fey relationship with the tree, making a point to pause and gaze at it before I left every morning. Being an atheist I just couldn't get behind the whole pray your way out of cancer notion so I developed a superstitious relationship with the tree.*
I called Paul Klauber who owns Round Oak Woodworking thinking he may want some of the branch. He didn't (the expense of kiln drying) but we did discuss the tree and his analysis is that the tree is 'over mature' and the weight of the healthy branch is what took it down.
The branch is about 2.5 feet in diameter while the trunk is almost four feet. I'm worried about the fate of the tree since that bottom branch was well integrated into the trunk. I don't want it to die while I'm alive because I've made it a part of my family.
Sidebar: There are many quarter sawn oak front doors in TGS (I've see them mostly in TGH) and I covet them. Quarter sawn oak is of the Arts/Crafts era and rarely used today because of the cost and waste. Clicking on the title of this post will jettison you to the best QS article on the web.
Pop Quiz: There's hundreds and hundred of Oak Trees. Which is this? See the photo below for one of the smaller leaves next to my foot which is The Clue.
The prize is a rare copy of Ways of the Woods: A Guide to the Skills and Spirit of the Woodland Experience
* Please curb your god and don't send me comments about my disinterest. Thanks.
See all that greenery that looks like its on top of the fence? That's part of the branch.
It's a startling sight because of the length of the branch which I estimate at 50 feet. It took out two fences, some power lines, and is resting on top of two cars.
I love this tree and have had a long relationship with it. Years ago crows (remember crows?) would gather at the very top of the branches to roost at sunset and it has housed dozens of nests. The canopy spans three lots and it dwarfs the three story houses. It has to be over 100 years old and existed before the house was built.
I admire it from my back porch daily and have photographed it over the years.
When I was in cancer treatment I had a fey relationship with the tree, making a point to pause and gaze at it before I left every morning. Being an atheist I just couldn't get behind the whole pray your way out of cancer notion so I developed a superstitious relationship with the tree.*
I called Paul Klauber who owns Round Oak Woodworking thinking he may want some of the branch. He didn't (the expense of kiln drying) but we did discuss the tree and his analysis is that the tree is 'over mature' and the weight of the healthy branch is what took it down.
The branch is about 2.5 feet in diameter while the trunk is almost four feet. I'm worried about the fate of the tree since that bottom branch was well integrated into the trunk. I don't want it to die while I'm alive because I've made it a part of my family.
Sidebar: There are many quarter sawn oak front doors in TGS (I've see them mostly in TGH) and I covet them. Quarter sawn oak is of the Arts/Crafts era and rarely used today because of the cost and waste. Clicking on the title of this post will jettison you to the best QS article on the web.
Pop Quiz: There's hundreds and hundred of Oak Trees. Which is this? See the photo below for one of the smaller leaves next to my foot which is The Clue.
The prize is a rare copy of Ways of the Woods: A Guide to the Skills and Spirit of the Woodland Experience
* Please curb your god and don't send me comments about my disinterest. Thanks.
1/16/09
Q: Why does that tree have bumps?
That's what a ten year old asked me last summer when I was walking Beau.
A: It has a virus.
A: It has a virus.
10/16/08
9/22/08
7/27/08
Garages go better with Coke
Spotted while driving down an alley at twilight in TGS.
Is this the hoosier version of an outdoor refrigerator?
Is this the hoosier version of an outdoor refrigerator?
3/22/08
NOBODIES HOME PART TWO
Abandoned wasp nest pretending to be an incoming meteorite.
Not a wasp nest but wannbe rock.
Not a wasp nest but wannbe rock.
1/18/08
12/6/07
HOLE IN THE WALL - FIXED!
A few weeks ago I wrote about a car crashing into the foundation of a building. I stopped by today to take a look at Mark's work.
I'm betting it was easy to tell which side the stones faced, they still show the dark purple color of the car that hit it. What a puzzle it must have been trying to ascertain which stone went where. Rather excellent placement. In Chess this is called 'good sight of the board.'
Of course I regret the absence of the original mortar mix...
I'm betting it was easy to tell which side the stones faced, they still show the dark purple color of the car that hit it. What a puzzle it must have been trying to ascertain which stone went where. Rather excellent placement. In Chess this is called 'good sight of the board.'
Of course I regret the absence of the original mortar mix...
11/20/07
HOLE IN THE WALL
I heard about the hole in the wall from neighbors, forgot about it until I drove by today and WHOA! The report was a purple Saturn had plowed into the wall.
I meandered over to talk to the two hilarious guy working on it and quickly realized I'd met one of them before: Mark, a stone mason and one extraordinary character.
He told me about talking with the woman who lived in the apartment above the hole. She heard a car revving loudly (it was heading west on 38 Wyoming) with foot to the pedal and flying. By the time she got out of bed and looked out the window it was in the process of flying across Gustine and into her building. Talk about stroke material!
My conclusion: suicide attempt. (UPDATE: An email from 3rd District Capt Hoobs said that the driver lost control of the car and survived the impact).
Haven't heard a word about the driver but the car had to be towed out.
Mark
The building was hit so hard that foundation stones flew over nine feet into the basement.
I've heard that the foundations of our homes were two feet thick. I measured. They are.
See those strings running over the hole in the wall? That is the only way to lay brick or rebuild a stone wall to make it flush.
There was a point in the conversation with Mark that he took a closer look at me and asked if I was a stone mason also.
I've never been more flattered.
I meandered over to talk to the two hilarious guy working on it and quickly realized I'd met one of them before: Mark, a stone mason and one extraordinary character.
He told me about talking with the woman who lived in the apartment above the hole. She heard a car revving loudly (it was heading west on 38 Wyoming) with foot to the pedal and flying. By the time she got out of bed and looked out the window it was in the process of flying across Gustine and into her building. Talk about stroke material!
My conclusion: suicide attempt. (UPDATE: An email from 3rd District Capt Hoobs said that the driver lost control of the car and survived the impact).
Haven't heard a word about the driver but the car had to be towed out.
Mark
The building was hit so hard that foundation stones flew over nine feet into the basement.
I've heard that the foundations of our homes were two feet thick. I measured. They are.
See those strings running over the hole in the wall? That is the only way to lay brick or rebuild a stone wall to make it flush.
There was a point in the conversation with Mark that he took a closer look at me and asked if I was a stone mason also.
I've never been more flattered.
EMPTY NEST
Knock, knock!
Who's there?
Mary.
Mary who?
Mary me and I'll love you forever!
41xx Humphrey and that's all you're getting out of me.
Who's there?
Mary.
Mary who?
Mary me and I'll love you forever!
41xx Humphrey and that's all you're getting out of me.
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