Category: A Daily Tree

This tree faced the future.

[daily log: walking, 2km;]

This tree leaned out at the beach, at low tide.

[daily log: walking, 1.5km;]

This tree decided to try for a jump start on Fall.

[daily log: walking, 3km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree was beside the road. I’m sure I’ve said that about other trees, in the past. This tree was besider than those.

I’m really struggling these days with Arthur’s argumentativeness. He has his own reality, more and more under the influence of his memory gaps and his cognitive issues, and he wants desperately to argue with me when his reality doesn’t match what I’m saying things are. Sometimes I just give up, but sometimes what he remembers or fails to remember, and it being at odds with what I think to be the objective truth of a given situation, influences decisions we make or things he perceives needing to be done, and impacts what I have to do. I just don’t tolerate that very well.

[daily log: walking, 4km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree was on an island all its own.

I put the new batteries in the boat, and it started fine with that improvement. One problem solved.

We took the boat out for a short spin (not a fishing venture, just a short trip) and found another lurking issue, however. It’s the same problem we’ve always had (since I’ve been up here), though it’s very sporadic and inconsistent enough that it’s hard to reproduce on demand: sometimes when the main outboard engine has been running a while, it begins “hiccupping” – it’s a symptom that resembles the vapor-lock I’d get on my old VW Bug back when I had one. But it’s not vapor-lock, because the engine is not actually running hot. Chet (the boat mechanic in town) has suggested a fuel line or fuel quality problem, which is plausible but unprovable and hard to test or fix.

[daily log: walking, 3km;]

This tree was a bit luminous.

[daily log: walking, 5km; retailing, 8hr]

This tree (out across the water) saw the clouds clear and the sun come out, while I was down on the dock.

I had a frustrating day. I went to start the boat motors – something I do every few weeks to keep things in order – and found the main outboard wouldn’t start. I worried it was a starter problem but at the moment I’ve decided it might be just that the batteries aren’t holding a full charge and don’t have enough power to turn the starter. It was deceptive because the small outboard started okay. I’m going to shop for a new battery.

[daily log: walking, 2.5km;]

This tree was adjacent to some blueberries.

[daily log: walking, 2km;]

This tree is a baby pine tree I transplanted from near the 7 mile bridge to my lot two years ago. It’s doing well. Pine trees are not actually part of the local micro-ecosystem – they tend to prefer the muskeg areas such as are found down the road a mile or so, closer to the river. So on my lot, it’s an exotic.

I worked today even though it wasn’t my normal work day, filling in for a coworker who was traveling. For some reason, it was exceptionally exhausting. Working retail when it’s busy is socially demanding.

[daily log: walking, 5km; retailing, 9hr]

This tree preferred to hang out at the beach.

[daily log: walking, 4.5km;]

This tree found two routes to its destination.

[daily log: walking, 4km; retailing, 8hr]

This tree is a guest tree from my past. I took this picture near the town of Millaa Millaa, Queensland, in January, 2011. It’s not far from my mother’s home in Australia.

[daily log: walking, 5.5km; retailing, 8hr]

This tree was adjacent to hastening gloom.

I spent an unpleasant hour at the dentist this morning, and then spent some time with Wayne (former gift store owner) in Klawock, whose website I host. The day ended up feeling hectic and unproductive after that.

[daily log: walking, 4km;]

This tree beheld a distant bank of fog up against Sunnahae mountain.

[daily log: walking, 5km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree was adjacent to a greenhouse illuminated by a sunset.

[daily log: walking, 6km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree was just off the side of the bridge at 5-mile.

[daily log: walking, 5km; retailing, 8hr]

This tree was reflected, greenly.

[daily log: walking, 2.5km;]

This tree hung in the background while a fireweed plant bloomed [correction below].

[UPDATE: My friend and blog-reader, Pam, has corrected me: this plant is a foxglove, not fireweed. I should know this… but I didn’t.]

[daily log: walking, 4km; dogwalking, 2km]

This tree enjoyed a light breeze.

“‘I cannot remember any of the things that were on my list of things to do. I will just have to sit here and do nothing,’ said Toad.”

[daily log: walking, 5.5km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree was unhelpful while I repaired the broken window on our door.

[daily log: walking, 6km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree was spending time by the river.

[daily log: walking, 5km; retailing, 8hr]

This tree witnessed that even on July 4th there were still patches of snow on the distant peak.

[daily log: walking, 1.5km;]

This tree (but only this one tree) caught a stray ray of sunshine beneath gray clouds (just that little gleam of bright green).

Unrelated:

“Do not try to solve the trolley problem—that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: There is no trolley. General Motors bought them all up and had them dumped in the ocean.” – attributed quote circulating on the internet.

[daily log: walking, 5km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree bore witness to a dog taking a short break near a frequently disregarded sign.

[daily log: walking, 4km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree witnessed a first ripe salmonberry of the season.

[daily log: walking, 5km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree had an eagle (the snag in the middle, a branch halfway down).

[daily log: walking, 3km; dogwalking, 3km]

This tree was upstaged by daisies.

[daily log: walking, 5km; dogwalking, 3km]