This tree was witness to the fact that my “studio” (a plastic storage tent structure) had been subjected to high winds and therefore dislodged from its moorings.
I spent some time putting rocks and logs on parts of the “feet” to hold it in place temporarily, but will need to reengineer the base of it. Meanwhile, I got distracted sorting the dirt in my greenhouse, because I want to temporarily store some of the things from the studio up in the green house.
[daily log: walking, 3.5km]
Category: A Daily Tree
Caveat: Tree #731
Caveat: Tree #730
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Caveat: Tree #726
This tree is working with another tree to frame the pre-dawn light.
[daily log: walking, 3km; retailing, 6hr]
Caveat: Tree #725
This tree stood guard over the newly re-wrapped RV. It was a lot of work getting that wet tarp back over it.
[daily log: walking, 3.5km]
Caveat: Tree #724
This tree happened to notice that the strong winds of the last few days had disrobed my RV. I put down some rocks to weight it down, and will try re-wrap the machine once this rainstorm dies down (in Spring?).
[daily log: walking, 2km]
Caveat: Tree #723
Caveat: Tree #722
Caveat: Tree #721
This tree is a “guest tree” from that past. I took this picture at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Portland, in June, 2018. That’s downtown Portland and the Williamette River in the background.
[daily log: walking, 1.5km]
Caveat: Tree #720
Caveat: Tree #719
This tree is practicing some social distancing with the utility pole.
[daily log: walking, 3km; retailing, 7hr]
Caveat: Tree #718
This tree noticed I had built a fire, as smoke rose from the chimney.
[daily log: walking, 3km; retailing, 6hr]
Caveat: Tree #717
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Caveat: Tree #712
This tree is the same as a few days ago. I have decided to see if it will survive if I plant it – it’s presumably a live tree, but I think it spent too long on a shelf in a store before it showed up at our house when our neighbors-down-the-road gifted to us on Christmas Eve. I’ve temporarily planted it in a planter in my greenhouse. It won’t be much warmer than outside – the greenhouse receives no direct sunlight this time of year – but it will at least be more sheltered. The white stuff is just cotton, apparently. It’s inert and should wash off over time.
[daily log: walking, 4.5km; retailing (inventory), 7hr]
Caveat: Tree #711
Caveat: Tree #710
Caveat: Tree #709
This tree is wearing a discarded mask. Note that I did not place this mask here – I simply found it attached to this tree – a true sign of 2020 if ever there was one.
[daily log: walking, 4km]
Caveat: Tree #708
This tree was given to us by our neighbors-down-the-road last night, along with some cookies. Juli mailed us some stockings which we opened in the morning. That was the sum total of Christmas, here at Rockpit.
For dinner we cooked some salmon on the traeger (smoker grill), had baked potato and spinach.
[daily log: walking, 2km]
Caveat: Tree #707
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Caveat: Tree #702
This tree was outside my classroom window almost exactly 10 years ago, in December, 2010, in Hongnong Village, Yeonggwang County, Jeollanam Province, South Korea.
I made a chocolate cake, to celebrate the impending winter solstice.
[daily log: walking, 1km]