Category: A Daily Tree

I spent a long day trying to finish up the “patio” – really more of a sidewalk – along the south side of the kitchen shed. Here it is – with a tree (or several) in the background, so I’ll call it tree #228.

[daily log: walking, 1.5km; loads of gravel down the hill, 5; loads of sand up the hill, 4]

I took a big long test this morning. Over 5 hours staring at a screen and answering a-b-c-d questions, and writing two essays in boxes. I felt like one of my poor Korean students.
Then I collected my bag from the motel and walked back to the ferry. Here is a tree.

I rode the ferry, feeling mentally exhausted. We arrived at Hollis.


I drove home.
[daily log: walking, 4.5km]

I am in Ketchikan to take my test tomorrow morning, bright and early.
I walked up to the tiny UA-Southeast, Ketchikan Campus (really just an annex behind the high school, though architecturally pleasant enough).
I saw this tree, looking down past one of the buildings.

This was the view in the other direction standing in the same spot.

This is the sign marking the campus.

This is the view from behind the same sign.

And I walked down to my motel.

I walked all over Ketchikan, as it seems better than figuring out buses for what is, actually, a pretty small city. Ketchikan is having a heat wave: it was 72°F (22°C).
[daily log: walking, 8.5km]

We went out fishing at the south end of San Ignacio again. We caught a lot of fish, though Arthur also managed to hook his finger with a fishhook, which was stressful. This eagle in a seaside tree was unimpressed by our antics.

[daily log: walking, 1.5km; catching, 13salmon]

Here is a tree from my archives, dated March, 2010, taken on Sakurajima (an island with an active volcano located just off shore from city of Kagoshima, Japan).

[daily log: walking, 2km; chainsawing, 1hr; catching, 6salmon]

Tree #212 is having a bad day (note it has been flagged for removal and that I am halfway through removing it – see the chainsaw cut?).

Earlier, Arthur and I went out in the boat. It was sunny but VERY windy, and we caught no fish and had adventures, including a lost downrigger weight and an engine problem (happily resolved).
Here is the boat tucked back into the dock.

[daily log: walking, 2km]

We went out and caught three salmon today.
The picture below is where we caught them – off the east side of San Ignacio, after trying several other spots.
I think this could pass for a “daily tree” picture although I’d be hard pressed to single out one of the trees for salience… perhaps the one on the right? I think actually the clouds are more interesting than the trees in this picture.

[daily log: walking, 2.5km; catching, 3salmon]

Arthur and I went out seeking fish today. It was disappointing. But I’m still somewhat befuddled by what seems to me Arthur’s tendency to give up too fast when the fish don’t bite. I had always understood fishing to be a waiting game. Well, such as it is. He’s not really open to any input from me, so I just drive the boat around as he instructs.
Here is a tree from my archives: a tree on the beach at Duluth, Minnesota, 2009 – I was living in Korea by 2009, but I was on a visit back to the US.

[daily log: walking, 2.5km]

The Blueberry (the Chevy Tahoe vehicle) went to the shop. Because of this, I rode with Richard out of town in the morning after dropping off the car, and back with him in the afternoon to pick it up again – which works out because Richard lives in town but is currently working at our place here.
Richard stopped by Tyler – a local hardware selling and equipment rental conglomerate. He was shopping for a piece of metal for his landing craft project (which I blogged some about last fall).
I took this picture of a tree with forklift in the foreground. Incidentally, the shed on the hillside in the background is part of the Elementary School campus.

[daily log: walking, 3km]

I spent part of the day working with Arthur, who became obsessed with working on this path reengineering project for the pathway that runs directly alongside the south side of the house and kitchen-shed. He wants to put a “gutter” along the ground level against the edge of the concrete pad, and then put down paving stones instead of gravel. The fact of his obsession was really my fault – I’d planted the idea in his mind because I wanted to take on a project for myself that felt relevant to him, meaning something he’d expressed a desire to see done, as opposed to one of my own whims. My idea with planting it in his mind was that I’d work on it for him, but once he decided to work on it, he couldn’t let it go. So I was in the assistant role.
Here is a tree from my archive-o’-trees – a picture taken in November, 2014. I know exactly where this is: it’s along my daily walking commute to work in Ilsan, Korea. I can even say with certainty that I’m going toward work, because of the decorative art on those small retaining walls. I made this 3-kilometer walk, each direction, six days a week for 5 years, 2013-2018, and had made the same walk from an earlier, similarly-located apartment in 2007-2009 also. I know the path better than any other path on planet earth.

[daily log: walking, 1km]