November 20, 2005
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Today is a beautiful fall day in south-central
perfect for felling one more ash tree, which is what I figure I need to have
enough lumber to complete the transition from carpet to hardwood floors in our
house.
But I'm feeling lazy today. So I plan to grill some steaks, pop a 10 year
old bottle of
eat and drink till I'm full, and then sink into the couch to watch the Colts
play the Bengals. I've found that in life it's usually wise to
listen to those voices that say "this is a day to rest". It's
especially important to do that when the downside to not listening is having a
large tree fall on your head because you were really supposed to be relaxing
that day.
Speaking of ash trees: the emerald ash borer is now in
ash trees from the forest just like the chestnut blight.
are now quarantining, felling and burning infected trees.
I can't say that I know a lot about those borers. But I do know that the
race to fell every chestnut tree before the blight took them was a big
mistake. Some of those trees would have certainly been resistant to the
blight and would have repopulated our forests with chestnuts. If the
borers reach my part of the state there will be a court fight (and maybe more)
before they take my trees. Maybe a tree or two in my woods have the
genetic wherewithal to beat the borers.
As any reader that's read this site for sometime knows; I'm growing and
nurturing American Chestnuts here too. I'm always hopeful, sometimes delerious, and not afraid of a bloody nose.
But today I'm feeling lazy.
Go Colts!
Comments (4)
enjoy that laziness. About time for a little of that...
Enjoy your day of lazy, dinner sounds good tooo!
The Bengals got their wish. They wanted to face a 9 and O Colts. They wanted to be the team that brought them down. Unfortunately for them, the Colts left Cincinnati tonight 10 and 0.
Tony Stewart, a local Columbus boy that still lives here, (and has an awesome compound with more dollars in fence than I have in house) won the NASCAR championship today.
Today's a good day to be watching sports from Indiana.
I'm not feeling so lazy anymore. I'm feeling better.
I think that is a good idea to listen to those little voices.
Just recently a former pro athlete ( I can't remember his name) was killed when he was cutting a large tree down in his yard. His dog ran in the way of the tree and he ran after the dog and that was it for him. The dog had minor injuries.
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