Hobo Jungle

[2railjon]

Yes, find it hilarious that the green movement is not very well thought out.
No
Hippy
Tears
Given
This
Day.

[2railjon]

Holy flaming bagpipes, batman!!!
Literally. Flaming bagpipes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apO424sqNUM&sns=em

[webenda]

Yes, find it hilarious that the green movement is not very well thought out.

"a man can not have his cake and eate his cake"
--Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, 14 March 1538

[2railjon]

" I'll drink my beer, you can have the cake"
2Railjon Circa 2013

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Holy flaming bagpipes, batman!!!
Literally. Flaming bagpipes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apO424sqNUM&sns=em

Well now, get thee hie to Edinburgh, laddie!

[webenda]

Jon's on a roll this morning.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So, what kind of tree is it after all?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The Tree of Life.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Tree of Life.

Yggdrasil

[webenda]

Look at some of the versions of elderberry

Have not found an elderberry match yet.

That tree really is a mystery. The Bonnergantor, our certified local tree expert, believes it's some kind of cherry, which the Hackberry is.

I go with the Bonnergantor because 1) he is a tree expert and 2) so many cherry and hackberry trees have close to the mystery tree's leaflet pattern.

So, what kind of tree is it after all?

Something tells me, "some kind of cherry" is as close as we can get with internet searching. We need a fruit tree expert to weigh in. I am sure there is someone who knows as much about cherry trees as some of us (not me) know about model trains.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Look at some of the versions of elderberry

Have not found an elderberry match yet.

Yes, we kicked that about a bit....

So, what kind of tree is it after all?

Something tells me, "some kind of cherry" is as close as we can get with internet searching. We need a fruit tree expert to weigh in. I am sure there is someone who knows as much about cherry trees as some of us (not me) know about model trains.

Yes, on all counts.

[webenda]

Tony Aiello of Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia is a cherry tree expert.


An example of Aiello's expertise... Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) has four
cherry trees, all purchased from the same nursery, and labeled, "Prunus
subhirtella ‘Pendula’" The experts at BBG were certain they were all four
the same tree. Along comes Aiello and points out to the BBG experts that
one of the tree's flowers has a double layer of petals, indication it is
a completely different cherry tree from the others. Aiello identified the
tree as Prunus pendula ‘Yae-Beni-Shidare’.


Reference: http://www.bbg.org/news/a_cherry_by_any_other_name
http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Tony-Aiello/15948060
https://online.morrisarboretum.org/classes/kleinlecture
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http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/ ... inic.shtml


Plant Clinic: Our (Morris Arboretum) free plant clinic service is available from 1:00 - 3:00pm Monday-Friday (except Thursday), located in the Widener Visitor Center.

Samples you wish to be evaluated can be dropped off from 10:00am - 4:00pm. Leave all samples in the Visitor Center with a description of your observation or concern, and how we can reach you.

Contact the Plant Clinic at plntclnc@exchange.upenn.edu or 215.247.5777 ext.141

[The Dirt]

Had an inch of water come down yesterday, leading to a summer twilight that never smelled so sweet.

Enough dampness to coax our occasional visitor, Reginald, out of wherever he goes to lurk during drier times.



One can tell, by Reginald's bulk, that he has been around awhile.
One can also tell, by Reggie's eyeball, that the picture was taken at sunset!

[webenda]

Best photo of Bufo americanus, female, I have ever seen Pete.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Doc Wayne, How are you coping with the heat out there? We are hearing about it on the news, now. How is the cat enduring it? If I recall, you do not have traditional air conditioning; how's your system holding up?
Murph