Althouse: Althouse and Meade photograph an ash tree at 7:43 a.m.

October 12, 2024

Althouse and Meade photograph an ash tree at 7:43 a.m.

Photo #1 by Althouse, photo #2 by Meade.

Open thread in the comments.

17 comments:

SoLastMillennium said...: The Meade image does much to explain the relationship and its strength. So perfectly centered it looks like the crop of a larger image, a technique I have used to good affect.; 10/12/24, 11:55 AM
Political Junkie said...: Quite the range of colors in #1.; 10/12/24, 12:21 PM
tastid212 said...: emerald ash borers are killing all my ash trees.; 10/12/24, 12:25 PM
wild chicken said...: Purple Ash? I planted one at our old house, which we sold in the winter, but I had kept photos of the tree in Oct and the realtor including it in the listing along with the other
pics I gave him.

Sold overnight ..; 10/12/24, 12:31 PM
R C Belaire said...: Most ash trees (I think primarily black ash species) in Michigan are dead and buried/burned. A real shame -- they were beautiful trees.; 10/12/24, 12:35 PM
Meade said...: Orange Tree Good; 10/12/24, 12:40 PM
tim in vermont said...: I am not going to go so far as to say that ash trees were "beautiful;" they are serviceable trees for shade and make for great firewood. I have a couple dozen dead and dying ones in my yard. They never once turned that color though.; 10/12/24, 12:42 PM
ndspinelli said...: Most baseball bats were made out of ash trees. Maple bats are now becoming popular. Maple bats are harder wood w/ tight grains. But they have a smaller sweet spot than ash.; 10/12/24, 1:35 PM
Humperdink said...: I sold my ash logs to the local baseball bat factory before the beetle did them in. They only make the rounds there and ship the blanks out for finishing.; 10/12/24, 1:55 PM
Dr Weevil said...: In the Iliad, we are told that the spears of Achilles and some other heroes are made of ash-wood. I understand that's because it's an unusually straight wood.; 10/12/24, 2:31 PM
lonejustice said...: I too had some beautiful ash trees on my 5 acres, but the damned emerald ash borers decimated them. Well, at least I have a wood burning stove, and ash is a good hard wood, so I will have at least 2 or 3 years of free firewood.; 10/12/24, 2:49 PM
Hassayamper said...: A birch tree and a beech tree see a young sapling sprout out of the ground between them and begin arguing about what kind of tree it is and who is its rightful father. Eventually they are at an impasse, so one asks a passing woodpecker, "Tell us MR. Woodpecker, is that young tree a son of a birch, or is it a son of a beech?" The woodpecker flies down, pecks at it for a while, and flies back up with his report. "It is neither a son of a birch, nor a son of a beech. However, it is the very finest piece of ash I ever put my pecker in."; 10/12/24, 3:01 PM
john mosby said...: As long as were doing puns:

Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul….

JSM; 10/12/24, 3:58 PM
JES said...: I didn't think there are many ash trees around after the ash borer got to them. About half the trees in southern Wisconsin are still green this week of usual peak color and the temps have reached the 80's some days. Wonderful weather so we are all wondering what the problem is with climate change.; 10/12/24, 4:39 PM
R C Belaire said...: Bad ... but good at the same time!; 10/12/24, 5:58 PM
Lyle Sanford, RMT said...: I guessed wrong! And was so confidant I could read your styles :-( Nice pics!; 10/12/24, 7:34 PM
wildswan said...: I know Meade's a gardener so I hesitate ... but I see a maple and a sumach. An ash has a single tall trunk, doesn't it?; 10/12/24, 8:05 PM