[Leica] Tortured oaks

[lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

Herbert Kanner wrote:

This is just an oak tree a block from my house. Since oaks are not the

most common trees in Palo Alto, I did not realize until I saw a

picture in today's paper that all oaks tend to look tortured.


http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Tortured+Tree.jpg.html


I've passed this psychedelic car many times, but never thought to

photograph it.


http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Car+on+Drugs.jpg.html


A bit further on was an interesting group of birch trees.


http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Stand+of+Birch.jpg.html
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Nice pictures. Oaks and maples are the most common trees in my area (the
Hudson Valley) and usually grow straight and tall. The oaks and maples
practice chemical warfare. Their dropped leaves are quite acid and inhibit
the growth of other trees. In the time that we have lived in our house we
have lost most hickory trees, most tulip trees, hemlocks, and dogwoods. The
changing climate has induced the birches to migrate north to Canada.
The car is certainly one of a kind. Did Maaco paint it?
Larry Z