take a gander at CANADA'S SECOND LARGEST TREE. fucking beauty eh!
a few days ago i paid a visit to a garden shop looking for an alaskan weeping cedar tree. they didn't have any but i didn't want to go away empty handed so i picked up a few baby giant cedar trees:
i was expressly forbidden to buy any large trees because we already have a few that the lovely mrs myshkin hates:
i'll be dead long before those little sons of bitches grow into manly massive pieces of lumber but it'll be fun watching them grow. at our old house i planted several small giant cedars just before we left. they only cost a few bucks and i planted them at the property line beside my neighbors sump. that prick ended up with 4 families living in his monster house so i hope one day the baby cedars grow into fine large trees and fuck up his drainage.
i love you sons of bitches.
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This new house of yours... is it more akin to a Hyundai Sonata or to a Bavarian X5?
Just wondering because you're last one was evidently in a rental neighborhood.
I was hoping your next post would be about your world-class middle class... I'm expecting the next Gauss or Einstein to be Canadian now.
But back to the topic: nice tree. Reminds me of this vid by Veratasium.
It's gotta feel weird being all alone though... transporting all that water hundreds of feet in the air to out-compete neighbors that are all dead now...
Is this thing on?
sonata - we went cheap. old beat up hardwood floors that seem to say "walk on me" rather than new shiny floors that say "take your fucking shoes off"
our old house wasn't in a rental area, people took advantage of lax zoning and built huge expensive houses with extra accommodation.
it's getting really hard to get an old house in vancouver because they get snapped up by developers who build new expensive houses. a small lot in the cheapest part of the city is a minimum of $700,000.
the way things are going there's a way bigger chance the next kim jong un will come from canada rather than the next einstein.
the middle and upper middle class are doing quite well, it's the lower middle class that is being decimated. the pitbull population is being decimated too. miniature french bulldogs are now all the rage.
back to trees - the trees in our yard brought the property value down because all the recent immigrants only see them as a nuisance and liability. plus it's getting very difficult to remove trees. you need a permit to remove a large tree and those permits are getting very difficult to obtain. but, in a few years the green politicians will probably get replaced by pro development stooges of the builders and the trees will be fair game. so it goes.
I like ceder. The other day hubby and I move some hemlocks.
Coffee is on
Cheaper than a skyscraper, that's for sure. I didn't realise you could plant trees wherever you like in Canada. Suppose they end up blocking someone's view? I hope there's no law against climbing them!
we often have cases of some rich guy cutting down his neighbor's trees or public trees to improve his view. the guy will get a $25,000 fine but his property value will increase many times that amount.
Mr Pilgrim, squire, as an avid amateur botanist, I have to say that I am indeed joyously impressed by the enormity of the Douglas-Fir, but alas, I am saddened that it is labelled and nick-named, Big Lonely Doug. It is, in my botanic opinion, a shame that such a fine tree does not have a mate. Sad, but I am sure that one day those money-grabbing loggers will perhaps learn the errors of their ways and leave such beautiful natural phenomena to live, breath, exist and help the environmental diversity that they seem more than happy to continue to keep destroying.
I hope that your baby giant cedar trees grow into monstrous and delightful botanic beauties, and also that, as they grow, are nurtured and develop to their full size and capacity, you enjoy every minute of every day watching these delightful trees - trees that feel pain - grow. Surely, this has to be far more satisfying and naturally wonderful than watching paint dry, that is to say, watching your tree grow. :-P
What concerns me, however, Mr Pilgrim, squire, is your apparent out-and-out enjoyment when it comes to annoying your neighbours. Surely, being the 'new kid on the block', you have not become embroiled in some kind of petty feud with any of your new neighbours already, have you? Have you seen the British situation comedy, One Foot In The Grave? I am having visions and seeing a remarkable likeness between your good self and Victor Meldrew, sir.
Just because your old neighbour chose to share his house with four families does not give you the right to seek vengeance by trying to "fuck up his drainage," as you so damningly put it. :-P
Ah, well, Mr Pilgrim, as long as you are happy indulging yourself in these petty wars with your neighbours, and in doing so, are enjoying the moment, then I am sure that the good Lord will forgive you at the time of your judgement and reckoning! :-P
I am only glad that these sort of unsavoury events do not occur here on Dartmoor. Thankfully, we settle our minor differences in the time honoured and historical tradition of duelling. Loaded pistols at 12 paces and all that malarkey! :-P
Oh, well, such is life. 'One man's tree is another man's worm hole' as I have never heard it said. To the trees, I say, "Let there be light."
To You & Yours, I Wish You a Happy & Peaceful 'Starry' night!
Take Care & Stay Lucky!
Peace,
Farmer Giles, always glad to help.
au contraire farmer giles, the roo and i are very popular with the neighbors.
my rapturous charm is most enchanting when experienced in the flesh.
Good work, BP. I might have to tap into your tree expertise because our big tree in our back yard might have to get chopped down.
I think Cedar trees are wonderful. I am impressed with your long term vengeance planning. We need as many trees as we can get and keep.
I admit to a fascination with French Bulldogs. But I love my Roxy pig bull. I would not trade her for a Frenchie, but many years down the road after she passes, when I can no longer hold a determined pit when needed, I can see getting one.
Your new house sounds lovely.
I should cut down my fucking apple tree and plant a couple cedar trees. But it's been a rough week with losing Helen and getting a hernia operation so maybe I'll wait for a week or so.
I’m doing great, just walked a five block loop at a fast clip, lets go kick some ass.
That's the spirit.
Like Billy P said, I'm a tough old prick. :-)
in case anyone didn't notice, i brought some of my variegated ivy from the old place. i used cuttings from the park i now live beside. this is the 3rd house these little ivy sons of bitched have lived me.
You move a lot?
yes, we move too much but we still haven't found what we're looking for.
If you haven't found what you are looking for why do you move at all?
this recent move was to get closer to my parents. my big plan was to move to the island to join a few friends but one died and the other has gone stark raving crazy. after raising kids and looking after aged parents, i'm not going to look after some fucking depressed lunatic.
True, us fucking depressed lunatics should just go into the woods and blow our brains out rather than be a burden on others.
Bill, mate, just what the fuck is it with you and your total fuckin' obsession with guns, you complete and utter raving fuckin' lunatic cunt, a cunt who was born from his very own mother's unique cunt? :-P
Fuck me, why use a gun when you could drink five bottles of bleach? :-P
Take Care & Stay Lucky!
Peace,
Steve...
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