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Glad to hear you are safely moved Patty, hope you enjoy Sarnia.
Now I have a question
for all the foresters, engineers & woodsmen in the clan. We had
a big Maple tree split during a wind storm - it was a beautiful tree and
measured 11ft. 20 inches around the trunk. Can anyone tell me approximately
how old it was? No smart remarks about not using that other way of
calculating measurement!!!!!!!!I AM AN OLD GIRL SO JUST HUMOR
ME.*
Bernadette.
Let's start the
month of September with a Great Anniversary Wish to Monica and Bill.
How Many 48 or 49? Love Patty
Hello!
Aunt Patty, the folks were celebrating 49 years married today and Mother wrote to say they had dinner up at Mary and Ed's (who are also celebrating an anniversary today if I am not mistaken.). Mary's Erin and Kevin's Laura are off to Mount Allison Unversity in Sackville later this week to begin their first year at university.
Aunt Bernadette, I certainly have no idea as to the trees age however may have more informed relatives who do!
I arrived in Victoria two months ago and have yet to see a single day's rain. Went to a beach upIsland (as they say here) this morning and couldn't get to it as you have to walk through a nearby park for access and all parks are closed due to it being tinder dry. They say Vancouver is really going to be in trouble in terms of water supply if it doesn't rain soon. I have a first cousin who lives downtown there however as long as the water shortage doesn't affect the BEER supply, he'll probably be okay. Right Thomas K?!
John
"11 feet. 20 inches
around the trunk" - Punching that information into a spreadsheet, I'd say
the tree was probably "166 years. 120 months. 2weeks. 11 days. 8 hours
old +/- 2 hours old", which means it will be celebrating its 177th birthday
on September 23rd.
WOW! I am
impressed!
John
How about counting
the rings? That is how they did it in our father's time.
Tom I think there is something wrong with the math they tried to teach you at Western or Queens. The tree would know better than be born on Sept 23. My calculations indicate it was born a year earlier on Sept 22. That was before you got Martha to put her hand in the door jam so you and Patrica could see if you would damage the door frame.
Expect an early
reply. .
Tribute
Lights over Manhatten, NY, Thursday evening, September 11th, 2oo3
On the morning
of September 11th, 2001, I was driving into Manhatten when the traffic
slowed to a crawl and plumes of smoke were visible on the horizon.
Hours later, I finally got turned around and went to our office in New
Jersey and was met by my sales administrator at the time who was very upset
over the whereabouts of a sister who worked in Tower 1. I couldn't
call long distance that day as we found out afterwards our long distance
company was in Tower 2. The saddest for me was a couple of
days later when I came across a stretch a ambulances, lights flashing,
about 30 in all, driving in a group and below speed limit on New Jersey's
interstate 80 heading for the city. By then there was no hurry, there
was nothing left of thousands of people. The rows and rows of ambulance
response teams from far away states had turned their flotilla into a tribute
brigade for all those lost.. John
Did you do those
calculations on a slide-rule?
My slide rule
is in the drawer slumbering. So I have to consult my shrinks,
or at least that is what they are to me, to calculate the age of the tree
and its birth date. I went away up the North West Miramichi where
there is a large hill, I believe they call it crazy pool, at the
bottom the hill. I looked for some trees that might give me an idea
of what the age of Bernie's tree was. There were none that large
so by using dead reckoning I arrived at the Sept 22 date. I heard
someone carried an 18lb salmon up that hill.
Glad to see the tree is creating some dialogue on this site. Just to clarify it was a huge branch that came down right across our driveway,so we can't count the rings Monica. We will have approximately 2 bush cords of wood from that branch, which is now all stacked and ready to keep us all warm after another year--we do have to let it season for a year right????? George,only a couple of poachers would carry that salmon up that hill and I
So.... two poachers
and Bernadette carried the salmon up the hill?
Five weeks to
the unveiling of Pumpkin Art at Government House. The craziness has
begun...:-) I had a photographer shoot a pic this morning for their
upcoming media release and it is
here. JV
Tommy somehow,
and I know it has nothing to do with my limited ability to work this d---
machine , it just does not do what I want it to do sometimes----the last
sentence of the previous e-mail got lost cut off whatever!!!!! Anyhow
what I meant to say was I would be no relation to those poachers.
My younger, much loved brother Aloysius took me fishing once only and told
me "you can't keep your friggin mouth shut and I'm never taking you fishing
again!" So being the independent brat I still am, I never did get
to be a poacher!!!!
News Flash
September 16, 2003----Snow in Calgary
It is true, lightly covered lawns, car covered with about 3 inches of snow. Tree limbs on the ground from the weight.
AM
What is going
on? Three inches of snow. Are you celebrating your birthday
early? Happy birthday on the 18th .
Hello Gill Net Lodge,
Enjoying a quiet Sunday here in Victoria. Brrr! The damp Victoria weather is sure a big change from the hot summer we have endured here in B.C. Have been back three months already. Time flys!
The Left. Governor (Iona Campaignola) has informed me that the return of Pumpkin Art to Victoria is justification for an official state ceremony. They are going to have bag pipes, staging out front of Government House for speeches, etc. Who would have believed it? The media guy who works there told me it isn't everyday you have the honour of being "bagged out the front door!"
Uncle George and Aunt Stephanie, I hear the big 50 years married is coming soon. Congratulations!
John V
John, Howdy, famous
once again. All is well in Sarnia, very wet today. First
rain in a while, had family for B's (60th) Birthday dinner Saturday, sure
nice having family around. Love Patty.
I think that is so cool, John...just think of all the people you are bringing joy to...congratulations once again!
We have had an absolutely fabulous run of weather here in Atlantic Canada....Hurricane Juan is supposed to hit tomorrow...a lot of rain, high winds but it really doesn't sound too bad. Just picked a couple dozen cucumbers and some beets from the garden. The cucumbers just keep on growing and growing...everyone has cucumbers and I am sure if you are a zucchini grower, there are lots of those in this neck of the woods this year, too. How about doing some zucchini art work, John? Are you ready to branch out into other vegetables?!
Love to all,
Brenda
"Pumpkin Art"
illuminates
Government
House Grounds
VICTORIA --The media are invited to attend ‘opening night’ as the grounds of Government House light up with a unique night-time pumpkin art exhibit that will run from October 24 through October 31st, illuminated nightly from 5:30-9:30 pm.
The Honourable Iona Campagnolo welcomes artist John Vickers to showcase his "Pumpkin Art", more than 150 glowing, intricately carved pumpkins including faces of prime minister and presidents, favourite cartoon characters, even local personalities. First seen in the artist's own Fairfield neighbourhood years ago, this wonderful exhibit spent last fall at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto in support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and in 2001 was part of a fundraiser benefit in the New York City area following the 9/11 disaster.
What:
"Pumpkin Art" Illumination!
The Lieutenant
Governor and Mr. Vickers will light up the exhibit
Public event
followed by apple cider and cookies
When: 5:30
pm
Friday, October
24, 2003
Where: Government
House
1401
Rockland Avenue
Victoria
BC
John Vickers will be available for media interviews as of October 19th to discuss his carvings and may offer some pumpkin carving tips too! Contact GH Communications 356-9499 to arrange for an interview.
Pedestrian traffic only will be permitted on the site during the evening viewing hours. For more information please visit our website at www.ltgov.bc.ca
Contact:
Caroline McAndrews
GH Communications
(250) 356-9499