Comments on: Death of an oak tree http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:53:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: eastleigh http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-426646 eastleigh Fri, 02 May 2008 16:24:22 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-426646 Interesting to learn what destruction carpenter ants can do. Interesting to learn what destruction carpenter ants can do.

]]> By: Via Negativa » Blog Archive » Festival of the Trees 14: in katydid time http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-195988 Via Negativa » Blog Archive » Festival of the Trees 14: in katydid time Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:45:08 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-195988 [...] On these hot summer days, it’s natural to long for a good hard thunderstorm to cool things down. But sometimes the trees don’t take it so well. Trees in a storm were the subject of a poem, Storm, at Beloved Dreamer, as well as a photo essay here at Via Negativa, Death of oak tree. [...] [...] On these hot summer days, it’s natural to long for a good hard thunderstorm to cool things down. But sometimes the trees don’t take it so well. Trees in a storm were the subject of a poem, Storm, at Beloved Dreamer, as well as a photo essay here at Via Negativa, Death of oak tree. [...]

]]> By: Crafty green Poet http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-187416 Crafty green Poet Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:20:15 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-187416 Excellent post, very thoughtful. Excellent post, very thoughtful.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-187042 Dave Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:20:14 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-187042 Hi, Avery. I'm glad that resonated with you. I try hard not to romanticize nature, though when thinking about natural ecosystems, human judgments of usefulness vs. destructiveness are pretty much beside the point. On the other hand, mega-tsunamis and giant asteroids colliding with the earth are natural, too! So destructiveness is always relative to scale in time and space - and relative to one's emotional attachment to what's being destroyed. Hi, Avery. I’m glad that resonated with you. I try hard not to romanticize nature, though when thinking about natural ecosystems, human judgments of usefulness vs. destructiveness are pretty much beside the point. On the other hand, mega-tsunamis and giant asteroids colliding with the earth are natural, too! So destructiveness is always relative to scale in time and space – and relative to one’s emotional attachment to what’s being destroyed.

]]> By: Avery http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186810 Avery Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:28:45 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186810 Those are beautiful shots of the oak tree. I really like your line when you say "Then again, their homes are no more destructive of forests than our own". It's interesting to compare the way we tear down forests to build homes to carpenter ants. It's so easy to romanticize nature - but there are destructive parts of nature too. Those are beautiful shots of the oak tree. I really like your line when you say “Then again, their homes are no more destructive of forests than our own”. It’s interesting to compare the way we tear down forests to build homes to carpenter ants. It’s so easy to romanticize nature – but there are destructive parts of nature too.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186632 Dave Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:59:43 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186632 Hey all - Thanks for stopping by! It's always nice to hear from new or quiet readers. Welcome. Larry - Thanks for sending readers my way. I did think of you, and Pablo the Roundrocker, when I posted this. Hey all – Thanks for stopping by! It’s always nice to hear from new or quiet readers. Welcome.

Larry – Thanks for sending readers my way. I did think of you, and Pablo the Roundrocker, when I posted this.

]]> By: Larry Ayers http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186467 Larry Ayers Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:44:23 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186467 I got a kick out of seeing that my friend and renter Ava stopped by here! Really nice oak photos, Dave. I've long been fascinated by such scenes of forest trauma. I got a kick out of seeing that my friend and renter Ava stopped by here!

Really nice oak photos, Dave. I’ve long been fascinated by such scenes of forest trauma.

]]> By: flap in the wind « small change http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186088 flap in the wind « small change Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:47:48 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-186088 [...] flap in the wind Published July 9th, 2007 from the hive Elsewhere storms charge reports from the day with flashes of poetry. Here, all is calm in the rosy cast of sun that filtered through thin layers of fog. The only not of aggression comes from the mourning dove that has made himself at home in the bowl of gourmet bird seed, rattling its span of wings at the small bevy of the gruff scrub jays and at the smaller birds that dart in and out of the maze of branches of the eastern red cedars. Who knew doves could be such fierce warriors, even in the midst of such plenitude as the one in which I keep for these birds on my deck? [...] [...] flap in the wind Published July 9th, 2007 from the hive Elsewhere storms charge reports from the day with flashes of poetry. Here, all is calm in the rosy cast of sun that filtered through thin layers of fog. The only not of aggression comes from the mourning dove that has made himself at home in the bowl of gourmet bird seed, rattling its span of wings at the small bevy of the gruff scrub jays and at the smaller birds that dart in and out of the maze of branches of the eastern red cedars. Who knew doves could be such fierce warriors, even in the midst of such plenitude as the one in which I keep for these birds on my deck? [...]

]]> By: Ava http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-185986 Ava Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:26:42 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-185986 Hey! My first visit! I just love coming across sights like that! Great pictures! Hey! My first visit!

I just love coming across sights like that! Great pictures!

]]> By: Diane Evans http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-185962 Diane Evans Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:48:16 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/07/09/death-of-an-oak-tree/#comment-185962 I look forward to reading this blog every day. Thanks. I look forward to reading this blog every day. Thanks.

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