Relative Something

[John and Cyndie are currently on vacation in Iceland with our friends, Barb & Mike Wilkus. While we are gone, I am featuring the results of the big tree survey I did in August on our property.]

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The eighth tree is also a maple. It is located just beyond the bird-pecked tree, near what we call the “Middle Trail.” There isn’t anything particularly distinguishing about this tree but its girth caught my eye and earned it a spot in the survey. Deservedly so. I left the vine in place for the photo to show what we need to constantly address. I uprooted it and pulled it off the bark immediately after taking the picture.

“Be gone with you, $*@%# vine!”

Measuring a circumference of 105 inches, this maple is calculated to be approximately 150 years old.

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