Random Thought Thread

[ferider]

Thanks, guys.

 

[Blues]

I've only ever completed a half,
congrats

I've only ever completed a quarter. (But I never enjoyed running more than a few miles.)

 

[SwarthyGnome]

Snapped this pic at a diner during breakfast.

 

[91bravo]

Found a 20 year old zippo in a duffel bag cleaning out the garage this weekend. Threw some fluid in and it lit right up!

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

I like trees. Some of them are just really impressive.
I was just reading this article about a western red cedar found and photographed recently up Lorien ’s way.

^^^ 17 foot diameter

I’ve come across small trees that are impressive too.
One year for Thanksgiving I was rock climbing out in Joshua Tree and came across this little tree growing in the middle of the trail between two rock faces. The trail was a wind tunnel at this section. But there stood this little, gnarled tree that just screamed “tenacity”.

^^^ a quality I admire

I came across this beauty on a recent trip to Ireland. It was in the cloister of the ruins of a monastery.

^^^ it just seemed so “alive” growing in the center of ruins

And I know I’ve posted this pic at least once before. This was along the Appalachian trail in the Tennessee/North Carolina area. Just a cool tree hollowed out at the base but still perfectly healthy.


I haven’t posted this next pic before but it gives better perspective of the tree above.
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[Blues]

Who figured a garden gnome at the bottom of the tree...or is it a lucky leprechaun?

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

Who figured a garden gnome at the bottom of the tree...or is it a lucky leprechaun?

If that’s a leprechaun, somebody found his pot of gold a long time ago.

 

[carnifex knifeworks]

If that’s a leprechaun, somebody found his pot of gold a long time ago.

That's just what a gold laden leprechaun would say!

 

[Lorien]

I like trees. Some of them are just really impressive.
I was just reading this article about a western red cedar found and photographed recently up Lorien ’s way.
View attachment 2348680
^^^ 17 foot diameter

I’ve come across small trees that are impressive too.
One year for Thanksgiving I was rock climbing out in Joshua Tree and came across this little tree growing in the middle of the trail between two rock faces. The trail was a wind tunnel at this section. But there stood this little, gnarled tree that just screamed “tenacity”.
View attachment 2348681
^^^ a quality I admire

I came across this beauty on a recent trip to Ireland. It was in the cloister of the ruins of a monastery.
View attachment 2348682
^^^ it just seemed so “alive” growing in the center of ruins

And I know I’ve posted this pic at least once before. This was along the Appalachian trail in the Tennessee/North Carolina area. Just a cool tree hollowed out at the base but still perfectly healthy.
View attachment 2348685

I haven’t posted this next pic before but it gives better perspective of the tree above.
View attachment 2348686

I'm pretty sure that tree is up by Port Renfrew and if it's the one I'm thinking of, I've seen it first hand a couple of times. Some of the giants around here are actually pretty young, compared to what was here before we showed up and trashed the place. It's hard to even conceive the size that some of these trees were prior to colonization

 

[Blues]

I've seen redwoods and sequoias in CA. Here in NC, these poplars are about the biggest I've seen in Joyce Kilmer Nat'l Forest.
(Not my pix.)

 

[ferider]

I like trees. Some of them are just really impressive.
I was just reading this article about a western red cedar found and photographed recently up Lorien ’s way.
View attachment 2348680
^^^ 17 foot diameter

I’ve come across small trees that are impressive too.
One year for Thanksgiving I was rock climbing out in Joshua Tree and came across this little tree growing in the middle of the trail between two rock faces. The trail was a wind tunnel at this section. But there stood this little, gnarled tree that just screamed “tenacity”.
View attachment 2348681
^^^ a quality I admire

I came across this beauty on a recent trip to Ireland. It was in the cloister of the ruins of a monastery.
View attachment 2348682
^^^ it just seemed so “alive” growing in the center of ruins

And I know I’ve posted this pic at least once before. This was along the Appalachian trail in the Tennessee/North Carolina area. Just a cool tree hollowed out at the base but still perfectly healthy.
View attachment 2348685

I haven’t posted this next pic before but it gives better perspective of the tree above.
View attachment 2348686

Nice photos ! That 2nd one looks like a Manzanita ? If it is, incredibly hard wood.

 

[yoko]

ferider did your bike come painted like that , or did you have that done

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ferider]

ferider did your bike come painted like that , or did you have that done

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks !

Almost totaled it once (some 20 years ago ? A truck driver cut me off across a green light, the bike crashed into the truck and I flew over it). Afterwards it got new stretched tanks, inverted forks and a custom paint job.

 

[yoko]

Thanks !

Almost totaled it once (some 20 years ago ? A truck driver cut me off across a green light, the bike crashed into the truck and I flew over it). Afterwards it got new stretched tanks, inverted forks and a custom paint job.

That's a terrible story and I'm glad your okay

 

[ferider]

Thanks yoko ! Broke a collar bone, otherwise was ok/lucky.

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

I'm pretty sure that tree is up by Port Renfrew and if it's the one I'm thinking of, I've seen it first hand a couple of times. Some of the giants around here are actually pretty young, compared to what was here before we showed up and trashed the place. It's hard to even conceive the size that some of these trees were prior to colonization

The one pictured is on Flores island. I don’t know if that helps.

 

[Fonedork]

 

[91bravo]

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Don’t get no bright ideas.

 

[91bravo]

Happy Sunday CPK.

 

[yoko]

Finally some time to sharpen my SDFK !

Think I'll go 400 grit then 6 micron diamond/basswood strop