Sticks

   Tangibly related pictures of sticks.  Back in the last century, I was skiing with my friend, Beth, when she fell on a stick that got lodged in her buttocks.  It's a long story that we both enjoy telling on a regular basis.  I stopped to see her one day recently and she took it off the mantel where it's been displayed and posed for this picture.

  The lower picture is an ash tree I cut while I was at Mt. Irenaeus for a couple days to drop a bunch of dead trees that were either view spoilers or in an area that they posed a threat to people.  All went well, but this one gave me a scare.  I didn't notice it had a split up the trunk and when I cut it, it did what's called a barber chair.  Thankfully, I saw it start and got well out of the way before the pieces splintered off.  Go there, enjoy the views and the newly cleared trails.