Appleseed wrote:
Morn the loss of a tree? Yes.
Virginia International Raceway's famous oak tree stood for over 200 years, shading and guarding the track's tricky double apex turn. It was a unique feature and a signature of the Alton, Virginia track. The racing and enthusiast community was shocked when the tree fell earlier this year, gone forever.
Undaunted, the track's management came up with an innovative idea to memorialize their symbol. Working with Virginia Tech's Institute for Advanced Learning and Research the track hopes to clone the tree. If the project succeeds, the cloned saplings will be made available for fans to plant where they wish.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a5708/viginia-tech-cloning-virs-fallen-oak/
The lone oak tree in the middle of this picture taken in 1967 was an important landmark in my community (Westlake Village, CA). My bus stop in High School was next to it…my last house was a block away from it…back in the day, Paramount Pictures owned the land and had a large horse stable on it to support Spaghetti Westerns…they leased the land to United Artists for the filming of Pork Chop Hill and my backyard was actually the base of the hill; that oak tree can be spotted in a lot of movies.
Anyway, a large portion of the tree split off several years ago and the city removed what was left. I felt really bad about it but about a month later, the city not only planted a new oak tree in its place, but erected a nice little monument depicting its important history. I felt so much better and realized that death isn’t so tough, death without remembering or caring is what’s tough.
I think that you should make something from it. My paternal grandfather made handles for his kitchen utensils, tools and bookends from trees and shrubs in his neighborhood. I have 2 pieces of yew that he made into beautiful bookends
"We are Groot."
I cried like a damn baby.
In reply to JG Pasterjak:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FAciZRkOKQs
I might go watch this one in theaters. I haven't been to a theater in 10 years, but this is looking to be a great movie.
We moved to our place a few years ago and after moving in my Father in law told me that they rented this property with a little trailer on it when they were first married and had planted most of the trees at that time. There are two that have to come down and I'd prefer for them to not fall on the house or barn though...
There was a dogwood in the yard that apparently was there when the house was built in 1942. That gnarled, magnificent thing was one of the first things I noticed about the house. It had personality and presence. It just died over this past winter.
