Saturday, June 12, 2010

e.a.b.

these first appeared on the landscape last year. now one lives across the road from my place.
the emerald ash borer is an insidious insect, menacing trees, mostly ashes, just like dutch elm  disease and chestnut blight once did, with the potential to do as much or more damage. ashes form a large portion of the treescape here. i like seeing these traps, hoping that what they tell researchers is helpful. mostly i hope they're not finding the bug here.


i made it back from a wondrous day on the black river, rafting. our guide matt was fine, and our combined group (three classes, all small) filled four rafts. another raft had a guide named chris. after rafting he was talking about where he grew up. turns out he is from here. rode the bus with my kids to school, and when he heard my kids names, he told me ian beat him up once. he said it all with laughter. i was sick at heart, how cruel children can be to one another. both chris and my son were different, ian was older and bigger. both have faced their demons, it seems, and are making the world better. but, oh.


after a week of unusual activity i am sore and tired, good sore, good tired. it's rainy, so i can't hang out the clothes. darnit. trying to wrap my head around some crativity, ANY creativity. so i wove, almost done, on that tapestry bag from my class.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Velma! Sometimes I would rather not know what my kids have done--now 19 and 21 and 30. sigh... Actually, my Mom doesn't know most of the bad young stuff I have done either and she is 89! :D I, too, am weaving these days! YAY! and there is a trap near me too! Here's hoping! xo Cait

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  2. i shudder to think about what i didn't know! noah spent time in my room for that adirondack blue line project years ago. he was wonderful!!! even in middle school.

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