Monday, December 3, 2012

El Paso

Jen from El Paso makes it 19 people (and 29 trees!) in my contest. Normally I would ramble on about how great this is because it means the contest is still growing in its third year, but I have no time, dammit!
 
Here's Jen's email and tree:
 
Howdy howdy! Here's a tree doing its autumn thing on one of the community college campuses in El Paso Texas. It's mostly cactus and other pointy plants here in the desert, so a red tree like this is quite eye-catching when you come across one.

-Jen

 

 
Thank you very much, Jen! Eye-catching indeed!
 
 
With any luck I will have an opportunity to write about something else and even interesting soon. Until then I remain yer pal,
R A N T W I C K

Friday, November 30, 2012

New Hampshire Weighs In

Longtime friend of this blog Cafiend has not had good luck with his best Smackdown tree again this year:
 
As usual, my best tree eluded me. It stands majestically on a knoll in a nearby village not along one of my regular routes. This year it wasn't ready and then was stripped by tropical storm winds.

The trees I submit are maples around the shop in Wolfe City. I got artsy with the up-trunk shots because it's hard to get a good canopy shot from a distance. Buildings, streets and power lines interfere.

Regards,
Cafiend
 
I knew those big winds were gonna cause trouble, dammit. Didn't stop Cafiend though... he sent me these three
 

 
and decided on this one as his official entry:
 

 
 
 
Very nice, indeed, don't you think?
 
 
Please have excellent weekends, everyone! The first "real" snow of this winter is falling outside my window. I hope it stays. Some snowy video will make a nice counterpoint to our next TARATS entry from Jen in El Paso Texas, TARATS 19th person to enter, which means it has surpassed last year in every way! Woot!
 
 
Yer Pal,
R A N T W I C K