November 16, 2003

This is the season of bendy pines

bentpines.jpg

Seventy feet of lithe, springy timber with just a bit too much snow on top.

These trees are on the edge of a stand that snapped off en masse a few years ago, so they had no neighbors to support them. I wonder whether, if the tree survived for long enough, you could cut the tree down and have permanenty bent strucutral members. Probably not.

Posted by wallich at November 16, 2003 07:50 PM
Comments

cool picture...i have had the heat and the air conditioner on today...maybe it's not the weather

Posted by: auntb at November 16, 2003 10:19 PM

Hmm..nature made trebuchettes! (I think I spelled it wrong) I wonder if you could fling something by attaching a sling then knocking some snow off?

Posted by: Tim at November 20, 2003 09:50 AM