tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post7975315909682831985..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: A Loss to the English Countryside.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-30120702506330850442009-02-21T17:44:00.000-08:002009-02-21T17:44:00.000-08:00Dutch elm disease has taken elms out of the Americ...Dutch elm disease has taken elms out of the American landscape, as one of your commenters mentioned. In New Mexico a couple of seasons back pine bark beetle killed the pinons that had given the area its unique smell, one I remember from childhood. Now I watch the live oak beside our chimney to see if it will put out new leaves. We have live oak wilt in Texas and it is a devastation. But what's ailing this middle aged tree is human interference. My interference. The guilt is horrible. I'll blog about it soon.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry for the loss you write about.Babette Fraser Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801971149305731956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11913278216013793832009-02-20T18:57:00.000-08:002009-02-20T18:57:00.000-08:00I hate to see any tree die, probably more than an ...I hate to see any tree die, probably more than an animal, and we heat with wood (and eat hamburgers!)Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3267272211539607692009-02-20T11:06:00.000-08:002009-02-20T11:06:00.000-08:00And generations rise that never knew the majesty o...And generations rise that never knew the majesty of the elm...Dragonstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935435587527038459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-72391893688866176252009-02-19T18:46:00.000-08:002009-02-19T18:46:00.000-08:00Such a tragic loss to our countryside. It seems s...Such a tragic loss to our countryside. It seems strange that nothing could be done to halt the disease.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14410460859653906802009-02-19T07:14:00.000-08:002009-02-19T07:14:00.000-08:00It is sad to see an old tree rot before your eyes ...It is sad to see an old tree rot before your eyes - and sadder still to see a young tree cut down in its prime as is so often done here. A sweet and poignant post Weaver.Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6422226474673569982009-02-19T06:20:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:20:00.000-08:00Derrick - there is always a lot of fallen wood on ...Derrick - there is always a lot of fallen wood on our farm, so it has been well-supplemented. Because this has been an especially cold winter we have got to the bottom of the wood pile, where the old elm logs have lain for a long time.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-56663805033114070262009-02-19T06:19:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:19:00.000-08:00Thank you for that excerpt Dominic!Thank you for that excerpt Dominic!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18263908235173444732009-02-19T06:18:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:18:00.000-08:00Raph - vast painting? Are we talking work of ar...Raph - vast painting? Are we talking work of art here or walls?<BR/>I would have thought that giraffes would have a distinct advantage when painting walls - they would not need a tiresome ladder.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10654674267186111372009-02-19T06:17:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:17:00.000-08:00Copper beech is one of my favourite trees Elizabet...Copper beech is one of my favourite trees Elizabeth - that would be sad - you feel so helpless as it dies slowly before your eyes.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37315237893323103122009-02-19T06:16:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:16:00.000-08:00Sad Greg - maybe worse as they were in a town and ...Sad Greg - maybe worse as they were in a town and therefore more noticeable. You obviously had the disease over there before it came here in its virulent form.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88758568267903128162009-02-19T06:14:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:14:00.000-08:00I love that last paragraph Scribe - so fitting. ...I love that last paragraph Scribe - so fitting. It is sad that so many of our trees are going - they are after all the largest living things on earth.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-56926252045981047932009-02-19T06:13:00.001-08:002009-02-19T06:13:00.001-08:00willow and c.g.p. - I agreewillow and c.g.p. - I agreeThe Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-34811540126720790192009-02-19T06:13:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:13:00.000-08:00EB - very interesting. I have friends who used to...EB - very interesting. I have friends who used to live in Brighton so I shall investigate that further.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57183325158563493622009-02-19T06:12:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:12:00.000-08:00Yes Jinksy - there is something nice about burning...Yes Jinksy - there is something nice about burning home grown wood.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15089631798764365012009-02-19T05:05:00.000-08:002009-02-19T05:05:00.000-08:00Amazing to think that the trees could supply you w...Amazing to think that the trees could supply you with logs for so long, Weaver.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid I've never been very good at recognising trees except, perhaps, an oak or sycamore, but I love to see old ones, huge and spreading.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78778945070068803152009-02-19T00:34:00.000-08:002009-02-19T00:34:00.000-08:00Talk of elms always reminds me of Finnegans Wake:"...Talk of elms always reminds me of <A HREF="http://www.trentu.ca/faculty/jjoyce/fw-3.htm" REL="nofollow">Finnegans Wake</A>:<BR/>"Can't hear with the waters of. The chittering waters of. Flittering bats, fieldmice bawk talk. Ho! Are you not gone ahome? What Thom Malone? Can't hear with bawk of bats, all thim liffeying waters of. Ho, talk save us! My foos won't moos. I feel as old as yonder elm. A tale told of Shaun or Shem? All Livia's daughtersons. Dark hawks hear us. Night! Night! My ho head halls. I feel as heavy as yonder stone. Tell me of John or Shaun? Who were Shem and Shaun the living sons or daughters of? Night now! Tell me, tell me, tell me, elm! Night night! Telmetale of stem or stone. Beside the rivering waters of, hitherandthithering waters of. Night!"Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49370056271023809212009-02-18T14:43:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:43:00.000-08:00I'm always sad when trees are felled - I feel a bi...I'm always sad when trees are felled - I feel a bit like Obelix's dog Dogmatix who howls when this happens!<BR/><BR/>I think I pressed the wrong button when commenting yesterday about your lovely orange beacon of a willow tree - my arms are tired as I've been doing some vast painting!Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60369920402063474292009-02-18T14:05:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:05:00.000-08:00Sad indeed.We watched a lovely old copper beech di...Sad indeed.<BR/>We watched a lovely old copper beech die slowly from the middle outwards in our garden on Long Island.<BR/>Miserab;e.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-83067450789470673762009-02-18T10:48:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:48:00.000-08:00How sad.My hometown had lovely, towering elm trees...How sad.<BR/><BR/>My hometown had lovely, towering elm trees, but we lost them all to Dutch Elm Disease in the early 1960's.greg rappleyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498560951002730878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43749778534509931792009-02-18T10:47:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:47:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.greg rappleyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498560951002730878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-5927557279351491482009-02-18T10:34:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:34:00.000-08:00We have also lost so many of our magnificent elms....We have also lost so many of our magnificent elms. One day, they will probably be little more than historical oddities, a word in a poem or a brief note in some botanical text, with perhaps a few remnant examples still struggling. Our chestnuts are gone, the elms are going, the pines have a deadly beetle wreaking havoc, and the ash trees their own insect executioner. In the Great Smokies pollution has taken most of the Frasier firs. Moreover, you don't see nearly so many big beeches around. <BR/><BR/>But burn your fallen elm. Enjoys the heat and flames. And consider it both funeral pyre and warm farewell.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-19122606909162412442009-02-18T10:16:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:16:00.000-08:00sad to see the old trees go... specially when it i...sad to see the old trees go... specially when it is in such numbers overall...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64217589897905503802009-02-18T09:54:00.000-08:002009-02-18T09:54:00.000-08:00I'm always sad to see a majestic old tree go.I'm always sad to see a majestic old tree go.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39476865403001854762009-02-18T08:31:00.000-08:002009-02-18T08:31:00.000-08:00I heard that the area round Brighton remained free...I heard that the area round Brighton remained free of the diseas. I don't know whether this is true or not.EBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405771860220362327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91469916719453914132009-02-18T08:19:00.000-08:002009-02-18T08:19:00.000-08:00At least trees have a use right to the end of thei...At least trees have a use right to the end of their existence.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com