Dog Days of Summer Views??
Posted by Raven on August 14th, 2007
Do you see anything odd in these pictures?? Keep in mind it is mid August. I snapped these Monday…
I just bought a house. The river is located on my property and this is the view from my back yard. And the little bush is on the wooden fence in the yard too.
August 14th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Make sure that it’s not poison ivy on that fence!
The top photo is gorgeous. What a sight!
Are the leaves early in turning up your way? Seems that way to me. Is that the something unusual to which you referred in your posting?
August 14th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Yes..that is what I’m calling ODD.
I don’t recall the leaves turning over THIS early…It’s August 14th!! Summer still has some time to it…I HOPE!!
The view is cool huh?? So are the bugs though:roll:
August 14th, 2007 at 8:58 am
ITS GLOBAL WARMING!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!! ICEBERG.. DEAD AHEAD!!
Who knows why they are changing a little early? Somewhat odd considering it is indeed still summer.. perhaps… but I doubt it is unprecedented..
August 14th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
LOL but it is Global Warming…right? The cooler temps and all…at night…bring autumn upon us. BWAHAHAH!!
Actually some friends have reminded me, via other pictures from yrs past that this is not abnormal. I just don’t pay attention until September when I THINK FALL. August is still SUMMER no matter what in my mind.
August 14th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Hey congrats on the new crib. Just wish I could see the pictures. I guess my browser just bites?
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August 14th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
That is Poison Ivy you’re looking at on the fence. It’s beautiful, but it’s going to make you itch.
And yep, that’s a beaut of a view.
August 15th, 2007 at 5:29 am
d you need to get a modern browser. Why don’t you get Firefox???
August 15th, 2007 at 5:32 am
No that is not poison ivy. PI doesn’t grow upward and turn into vines…
It’s the beginnings of a birch tree. The yard has dozens of them growing- and they were all planted by a previous owner. There is poison ivy in the woods near the house though…low growing, nasty little plants. I’m not allergic to it thankfully.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
“Technically there is the climbing variety (toxicodendron radicans) and the nonclimbing (toxicodendron rydbergii)”
http://www.poison-ivy.org/html/faq.htm
Classic poison ivy in full swing. Some leaves are notched. Some leaves are not.
http://www.poison-ivy.org/html/summer1.htm
When you cut down a tree for firewood you can get a good case of poison ivy from the vine stuck to the tree - even in winter.
http://www.poison-ivy.org/html/climbs1.htm
August 16th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
You’re wrong. I KNOW what’s in my yard. Bozo. I live in NH fercryinoutloud. I KNOW MY TREES and POISON IVY.
I live in the wilderness. I know every plant and tree up here. I went to school and learned a lot about this stuff. AND all my friends have touched that bush, rolled in it and not a one has broken out in a rash, or has an itch…just to prove you wrong. BOZO.
August 27th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
To quote Dr. Garrett Crow from UNH: “Nice photo of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans).”
That would be your photo.