Comments on: Contrary to Pear Belief http://www.juliewaltonshaver.com/blog/2007/09/09/contrary-to-pear-belief/ Photographs, quotes and thoughts by Julie Walton Shaver Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:08:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Adam Squier http://www.juliewaltonshaver.com/blog/2007/09/09/contrary-to-pear-belief/#comment-4195 Adam Squier Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:26:19 +0000 http://www.juliewaltonshaver.com/blog/2007/09/09/contrary-to-pear-belief/#comment-4195 I can vouche for the "flying away" part. We moved into this house -- had a nice deck beautifully shaded by an ornamental pear (and a crababble -- I think -- I really don't know my trees). We hung a rope chair from a branch. We loved it. That Summer, during a wind storm, half of it blew off -- pretty much right down the middle. Still, there was shade and I figured with half the wind resistance, we were good. The next month, another storm, and we're watching its shadow, in the middle of the night, on our window. Going down, back up, down, back up, ..... until one time we didn't see it come back up. Next morning we find it completely toppled over onto a cherry tree. Took out a third of the cherry on its way down. I think it's illegal to plant them in this town, now. It seemed every house in the city had piles of ornamental pear tree parts in the street in front. I saved some for firewood. After four years, I might try burning some this year. The squirrels don't really bother me, it's the striped rats (that some people call "chipmunks" but I know better) that dig that get on my nerves. I can vouche for the “flying away” part. We moved into this house — had a nice deck beautifully shaded by an ornamental pear (and a crababble — I think — I really don’t know my trees). We hung a rope chair from a branch. We loved it. That Summer, during a wind storm, half of it blew off — pretty much right down the middle. Still, there was shade and I figured with half the wind resistance, we were good. The next month, another storm, and we’re watching its shadow, in the middle of the night, on our window. Going down, back up, down, back up, ….. until one time we didn’t see it come back up. Next morning we find it completely toppled over onto a cherry tree. Took out a third of the cherry on its way down.

I think it’s illegal to plant them in this town, now. It seemed every house in the city had piles of ornamental pear tree parts in the street in front. I saved some for firewood. After four years, I might try burning some this year.

The squirrels don’t really bother me, it’s the striped rats (that some people call “chipmunks” but I know better) that dig that get on my nerves.

]]> By: Adam Squier http://www.juliewaltonshaver.com/blog/2007/09/09/contrary-to-pear-belief/#comment-4196 Adam Squier Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:28:45 +0000 http://www.juliewaltonshaver.com/blog/2007/09/09/contrary-to-pear-belief/#comment-4196 Dang! There are a lot of typos there. Uh, "vouch" and crab aPPle (though crababble sounds like a fun word to say). Probably more and I wish I could edit posts like on OSP. Dang! There are a lot of typos there. Uh, “vouch” and crab aPPle (though crababble sounds like a fun word to say). Probably more and I wish I could edit posts like on OSP.

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