I don't know why the expression is "fell out of a tree", as in "Arthur fell out of a tree", when the sucky part about falling when you are in a tree is that you have to fall through the tree.
This picture documents an event that transpired over a week ago. Arthur is perfrectly fine now and no limbs were broken (ba dum bum).
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Arthur, McArthur, I hoped someone spanked that tree!
Grandma Theresa
"no limbs were broken" although "..(Arthur) had to fall through the tree."
What a great pun!!
Glad Arthur is only bruised in body but not in spirit. Fir trees should all be grown next to each other so they don't have lower branches, then little boys (and big boys) couldn't be tempted to climb them.
And where does Arthur get the idea to climb a tree? It's in the genes! James, do you remember when you and Lief climbed the Western Red Cedar at the house on Rowan Road?
I don't think anyone needed to spank the tree. After how hard Arthur hit the tree, it was scared stiff.
Also, I must confess that it was none but I who planted the seed of enthusiasm for tree-climbing in the brains of both boys. And, it was specifically because of the countless hours Lief and I spent in that Thuja plicata at 11049 Rowan Road. I must say I wish we had a Thuja here that we could climb. The bark of these Pseudotsuga is riddled with bumps and pitch, and slippery with lichen in the rain (Arthur's downfall).
Whereas, the bark of the Thuja is pitch-free and made of smooth plates of slightly spongy wafers that don't abuse the hands or allow epiphytes to grow like treacherous, boot-slipping salad.
In short, I'd prefer to climb a Cedar than a Fir.
Oh! "Cedar" and "Fir" trees were what you were talking about there! No I get it!
You could always transplant a Thuja plicata if you can find one growing in the forest; that's where the one you first climbed came from. And it was pulled from the ground -- bare-root, even!! I had previously tried carefully digging small ones up, keeping their root ball and everything; they all died.
I think the secret is to do it in the early Spring or late winter time.
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