Comments for Donald Fortescue http://donaldfortescue.com art - craft - design - travel Thu, 10 May 2012 08:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Rick Wicks http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2297 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:55:52 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2297 I was just at Tassajara for the “alumni” retreat (hadn’t been there since 1986 or earlier) and hiked the Horse Pasture Trail, including back up the creek at the end. I take it this bridge is the other way, UP the creek? I’ll have to look for it next time…

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Donald http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2296 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:09:16 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2296 Betsy.
Yes, I pity the Trailcrew. The conditions are perfect near the river for rampant regrowth and invasion of Poison Oak.
Perhaps we should name the Bridge “Poison Oak Crossing”, in memory of this season and its precursors!
Donald

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Betsy MacGowan http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2295 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:03:37 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2295 Thank you so much bridge crew!! and on the subject of poison OAK, which is growing quite well on both ends of the bridge:
“Your gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion” http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/p/poisonivy.shtml

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Donald http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2215 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:56:55 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2215 Robert
You are most welcome!!

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Robert Parks http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2214 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:52:32 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2214 Thank you! The bridge is wonderful! The Trailcrew thanks you for saving us the end-of-day ford of Tassajara Creek!

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by John McCormack http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2201 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:00:39 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2201 Gonna need a lotion d da da…..
calamine lotion.

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by John McCormack http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2200 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:58:17 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2200 Donald,

I like it, starting a blog post with a Rhus diversiloba photo. I had a gardening job in college on an estate in Hillsborough. The head gardener was chatting with me one day at the top of the property with his hand propped against a tree. It turned out that the tree was poison oak, w/ a 5″ thick trunk.

Neat project.

J

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Donald http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2195 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:18:15 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2195 Good old internet. Good summary article here – http://poisonivy.aesir.com/view
But it looks they are all the same genus Rhus, but different species.

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Donald http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2194 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:13:14 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2194 We call it poison oak on this side of the Mississippi!
I’ve never seen Poison Ivy – I thought it wasn’t the same species?

]]> Comment on The Tassajara Bridge by Rick http://donaldfortescue.com/2012/04/15/the-tassajara-bridge/#comment-2190 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:07:08 +0000 http://donaldfortescue.com/?p=2710#comment-2190 that red, juicy plant is poison ivy…….fyi. <= }

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