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Title: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 13, 2003, 18:58:12
Much talk of instant screening. Our need was for instant shade, to replace a 100yr old Bramley. That's it in the foreground. So, a Norwegian Maple - expensive but well worth it - given the summers we've had since.

Since I still don't know how to insert TWO photos, I'll have to show the later one separately.

Year One -

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Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 13, 2003, 19:03:44
OK - we're back!

Year 5...........................  You've seen the leaves elsewhere. - Tim

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Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: ina on November 13, 2003, 20:41:41
Will we get a picture of it when it's in leaf please? Very impressive anyway.

Btw, on your tomato thread I posted two pictures and it works, why not for you? I skipped two lines between them and pasted the second one. I just hope they stay there and don't pull the disappearing act again.
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 13, 2003, 21:27:47
- do you mean you can 'copy' both photos successively and then 'paste' - 'paste' in the message? - Tim

OK, Ina - here it is just before it coloured - but it wasn't great this year - mainly golden.

(http://home.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=3d92d223-1028-4434-410c-6ca72f18168c&size=lg)

And here's a reminder of one of the many colours last year -

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Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: ina on November 13, 2003, 22:27:11
Looks like you managed to get two pictures in one posting this time.  If I understood you correctly, you wondered if I copied both pictures and paste one after the other on the message? No, I do one at a time; copy, paste, move cursor and copy, paste.

Thanks for the pictures. Great!
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 14, 2003, 09:22:23
God knows how!! - Tim
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: campanula on November 14, 2003, 12:40:33
lovely tree
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Colin_Bellamy-Wood on November 14, 2003, 22:26:28
Tim, what a superb tree and what beautiful colours of the Autumn leaves, I do envy you.   Thank you for showing your pics.
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hot_Potato on November 15, 2003, 01:47:21
:) really lovely pictures Tim.....can't imagine that I'll ever be able to do anything clever like that.....but who knows...maybe one day......H.P.
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 15, 2003, 14:32:19
- not clever - just money! - Tim
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hot_Potato on November 15, 2003, 15:17:12
Tim - can you explain what you mean by that remark.....are you referring to cost of the tree in first place or cost of installing the right software to make it possible to post piccies etc.

I'm a bit slow at grasping some things!! ???....H.P.

Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hot_Potato on November 15, 2003, 15:40:27
Oh....it's just sctruck me.....you probably mean the cost of the digi. cam.!!

Told you I was slow!!...
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hot_Potato on November 15, 2003, 15:42:10
:o     and no good at spelling!.....H.P. ;)
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hugh_Jones on November 15, 2003, 19:57:37
No. He meant the cost of that lovely shiny machine you can just see the arm of in the background holding the tree.  He probably had a JCB to shift the Bramley and dig the hole.

What it is to be rich!!!!
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hot_Potato on November 15, 2003, 22:29:18
Yes...I see what you mean H.J. some people don't know they're born!  ;)
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 15, 2003, 22:53:28
OK - I come clean - price was no object in regaining our shade - no, the Bramley's still there where it fell - the Maple cost £500, and the hidden, underground bracing another £50. Delivered from Surrey. We dug the 3'x3' x3' hole! And came up with enough Cotswold stone to do a garden wall! Nous ne regrettons rien!! - Tim

PS - rich? - on our pension??
And  this was the 5th mature tree to go in 3 years with honey fungus. Can't live without trees!
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hugh_Jones on November 15, 2003, 23:08:12
Don`t we get a few bob extra for FOUR stars (see, you hadn`t noticed, had you?)
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 15, 2003, 23:13:05
- no, I hadn't - age does creep up on one, doesn't it? That's why we (here) both get an extra £50 winter fuel allowance next month - beat that!! - Tim
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: Hugh_Jones on November 15, 2003, 23:31:26
Trouble is, my wife spends all ours (heating allowance) in Christmas presents for the grandchildren - never offers to contribute any when the oil bill comes in.
Title: Re: instant trees
Post by: tim on November 16, 2003, 16:24:52
- to be fair to the tree, this is a bit better? Difficult to photograph - it needs the sun on it. - Tim

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