tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post7126116307951512260..comments2008-10-15T10:47:18.839-07:00Kathryn Stripling Byerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044ksbyer@aol.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-59587252294187716782008-10-15T10:47:00.000-07:002008-10-15T10:47:00.000-07:00lovely photos,Crafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-29956014141445061212008-10-05T06:15:00.000-07:002008-10-05T06:15:00.000-07:00My dad was from Mississippi. He brought back and planted a long leaf pine in our old yard in E. TN. I think it's still alive here in the East Tennessee mountains. Used to be quite a curiosity.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10074374606569366608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-55333745989657270922008-09-29T07:00:00.000-07:002008-09-29T07:00:00.000-07:00a couple of things...<BR/><BR/>a) I grew up on Loblolly Lane, which is a somewhat longleaf pine... anyway, we had tons of them in the yard.<BR/><BR/>b) Did you know that the NC state toast begins with "Here's to the land of the longleaf pine"? <BR/><BR/>c) Davidson's summer reading selection was _Ecology_, and Ray is going to be coming to campus sometime soon to speak. The same book was WCU's reading project one year I was there (not my freshman year, though), and I was somehow able to grab a copy then. When I heard about Davidson's plans, I immediately volunteered to lead a discussion group with the freshmen. A tremendous experience!James Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803818692719733274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-73919272264405216422008-09-28T17:28:00.000-07:002008-09-28T17:28:00.000-07:00Love the trees!!Tipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714281090985487356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-1243636982958542122008-09-28T10:11:00.000-07:002008-09-28T10:11:00.000-07:00Live oaks and longleaf pine were part of my childhood too. And Spanish moss -- so romantic even if it was full of redbugs!<BR/><BR/>And speaking of romantic -- that road running straight through the orderly lines of trees inflames my imagination.Vicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.com