Bob A wrote:
Hi Debbie,
Nice to hear from you again.
As you may already know, Mark Joron's definition of Pinus Banksianna in 2003, his asking for a volunteer to remember that name for our group (your husband became the volunteer) and Jack's member name of Banksianna on the Boards, were the reason for my earlier comment. However I didn't remember that Erich was the source of Jack getting that name. btw, Erich's last name is the same as my grandmother's maiden name. She was Prussian. I've talked with Erich about that a couple yrs ago, and seemed like the possibility of us being distant relatives did exist.
Seems like Jack Pine was also the main tree seedling planted in the Timmins area.
One day, I saw Benjamin (Corran) post something along the lines of getting an acorn from a tree planted by Shania's family, in the forests ("bush") outside Timmins, or seeing the trees that grew from acorns she planted. I thought that would be unlikely, because they planted pine, probably Jack Pine. But then a month or two ago, I was perusing Millson's website. And was surprised that they do handle deciduous trees as well as conifers. So Ben is "off the hook", at least tentatively.
My guess is that Millson receives, processes and stores pine cones and tree seed pods from many communities throughout North America. But they definitely stated during our tour in '03, that they usually only send out for planting, certified seeds or seedlings for the type of tree that will grow naturally in a given area. I don't remember there being many hardwoods, especially oaks in the Timmins area. I have seen pictures of lots of maples in fall color down around Huntsville and Deerhurst. But that's a 5 hour drive south. Farther north by Timmins and Cochrane, there might be birch and poplar mixed in with the pines. Frank Roch might be a good source on this. He lives out west of Timmins a ways. Despite his social lumps from Tracy, he's surprisingly knowledgeable about some things.
Are you all "read up" on Deerhurst, Debbie? I posted quite a bit of info about that on the Boards and Forums. I confess that my recent trip to Colorado, has dimmed my memory of what I'd known about Deerhurst, and my age has dimmed some of the rest. Maybe it'll be fun to watch the Deerhurst reps resurrect the info I had been thinking about, not to mention things even I didn't know about.
Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to seeing the results of what has kept you so quiet on the ST mb's the past few months. I noticed your mention of recently finishing a cross stitch for the auction. You've certainly added something very special to the group with your artwork, not to mention your pleasant personality.
Ah, well you won't have to worry about me invading your hot tub party for two. I've never been in one of those, nor known enough about them to want to. I'll leave that to connoisseurs like you and Jack.
Bob
Bob,
The cross-stitch I mentioned is for the STNAOFC annual charity (normally Kid's Cafe) auction that takes plade around Shania's birthday. This auction is held through E-bay. However, I will be bringing the stitch to the fan con. so everyone can see it in person.
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Debbie 'Cross-stitch'
(so named by Randall Waller)
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