Comments on: Ann btw Main and Fourth Ave.

By: Linda Diane Feldt

Linda Diane Feldt — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:17:00 +0000

Well it was dark, so no, I’m not sure. I know there are linden’s around teh corner, so I was making an assumption.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:13:19 +0000

My peach tree is flowering and looks like that. My pears aren’t yet, but out here in the vicious subarctic wilderness of Scio we may be on a different schedule from more civilized climes.

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:00:24 +0000

Linden versus Pear. Of these, I think the linden is clearly the sexier of the trees. Indeed, I will go so far as to say the linden tree is probably the sexiest tree of all … especially if you ask a writer of medieval German courtly romance poetry. Take these lines from Walther von der Vogelweide, which I’ll translate loosely this way: “Under the linden upon the moor/ that’s where you’ll see, it was our bed/ to tell the spot it was for sure/ look where our sleep smashed flowers dead.” I just dare you, try that with a pear tree.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:34:21 +0000

I agree, looks like Bradford Pear, which is planted extensively in that area. Looks like lights amid the snow!

By: Marvin Face

Marvin Face — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:29:43 +0000

Are you sure that’s a Linden? Looks like a Pear. They are one of the many that are early flowering this year.

By: Leah Gunn

Leah Gunn — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:16:32 +0000

beautiful photo – thanks!