"Rooted" may be a better choice of words. What you see above is the top of an actual fence post that used to sit on my property.

The photograph above represents what I eventually came to see whenever I paid it a visit. So I brought it to life with my camera and some computer software simply as an exercise in creativity.

I can only attest for the 23 years I have lived here but local historians believe it's a good bet this post was probably placed in the ground over a hundred years ago. The general consensus is that it was set where it shouldn't of been; just outside my property line.

So last spring when the city of Alpine was reassessing it's property the location of my errant post was duly noted.

When I took down the fence [by demand] this post was so stubborn I had to pull it out with a tow chain hitched to the chassis of my truck. Apparently it was placed in the ground when it was still alive and as a result of an apparent "last gasp" effort, it sprouted roots. Seriously, a fence post with actual roots.

My wife has labeled me as a know-it-all (and as she is one herself she must certainly be correct). Know it or not it's her rhetoric reference to the the fact that my opinions are rooted in 62 years of experience. The fence post story illustrates the fact that right or wrong, in the end, even the most established and rooted of "whatever" can be dislodged with proper persuasion. So please feel free to attempt to dislodge any of my opinions that follow if deemed necessary.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Should you have an interest . . .

Yawn. A song I love, dedicated to all of my children and their children, who are featured in the video below. You Tube refused to post it due to copyright issues enforced by the owners of the song playing in the background. Their loss. Had I of never heard the song and stumbled across this video I would of searched for the song online and purchased it. It's beautiful. It's written and performed by Mark Knopfler & Emmy Lou Harris and can be found on their album, All The Road Running. On the right side of the control bar below the video window, click on 720 HD and watch it in full screen mode. Enjoy.

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