Author Archives: nancymack
Some Stats
After six weeks with no tree activities and serious withdrawal symptoms, it was so great to attend two tree meetings this afternoon and hear about plans for 2012. I’m not a member of either committee, but they’re used to me … Continue reading
New Year’s – and Resolutions
This fall was such a busy time with trips and tree plantings and housesitting and being under the weather that I have sorely neglected this blog. I resolve to do a better job!! It was such a great planting spree … Continue reading
There’s So Much on And in My Mind
So, what’s with you, Nancy? Can’t you write? There’s so much stuffed into my head right now that I can’t get it out. There are some wonderful events still coming up during this last week of tree planting but there … Continue reading
Looking Back and Looking Forward
As I get ready to close my suitcase for my three week trip East I think about the great weekend I’ve just had. It started Thursday with a tree walk and the crowning of another neighborhood tree of the year. … Continue reading
An Evening Tree Walk
Last evening the Cliff-Cannon Neighborhood Council held its second tree walk. There were three trees nominated for the title of 2011 Tree of the Year and Judy Gardner worked out a 45-minute tour along beautiful streets. We had a cedar, … Continue reading
Go! Team! Go!
I felt lonely last year at the tree planting for the Spokane Indians baseball team. The Northern Red Oak was planted across from some of the concessions in front on the stadium. Because of the way minor league teams are … Continue reading
Prelude to a Tree
Last April I wrote about Grace Flott and her jump from a burning building in Paris. I wrote a tree-gram and took more to libraries and to tree people and hung them from Jim Flott’s tree. We photographed the tree … Continue reading
A Home Run
All summer I’ve wondered if the Spokane Indians’ tree be the last of the spring tree plantings or the first of the fall season. July went by and then I waited through August. Would the 2011 team play through the … Continue reading
My 15 minutes of Fame
Fame fades so fast. It’s been a week since my 15 minutes of fame (on the radio) and I’m almost forgetting to write about it. Mike Petersen invited me to talk about the Susie Forest on the Lands Council radio … Continue reading
Cookie Panic
Keeping up with the cookies that are a must at every tree planting can keep me very busy. And there is the problem of the oven heating up my small apartment in the summer time. Once heated it doesn’t cool … Continue reading
The Susie Forest 