Fall in NE La.

[byuphoto]

The rains stopped so I got out and shot soem. These are with the DReb but shot some with some Reala also. My Pro lab guy is on vacation so will be awhile before. I get them developed.

Canon 35-105

Tokina 20-35

Canon 35-105

Tokina 20-35

[herron]

I like these, Rick -- particularly #3 and #4 Is that #3 part of the same small maple?

[byuphoto]

Ron that is a sweet gum tree, we don't have any Maples except for some ornamental Japanese ones. It is from a different spot on the road.

[herron]

byuphoto said:

Ron that is a sweet gum tree, we don't have any Maples except for some ornamental Japanese ones. It is from a different spot on the road.

Well...I've said before I am totally helpless when it comes to identifying plants (of any kind, obviously). I didn't know the sweetgum leaf was so similar to a maple...or is my ignorance of plants really showing now?

[byuphoto]

The GUM from a sweet gum tree is the basis for chewing gum. as kids we used to slash the treees so we could collect the GUM

[Just Plain Curt]

Hi Ron,
Thought I was the only one who'd ever chewed tar as a kid. Sure get some strange looks when I tell people but back then we were 6 years old and invincible. No botanist here either. I mistook the Sweet Gum for a maple too. Closest I ever came to most plants was when I was in my late teens but that's another story for another day.

[mickeyobe]

Ron,

I am another tar chewer but ours was harvested from roofers. I guess there are differences between north and south. I did try pine gum - once only. Awfully sticky stuff.

Rick,

I thought the basis for chewing gum was chicle which is the sap from rubber trees. Remember Chiclets?

Mickey

[byuphoto]

I stand corrected. It was the basis for a chewing gum made during the middle to late 19th century before the market of chicle was founded. This was likened to the early "Frontier" whiskeys made locally.