ARBORIST

       I FOUND OUT TODAY FROM ARBORIST TIM GREENE THAT MY FAVORITE TWIN TREE IN BEEBE WOODS IS AN AMERICAN BEECH.   HIGHFIELD HAS MANY EUROPEAN BEECHES TOO INCLUDING WEEPING  BEECH,FERN BEECH AND COPPER BEECH.  MOST WERE PLANTED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO AFTER BEING BROUGHT FROM EUROPE.  BUT MY TWINS ARE AMERICAN THROUGH AND THROUGH,  I'S AMERICAN IF THERE'S A POINT AT THE END OF THE OVAL LEAF.  THE EUROPEANS ARE ROUNDED MORE EXCEPT THE FERN VARIETY. 
           MY FAVORITE GIGANTIC ROCK NEAR THE BEEBE WOODS TRAIL WAS EITHER BROUGHT BY AN AMBITIOUS GARDENER OR A GLACIER.  UNFORTUNATELY SOME BUDDING GRAFFITI ARTIST  NEWLY RELEASED FROM THE BOWELS OF THE CITY FELT THE NEED TO GLORIFY THREE SIDES ON THE GIANT MEGOLITH WITH BLACK OUTLINED PICTURES OF HEADS AND GANG SYMBOLS.  FORTUNATELY THE PART FACING THE TRAIL IS STILL NATURAL.  YOU CAN TAKE A MAN OUT OF THE BRONX BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BRONX OUT OF THE MAN. 

AMERICAN BEECH SIAMESE TWINS IN BEEBE WOODS

FALMOUTH NATURAL MEGALITH COVERED ON THREE SIDES BY GRAFFITI

NOBSKA LIGHT-FALMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS

      SO THE CRIPS,BLOODS OR LATIN KINGS HAVE HIT BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN FALMOUTH.  WHAT'S NEXT?   NEW YORK YANKEE FAN INVASIONS?  RED SOX BEWARE!  YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR CANISTERS OF BLACK PAINT.