Comments on: Ghosts of the River https://maureendunphy.com/ghosts-of-the-river/ Maureen Dunphy is an author, speaker, writing coach, and workshop leader. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Maureen Dunphy https://maureendunphy.com/ghosts-of-the-river/#comment-322 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:25:37 +0000 https://maureendunphy.com/?p=12432#comment-322 In reply to Jen John.

Oh, dear, guess I’d best not let the world know how often I do stop for a tree 😉 Thanks, Jen!

]]> By: Jen John https://maureendunphy.com/ghosts-of-the-river/#comment-321 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:03:46 +0000 https://maureendunphy.com/?p=12432#comment-321 Just love that you stopped, parked and got out of your car for … a tree! Great post.

]]> By: Maureen Dunphy https://maureendunphy.com/ghosts-of-the-river/#comment-320 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 02:30:32 +0000 https://maureendunphy.com/?p=12432#comment-320 Glad you enjoyed the sycamores, Mindy. I was thinking maybe we’ll meet under the one in my yard for a book discussion this summer. It does throw some great shade!

]]> By: Maureen Dunphy https://maureendunphy.com/ghosts-of-the-river/#comment-319 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 02:28:17 +0000 https://maureendunphy.com/?p=12432#comment-319 In reply to Tim Hefferon.

Thanks for sharing your tree story, Tim! “Quirky” is the perfect word for a sycamore. Happy to hear you got to grow up with one; I’m sorry it’s gone. The sycamore with whom I share this piece of Earth is what my eyes trace when I’m at my desk thinking, so I’d say we’re pretty close.

]]> By: Tim Hefferon https://maureendunphy.com/ghosts-of-the-river/#comment-318 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:12:29 +0000 https://maureendunphy.com/?p=12432#comment-318 What a wonderful photo and interesting blog post! I’m feeling a bit haunted. For many years, our family had a mature sycamore in our back yard. We got to know it well – the last of our trees to get its leaves in the Spring, and the last to shed them in the Fall. Its jumbo leaves and strips of its bark were regular features on our deck. A handsome, quirky part of the family, but one that our next door neighbors did not appreciate. All that remains now of it is a large stump (and perhaps its ghost). Successive trimmings to please the neighbor and finally some storm damage did it in. Your info, Maureen, about how long sycamores can live, and the memory of how graceful they can be shook me up some, to be honest. But such a great read!

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