[David Nathanson has moved] on Nostr: I don't normally participate in #ThickTrunkTuesday but here's an interesting one. ...

I don't normally participate in #ThickTrunkTuesday but here's an interesting one. These are oak trees. Big ones. I'd guess they are over 100 years old.

In the background, you can see the home of Harlan Kelsey. He's kind of unknown now, but he was sort of the Frederick Law Olmstead of #SalemMA Indeed, they collaborated. He was a noted horticulturalist and advocate for public parks.

Olmsted & Kelsey, The Smoke Nuisance
https://archive.org/details/smokenuisance00olms/mode/2up

A plant catalog of his:
https://archive.org/details/catalog00kelsy/mode/2up