{"id":13083,"date":"2020-04-15T21:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13083"},"modified":"2020-04-15T21:13:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:13:27","slug":"trees-bike-4-15-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13083","title":{"rendered":"Trees! Bike! 4.15.20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a beautiful, cool day today.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-2DSZpQ6\/0\/f881a3b2\/M\/2020041520263125-5593105161364361301-IMG_5689-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I studied Spanish and did my brain training.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-d5NvrrG\/0\/ec56f7f5\/M\/2020041520263125-1964746393606390667-IMG_5686-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-BSwMRbR\/0\/f73f40e2\/M\/2020041520263125-5352001638424166837-IMG_5687-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-Pd28fcg\/0\/11944ad0\/M\/2020041520263125--6248494309482905524-IMG_5688-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-xVqp6L2\/0\/a1647d84\/M\/2020041520263125--4508819024603494939-IMG_5690-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-4xwG6xq\/0\/bd536acb\/M\/2020041520263125--7242079281242436097-IMG_5691-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-Q6hbknD\/0\/5c58900b\/M\/2020041520263125-8796357173434311268-IMG_5695-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went to get groceries. <\/p>\n<p>I cleaned off every single item before I brought them in the house.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-Zx4xjzN\/0\/a4b47dee\/M\/2020041520263125--6722184700499179429-IMG_6990-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-Z7wLFMx\/0\/573317c6\/M\/2020041520263125-7403626055290038077-IMG_6991-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had a FaceTime chat with a lawyer in London.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-n8xpLLz\/0\/6291da88\/M\/2020041520263125-8910458271385297210-IMG_5697-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was in regards to an accident that happened during the Hypnosis conference there in 2017. I helped a lady who got hit in the head by this big piece of wood that fell loose in the bathroom.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-9HDMpvp\/0\/485a913b\/M\/2020041520263125--4203018165596472218-IMG_5696-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-Sbpqdb3\/0\/5f504060\/M\/2020041520263125--2341400235394981110-IMG_5698_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I cleaned Ivy off of one of my big pine trees today. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-85VnjsG\/0\/deb6c9c6\/M\/2020041520405276-977218499715501229-IMG_7005-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-FV78vFF\/0\/69d5b357\/M\/2020041520263125--3065310899251428471-IMG_6993-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I cut the vines last year but it didn\u2019t kill the ivy. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-vcwDQVR\/0\/2b791d1d\/M\/2020041520263125-2153919476009028689-IMG_6994-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-snZqMDK\/0\/de0ad34b\/M\/2020041520263125--7858310610570734925-IMG_6992-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I read an article that said the vines can actually grow back together even if they\u2019re cut!<\/p>\n<p>This time I cut them and then ripped them all off from the bottom of the tree.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-STm8qjB\/0\/fd2eb676\/M\/2020041520263125-6709453161414911589-IMG_6995-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-KMsJbj8\/0\/257d395e\/M\/2020041520263125-4979795124935324701-IMG_6996-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-QmpDpD6\/0\/c14b7fc3\/M\/2020041520263125--2900006597992310453-IMG_6997-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-KzbF8tz\/0\/82bc84cc\/M\/2020041520405276-290496636206123743-IMG_6998-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-Sndc3rc\/0\/7b0f8319\/M\/2020041520405276--5883301858287558613-IMG_7000-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have an oak tree that has a hole in it. I cleaned it out and am letting let it dry out now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-mHdv6zw\/0\/00f6cbe1\/M\/2020041520405276--8872159579286261300-IMG_7001-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I\u2019m gonna fill it with an expanding foam, so the water can\u2019t collect at the bottom of the tree. <\/p>\n<p>The research says that even if it happens the tree really isn\u2019t hurt. The center part of the tree is actually dead. The only part of the tree that\u2019s living are the outside edges. I never knew that! <\/p>\n<p>I went for a 15.65 mile bike ride. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-mj3mRKG\/0\/43664e98\/M\/2020041520405276-2564682832191428968-IMG_5702-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll listened to radio from Madrid the whole time. The study I\u2019m doing with verbs in the morning is helping the recognition of these words a lot. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-fm65ssp\/0\/3647c0e1\/M\/2020041520405276-2739817678021209060-IMG_5701-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I transported squirrel #99 from my yard today. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Trees--Bike--4-15-20\/i-s565t3Q\/0\/a552225c\/M\/2020041520405276-2158920831070011255-IMG_7009-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I started capturing and releasing them in a forest 5 miles from my house in 2018. That\u2019s when I had several of them living in my attic. The exterminator guy said it was because there were so many squirrels in my area. So I continue to thin out the amount around my house. I haven\u2019t had any more get in since then.<\/p>\n<p>Tim A. Cummins<br \/>\n770-490-1668<br \/>\nWhirlwindmissions.org<br \/>\nWhirlwindtim@Gmail.com<br \/>\nTimacummins@ Twitter &#038; Facebook<br \/>\nVerbalSurgery.com. Podcasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a beautiful, cool day today. I studied Spanish and did my brain training. Went to get groceries. I cleaned off every single item before I brought them in the house. I cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders. I had a FaceTime chat with a lawyer in London. 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