[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Huh? Cletus! Are you drinking and looking at the Q calendar?

Yep. Cottonword equals Summer Snow. (Pretty until they collect in my Air Conditioner cooler coils.)

Unfortunately you’re spitting out Winter Snow right now. (Its more properly located on the Sky Slope!)

Cottonwood is useful as a perch for hawks and eagles and when cut in the proper lengths and positioned to create habitat in trout streams. (Osage orange and Limestone are better as fence posts.)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

(Time to go do needful stuff.)

[LonePalm]

An interesting little factoid about the Cottonwood:

Right after WW2, when we were still at least a little friendly with the Soviet Union, they had to rebuild Moscow. During the war they had cut down almost all of the trees for fuel.

So, as a gesture of good will, we sent them Cottonwoods because the grew fast. The Soviets planted them all over Moscow.

It turns out that about 40% of Muscovites are allergic to the 'summer snow'.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)