[Daffynition]

Thanks for the follow up on Herbie, JPB.

*Sigh* ... losing an old friend is not easy.

Herbie in better days...

[SunnyUsa]

What a beautiful tree that was! I love trees too....

The saddest loss for me was the famous Princeton Battlefield Mercer Oak....It was toppled by wind in 2000 and I was so sorry I never took a pic of my kids under it before (procrastinating) Learned that lesson....

.....Washington made his way to Princeton. Here, on January 3, 1777, Washington got his first victory against British Regulars. This is the place where General Hugh Mercer died( reported his body was brought under this tree).... whom Mercer county is named after, where the first US Marine died and where George Washington rallied his troops to carry on the fight for freedom.