Life is good for me. I am healthy. I spend a large part of my day walking every day. The vistas I see every day are just great.
As I walk all over Stamford, I do see life on the edge sometimes. Actually, every day. Within one mile of my house are plants that are living on the edge. It is not some exotic plant barely surviving. The trees I see. are a maple and oak tree.
Look at them. The oak seems to look fine. It should be bigger. It has been around for years. I wonder who will win the struggle. The oak or the rock.
Look at the maple. How did it pull that off. Living on an oak tree. Somehow it must have been able to tap into the oaks capillary system and get nourishment. By the way, I measured the oaks diameter and by using a formula I was able to estimate the age of the tree. This oak is over two hundred years old.
If you want to see really old and big oaks there are two in the area. The Bedford oak and a oak in Darien. The plaque in Darien says the tree was around during the American Revolution.
Keep your eyes on the lookout. There are many places of life on the edge in Stamford.
Stamford By Foot 