I was happily working away when I heard the doorbell ring (note to self, what do you know, it actually  still works…nobody uses it, they just pound on the door).  An enthusiastic individual who was a volunteer for Connecticut’s notable tree list appeared on the other side.  He wanted pictures of the black locust, which he thought might well have moved up in rank, as it was last measured in 1994. 

He also waxed enthusiastic about the Cucumber Magnolia and the redbud.  So presumably in a few days’ time there will be some photos of them, with me as scale, on the website  http://oak.conncoll.edu:8080/notabletrees/index.jsp