Jerry, Live oak is evergreen; red, white, willow oaks are deciduous. The acorn crops come at different times of the year. Anyway, glad you found what you were looking for. . . . Elizabeth --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Jerry Moore <perfinhole@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Jerry Moore <perfinhole@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Delete if you don't live in marin County. Jerry Mooreneeds acorns > To: maringensoc@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 5:25 PM > > I don't know the difference between real oak, live oak or > any other kind of oak. I want oak, not maple or > cypress or redwood. Oak. I don't care which sub > species. My son wants togive each guess a live > seedling to plant at his may 2010 wedding. Thanks, > jerry > > > --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Elizabeth Waud <ewaud@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: Elizabeth Waud <ewaud@yahoo.com> > > Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Delete if you don't live in > marin County. Jerry Mooreneeds acorns > > To: maringensoc@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 4:57 PM > > Jerry, > > > > I'm confused. Are you hoping for "live oak' or > > what I call "REAL oak -- white oak, red oak, willow > > oak, etc. -- i.e. DECIDUOUS oak. Maybe I'm > really > > out-of-it, but I'm from NC. Whenever anyone says > > "oak", I think of every kind of oak EXCEPT > > "live oak" since we don't have them in NC. > > > > Elizabeth Waud > > > > --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Lauren Boyd <confido@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Lauren Boyd <confido@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Delete if you don't > > live in marin County. Jerry Mooreneeds acorns > > > To: maringensoc@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 1:01 PM > > > Jerry: > > > > > > Perhaps a gathering of acorns, directions for > doing so > > and > > > how to > > > germinate might be a good substitute.... or a > small > > sachet > > > of acorns > > > with a scroll telling how the symbolism applies > to the > > > wedding couple? > > > Much quicker to do than germinate 100 > seedlings. > > > Much easier for > > > people to keep as a momento.... how many would > > actually > > > plant the oak? > > > > > > "Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow.." > > Celtic > > > symbolism for wisdom, > > > it is also often a symbol of patience and the > fruition > > of > > > long, hard > > > labor. The oak is a common symbol of strength > and > > endurance > > > . > > > > > > In Celtic mythology it is the tree of doors, > believed > > to be > > > a gateway > > > between worlds, or a place where portals could > be > > erected. > > > > > > In Norse mythology, the oak was sacred to the > thunder > > god, > > > Thor. Norse > > > legend that Thor sheltered from a thunderstorm > under > > an oak > > > tree has > > > led to the belief that having an acorn on a > windowsill > > will > > > prevent a > > > house from being struck by lightning. Some > scholars > > > speculate that > > > this is because the oak, as the largest tree in > > northern > > > Europe, was > > > the one most often struck by lightning. Thor's > Oak > > was a > > > sacred tree > > > of the Germanic Chatti tribe. Its destruction > marked > > the > > > Christianisation of the heathen tribes by the > Franks. > > > > > > In Classical mythology the oak was a symbol of > Zeus > > and his > > > sacred > > > tree. An example is the oracle of Dodona, which > in > > > prehistory > > > consisted solely of a holy oak. > > > > > > The Oak tree is traditionally sacred to Serbs and > is > > widely > > > used > > > throughout Serbia on national and regional > symbols > > both old > > > and new. > > > > > > > > > Happy Trails, > > > > > > Lauren<who'd like to hear more of why the > > acorns are > > > being used for > > > this wedding.... and is it Niles' wedding? > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > > > > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that > give > > so > > > generously of your time volunteering for the > Society. > > > --------------------------------- > > > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > > > > > Read the meeting > > notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to > > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com > > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the > > > subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give > so > > generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > > --------------------------------- > > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > > > Read the meeting notices: > > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com > with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so > generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >