oak
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“It resonated with the public for whatever reason,” Lennox, 38, said, sitting back in a chair before his 17th century pub’s fireplace, old oak beams holding up the ceiling.
Death cap mushrooms are known to sprout across the state of California but they thrive in shady, humid or moist environments under live oak and cultivated cork oak trees.
From Los Angeles Times
If you let him, Alasdair Day, the co-founder and master distiller, will speak at length about oak species and cask types—I particularly enjoyed a limited release aged in Sicilian Marsala wine casks.
My desk at work is a huge oak table covered with stones used for teaching.
I felt like a hawk catching a gentle breeze as I flew about 400 feet over the oak woodlands and ranchland below me.
From Los Angeles Times
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