Early Spring. Doornenburg Castle, European Oak, Quercus robur, and a Viola odorata, Wood Violet, Doornenburg, Lingewaaard, The Netherlands
This European Oak, Quercus robur, the so-called 1000-year Oak, is said to be the oldest in The Netherlands. New research, though, places it at between 500 and 700 years old, also respectable.
The early Spring day was brilliant and to my delight I saw some Wood Violets in the grass by Tree's trunk.
In the background Doornenburg Castle. It dates from the fourteenth century and was restored between 1936-1941. In March 1945 it fell prey to British air attacks but it was rebuilt from its ruins between 1947 and 1968.
Picturesque. And it's been used as a film setting and of course for myriad private photos.
Early Spring. Doornenburg Castle, European Oak, Quercus robur, and a Viola odorata, Wood Violet, Doornenburg, Lingewaaard, The Netherlands
This European Oak, Quercus robur, the so-called 1000-year Oak, is said to be the oldest in The Netherlands. New research, though, places it at between 500 and 700 years old, also respectable.
The early Spring day was brilliant and to my delight I saw some Wood Violets in the grass by Tree's trunk.
In the background Doornenburg Castle. It dates from the fourteenth century and was restored between 1936-1941. In March 1945 it fell prey to British air attacks but it was rebuilt from its ruins between 1947 and 1968.
Picturesque. And it's been used as a film setting and of course for myriad private photos.