Tenacity, mortality ...
Ash tree on limestone, facing Whernside, Yorkshire Dales.
Natural woodland is scarce in the UK uplands, from centuries of preference for pasturing sheep in particular. Lately, the remnant native ash trees of the Dales are direly threatened by disease ...
Why might this matter? Because woodland is a natural climax that creates & maintains soil fertility along with ecological diversity. And it could be argued that as humans, for our mental & planetary health we need trees.
But we are all mortal, as is the planet we ride on and the universe in which it sings.
Who knows where we're headed?
Grip the gunwales ...
Tenacity, mortality ...
Ash tree on limestone, facing Whernside, Yorkshire Dales.
Natural woodland is scarce in the UK uplands, from centuries of preference for pasturing sheep in particular. Lately, the remnant native ash trees of the Dales are direly threatened by disease ...
Why might this matter? Because woodland is a natural climax that creates & maintains soil fertility along with ecological diversity. And it could be argued that as humans, for our mental & planetary health we need trees.
But we are all mortal, as is the planet we ride on and the universe in which it sings.
Who knows where we're headed?
Grip the gunwales ...