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Waiting at the dentists.. overlooking the big old chestnut in the back garden of the Anne Frank house, shutters closed..
About 6 meters above my head...
Aesculus hippocastanum is a large deciduous tree, commonly known as Horse-chestnut or Conker tree. It is native to a small area in the mountains of the Balkans in southeast Europe, in small areas in northern Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Now it is widely cultivated throughout the temperate world.
Despite its common name, the Horse-chestnut is not related to the Chestnuts (Castanea), which are members of the Beech faimily (Fagaceae). The Horse-chestnut is in the Buckeye family (Hippocastanaceae) and is in the same genus as other buckeyes, Aesculus. The Horse-chestnut has its common name due to the husks of the conkers being spiny and the conkers themselves shiny brown like the Chestnuts. It is also claimed that the name is derived from the horse-shoe mark left on the twig after the leaf drops in Autumn.
The nuts, especially those that are young and fresh, are slightly poisonous, containing alkaloid saponins and glucosides. Although not dangerous to touch, they cause sickness when eaten. Some mammals, notably deer, are able to break down the toxins and eat them safely. They are reputed to be good for horses with wind, but this is unproven and feeding them to horses is not advisable. The saponin aescin, however, has been used for health purposes (such as varicose veins, edema, sprains) and is available in food supplements, as is a related glucoside aesculin.
In Bavaria (where I come from) the chestnut is the typical tree for a beer garden. Originally they were planted for their deep shade which meant that beer cellar owners could cut ice from local rivers and lakes in winter to cool their beer well into summer. Nowadays guests enjoy the shade to keep their heads cool - even after the second Maß (a mug with a liter of beer).
See here the bloom in more details.
Naturheilkunde
Ihren deutschen Namen erhielt die Rosskastanie, weil mit ihren Extrakten anfangs Pferde gegen Husten und Würmer behandelt wurden. Die Baumart enthält eine große Zahl an verwertbaren Substanzen, die aus Rinde, Blättern, Blüten und Früchten gewonnen werden. Eingesetzt werden sie vor allem in der Medizin aufgrund ihrer entzündungshemmenden und abschwellenden Wirkung. Rosskastanienpräparate beispielsweise in Salbenform werden oft bei Venenleiden zur Förderung der Durchblutung eingesetzt. Weiterhin werden Bestandteile auch für Farben und Kosmetikprodukte verwandt.
[ENG] The Chestnut forest of El Tiemblo (Ávila, Spain) it is a small forest of municipal property placed to approximately 1.100 m. of altitude in the header of the Reservation of Iruelas's Valley, to approximately 100 km from Madrid. It is the most extensive chestnut forest of the Central System, and on the autumnal station -the most showy and colouring- its paths are crossed by numerous visitors. Along the route we will be able to observe different species of trees and shrubs that they accompany on the chestnut-tree or form a part of the undergrowth of the chestnut forest (white hawthorn, hazel, elm of mountain, cherry, willows, holly, alder-tree, birch, heathers, ferns...). A section of the path passes parallel to the creek of the throat of the Yedra (Ivy), with it waters down all the year round and with a row of alder-trees that forming a small forest of gallery they wind close to the creek. With luck we can contemplate some species of birds of forest character (mocking-bird, blue climber, blackbird, thrush...).
[ESP] El Castañar de El Tiemblo (Ávila) es un pequeño bosque de propiedad municipal situado a unos 1.100 m. de altitud en las laderas de la Reserva del Valle de Iruelas, en la cabecera de la garganta de la Yedra, a unos 100 km. de Madrid. Es el castañar más extenso del Sistema Central, y en la estación otoñal –la más llamativa y colorida- sus senderos son recorridos por numerosos visitantes. A lo largo de la ruta podremos observar diferentes especies de árboles y arbustos que acompañan al castaño o forman parte del sotobosque del castañar (majuelo, avellano, olmo de montaña, cerezo silvestre, sauces, acebo, arraclán, abedul, brezos, helechos, ...). Un tramo del sendero discurre paralelo al arroyo de la garganta de la Yedra, con agua todo el año y con una hilera de alisos que formando un pequeño bosque de galería serpentean junto al arroyo. Con suerte podemos contemplar algunas especies de aves de carácter forestal (arrendajo, trepador azul, mirlo, zorzal...).
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Today, I was lucky enough to be one of the charity representatives at a presentation to the Chestnut Tree House Hopsice in West Sussex.
Presenting the cheque are Pete Constanti Group Executive from Thomas Cook and Linda Lusardi whom is one of our patrons.
We then got taken on a tour of the facilities and it was great to see what the £24,832.00 we raised went towards.
The guys that work here deserve nothing but praise, working hard to ensure that all of the children have as comfortable time as possible.
We having lunch en een kopje koffie ; Cup of coffee at Graaf Floris Cafe Restaurant in Utrecht the city in province of Utrecht in the Netherlands ; Utrecht de stadt in the provincie Utrecht in Nederland , Martin’s photographs , May 6. 2004
St. Martin Cathedral or Dom Church is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin
St. Martin Cathedral in Utrecht
View at a beautiful statue while standing below the Dom Toren
Standing below the Dom Toren in Utrecht
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Wisterias
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blooming Chestnut trees
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Chestnut trees
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blooming Chestnut trees on both sides of the canal -
gracht with stairs going down from the street level
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Chestnut trees lined the streets of Stuttgart. I loved the green spiky balls like little green Christmas ornaments dangling from every leafy branch of the Chestnut trees.
Stuttgart was founded in the 10th century; its name is a modern version of the original Stutengarten ("mare's garden").
Passaggio di un'autovettura davanti ad un castagneto, immortalato con una lunga esposizione e con l'utilizzo di un filtro ND. Monti Cimini (VT)
Rolling year montage of our house in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. January 2021 is the middle of the top row.
they are not all extinct.........this one has been in my Dads front yard for a LONG time. The one in the back yard died several years ago, though.
Zoom view of chestnuts on the chestnut tree across the road from our house this morning. A few of the chestnuts never dropped (even though eventually their contents did) and now they collect snow, making the tree look as if it has brown and white balls stuck on it.
This was growing on the side of a chestnut tree on a stump where a large branch had been sawn off around 6 or 7 feet from the ground. It seemed quite out of place with all that vibrant colour at this time of year when everything around it was dull in comparison. A real work of art by mother nature in my book though.
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[ENG] The Chestnut forest of El Tiemblo (Ávila, Spain) it is a small forest of municipal property placed to approximately 1.100 m. of altitude in the header of the Reservation of Iruelas's Valley, to approximately 100 km from Madrid. It is the most extensive chestnut forest of the Central System, and on the autumnal station -the most showy and colouring- its paths are crossed by numerous visitors. Along the route we will be able to observe different species of trees and shrubs that they accompany on the chestnut-tree or form a part of the undergrowth of the chestnut forest (white hawthorn, hazel, elm of mountain, cherry, willows, holly, alder-tree, birch, heathers, ferns...). A section of the path passes parallel to the creek of the throat of the Yedra (Ivy), with it waters down all the year round and with a row of alder-trees that forming a small forest of gallery they wind close to the creek. With luck we can contemplate some species of birds of forest character (mocking-bird, blue climber, blackbird, thrush...).
[ESP] El Castañar de El Tiemblo (Ávila) es un pequeño bosque de propiedad municipal situado a unos 1.100 m. de altitud en las laderas de la Reserva del Valle de Iruelas, en la cabecera de la garganta de la Yedra, a unos 100 km. de Madrid. Es el castañar más extenso del Sistema Central, y en la estación otoñal –la más llamativa y colorida- sus senderos son recorridos por numerosos visitantes. A lo largo de la ruta podremos observar diferentes especies de árboles y arbustos que acompañan al castaño o forman parte del sotobosque del castañar (majuelo, avellano, olmo de montaña, cerezo silvestre, sauces, acebo, arraclán, abedul, brezos, helechos, ...). Un tramo del sendero discurre paralelo al arroyo de la garganta de la Yedra, con agua todo el año y con una hilera de alisos que formando un pequeño bosque de galería serpentean junto al arroyo. Con suerte podemos contemplar algunas especies de aves de carácter forestal (arrendajo, trepador azul, mirlo, zorzal...).
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This pub looks to have been very recently closed, but no sign of life on a Sunday afternoon. Not boarded yet either, so may still be reopened.
Address: 757 Lea Bridge Road (formerly at Chestnut Walk).
Former Name(s): The Chestnut Tree; The Little Wonder.
Owner: Spirit Pub Company [Real Local Pubs] (former); Ind Coope (former).
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Last night's forecast for today's
weather called for cloudy weather until at least 6:00 PM. It's been raining most of the afternoon. While I don't mind the rain, having some forewarning would have been nice. At least I took care of my chores downtown in the morning (on foot) when it wasn't wet...
Unripe chestnut pods on the chestnut tree near the front of our house in Kitahiroshima. The typhoon that came through yesterday wasn't very strong by the time it got here (the eye passed over us, and we got a lot of wind later, but no where near as much as on the 5th of September). So, the tree is still full of chestnut pods. I suspect the tree belongs to the same person who owns the wonderful vegetable garden across our road - it's going to be a popular tree in a few more weeks.
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