"If you were coming in the Fall,

I'd brush the Summer by

With half a smile, and half a spurn,

As Housewives do, a Fly.

If I could see you in a year,

I'd wind the months in balls -

And put them each in separate Drawers,

For fear the numbers fuse -

If only Centuries, delayed,

I'd count them on my Hand,

Subtracting, till my fingers dropped

Into Van Dieman's Land.

If certain, when this life was out -

That your's and mine, should be -

I'd toss it yonder, like a Rind,

And take Eternity -

But, now, uncertain of the length

Of this, that is between,

It goads me, like the Goblin Bee -

That will not state - it's sting." (Emily Dickinson)

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Fresh green of Chestnut tree leaves.

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My chestnut tree in August

I think they were once coppiced and tended, but now they just grow.

Una mañana de otoño por El Castañar de El Tiemblo en Avila

A very magical place. The châtaigneraie contains some of the oldest chestnut trees in Europe--anywhere from 700 to over 1000 years old. The Fundazione di Corsica manages 10 acres of these trees. For more information on the Fundazione see: www.afcumani.org/

www.afcumani.org/terranea_pianellu.html

A police academy in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Nikon D7000 35mm 1.8

Blogged:

www.heartfelt.co.nz/my_weblog/2012/04/sweet-chestnuts.html

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An American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata [Marshall] Borkhausen) growing in Scotland, Connecticut in 1905. The tree was 83 feet tall, 27 inches in diameter, and 103 years old. Source

A very magical place. The Châtaignerie di Pianellu contains some of the oldest chestnut trees in Europe--anywhere from 700 to over 1000 years old. The Fundazione di Corsica manages 10 acres of these trees. For more information on the Fundazione see: www.afcumani.org/

with Mosaic Maker

My chestnut tree in march - early spring.

A chestnut tree overhead.

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Pomeriggio di pasquetta con Frank. Dopo 9 anni ho rivisto quest'albero....tutti invecchiamo.

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My chestnut tree in april

I cancelled my TV subscription service some six years ago.

I just had it with all the superficial shows, putting a lot of garbage into my brain.

Although there were and are a few Dutch programs I love(d) to watch.

Thanks to the great internet I can watch my favorite talkshows or well made

documentary-like programs online. Some in real-time, some a few hours later.

If I want to watch a movie I go to the cinema or watch it on DVD. That's why I still have a television set in my living room.

If I want to see some Reality TV I open up the curtains before the large window of my appartment.

A view on a little train station with trains that come and go; a highway with trucks, cars, busses and motorbikes.

Pedestrians going to or coming from work, walking their dog or themselves.

A variety of life, just in front of my appartment, with of course the two big chestnut trees.

There's enough to see, enough to enjoy!

See where this picture was taken. [?]

( from the chestnut tree)

<una mañana en El Castañar de El Tiemblo, Avila