Recently, someone installed bamboo poles with pink ribbons on top. They are used to mark the edge of the road for when there is a large amount of snow on the ground and snow plows need to know the limits of where they can go.

Maastricht, in the park near the wall

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

Chestnut tree in Kressbronn, Germany, at the shore of the Lake Constance - taken for my A-Photo-A-Week-Set -

Kastanie in Kressbronn am Bodensee, für mein Ein-Foto-pro-Woche-Set.

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Street lights lined brick road and nice Looking old buildings with towers in Utrecht the city in province of Utrecht in the Netherlands , Utrecht de stadt in de 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

Bikes

Bridge

Bikes on a bridge in Utrecht

Utrecht

The Dom Tower

Dom Toren

the Dom Tower 112.5 meter high or 369.1 ft high

Dom Plein

Dom Square

Utrecht de stadt

Utrecht the city

Province of Utrecht in the Netherlands

Nederland

May 2004

Beautiful street in Utrecht

Wisterias trailing from a bridge railings

Wisterias

Bridge railings

Statue

A bridge with rod iron railings

blooming Chestnut trees

gracht with stairs going down

Chestnut trees

A bridge with rod iron railings across the canal

blooming Chestnut trees on both sides of the canal -

gracht with stairs going down from the street level

Street lights

Brick road

Street lights lined brick road

old buildings with towers in Utrecht

Cropped photograph

IPhone XR

Trees

Blue sky

Martin’s photographs

IPhone 6

Provincial park

Favourites

stones

Trees

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oude kastanjeboom in zuiderpark (den haag)

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

© by LICHTBILDER Reinhard Goldmann

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CASAS DEL CASTAÑAR, VALLE DEL JERTE, EXTREMADURA

Het dorpje Saffres is echt nog een authentiek frans plattelandsdorpje. Schattige huisjes, kleine smalle straatjes en oude kromlopende mannetjes. Midden in het dorp staat een prachtige oude Kastanje. Elke keer als we deze boom passeren ben ik onder de indruk van zijn imposante verschijning.

sometimes I can see an elephant here

The trees are strategically placed - across the street from where we live - so often the first frame is a shot of them.

Temple Newsam is a superb 15th century country house, famous as the birthplace of Lord Darnley, the ill-fated husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The manor of Newsam was owned by the Knights Templar in the 12th century. The estate passed to the Darcy family, and Thomas, Lord Darcy built the first manor house here in about 1500.

One wing of Darcy's original manor survives as the central block of the curent house. Darcy was implicated in the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1537 and was executed for treason, at which point his lands were siezed by the crown. Henry VIII gave Newsam to the Countess of Lennox, and her son, Henry, Lord Darnley was born and raised here.

After Darnley's murder, Elizabeth I siezed the estate, and the house languished in a state of neglect until 1622 when it was purchased by Sir Arthur Ingram. Ingram tore down much of the earlier manor house and built two large new wings to form the basis of the house we see today. The next major addition was the Picture Gallery, completed around 1745 by the 7th Viscount.

In 1758 Charles, 9th Lord Irwin, married a rich heiress named Frances Shepheard, and together they used her money to transform the interior of Temple Newsam and fill it with a collection of fine art including Old Master works. They hired James Wyatt to build a grand staircase, and Capability Brown to create the landscape garden that surrounds the house.

In 1922 Lord Halifax sold Temple Newsam to the Leeds Corporation, who now administer the estate. Under the Corporation, the interiors have been restored, and is now used as a museum of contemporary and fine art. Among the collections on display are ceramics, wallpapers, textiles, silver, and fine furniture. Temple Newsam today is one of the finest historic houses in England, with rich interiors and a superb collection of historic artwork.

Kineton

The 1st World War memorial in Elne is unusual in that it uses an adaption of an existing sculpture by Maillol. "La pomone is Pomona the Roman Goddess of Plenty. Here, for Maillol, she stands for the universal woman and her promise of maternity which represents all mothers. It is notable that many French 1st World War memorials emphasise the suffering of grieving women/mothers rather than the heroism of the men who died.

Time-lapse video of the chestnut tree near our house being whipped around by winds from Typhoon Kong-Rey (at time-lapse speeds as 12x).

Pink Wisteria vine or Shrub on a rod iron fence at a bridge over the canal on a street 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

Bikes

Bridge

Bikes on a bridge in Utrecht

Utrecht

The Dom Tower

Dom Toren

the Dom Tower 112.5 meter high or 369.1 ft high

Dom Plein

Dom Square

Utrecht de stadt

Utrecht the city

Province of Utrecht in the Netherlands

Nederland

May 2004

Beautiful street in Utrecht

Wisterias trailing from a bridge railings

Wisterias

Bridge railings

Statue

A bridge with rod iron railings

blooming Chestnut trees

gracht with stairs going down

Chestnut trees

A bridge with rod iron railings across the canal

blooming Chestnut trees on both sides of the canal -

gracht with stairs going down from the street level

Street lights

Brick road

Street lights lined brick road

old buildings with towers in Utrecht

Tall houses in Utrecht

Tall houses

Annum 1722

Tall narrow house dated annum 1722

Jupiler Pilsener

Helen Looking at the menu of a restaurant in city of Utrecht

Restaurant menu

Cup of coffee

having lunch

kopje koffie

Cup of coffee at Graaf Floris Cafe Restaurant in Utrecht

Graaf Floris Cafe Restaurant

Cafe Restaurant

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IPhone XR

Trees

Blue sky

Martin’s photographs

IPhone 6

Provincial park

Favourites

stones

Trees

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Samels Farm is located just outside of Traverse City, Michigan in the town of Williamsburg. The site has been declared a Pioneer Farm, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places due to the numerous Native American artifacts discovered from several unique cultures - some dating back to 9000 B. C.

Samels Farm has an extensive collection of antique farm equipment which is housed in the machine shop, barn, and other outbuildings. The Samels Farm Heritage Society, in keeping with the generous spirit of the Samels’ Family Trusts, is dedicated to preserving the farm’s open-space, waterfront, woodlands, buildings, and other physical effects. We are dedicated to providing the Northern Michigan community with an educational experience based on the prehistoric and historic settlement of the area.

Samels' Farm

8298 Skegemog Point Road

Williamsburg, MI

49690

View of the chestnut tree across the road from our house, along with beans strung up in a vegetable garden. High contrast black and white variant.

La flor del castaño, el fruto (castaña) formándose atrás. / Chestnut flower, forming fruit (chestnut) in the back.

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

Samels Farm is located just outside of Traverse City, Michigan in the town of Williamsburg. The site has been declared a Pioneer Farm, meaning that the original families have maintained continuous ownership of the property for at least 100 years. Many of the original buildings remain standing, including this barn.

The Samels Farm Heritage Society, in keeping with the generous spirit of the Samels’ Family Trusts, is dedicated to preserving the farm’s open-space, waterfront, woodlands, buildings, and other physical effects. We are dedicated to providing the Northern Michigan community with an educational experience based on the prehistoric and historic settlement of the area.

Samels' Farm

8298 Skegemog Point Road

Williamsburg, MI

49690

chestnut-tree

Pure stand of American chestnut trees in Connecticut in 1905. After clear-cutting (90 years prior to this photograph), the chestnuts out-competed all other woody species and grew back as a monoculture. Source

Horse chestnut flower bud