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The plane tree may have leaves like a maple tree but is actually closely related to sacred lotus - one of the big surprises of phylogeny.
This budding specimen will soon release the green, ball-shaped flowers.
Urban (ɜːʳbən) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Urban means belonging to, or relating to, a town or city.
Arborist (ˈɑːrbərɪst)
noun
A specialist in the cultivation and care of trees and shrubs, including tree surgery, the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tree diseases, and the control of pests
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How do you manage trees that were planted in the 1960s as part of post-war housing development in the third decade of the 21st Millennium? With great care, dinosaur smoke and mankind’s great pursuit in conquest over nature.
The process being undertaken in these photos is what's called pollarding, where a trees limbs are removed entirely to encourage later dense growth within 1 to 2 years. Only certain species of trees can handle this brutal operation, like these London Plane trees here. Once a tree is pollarded, it has to be regularly maintained in 5-10 year operations.
Historically, wood harvested from this method would be used to feed livestock or for light timber, but these days, thanks to the infernal combustion engine, two operatives can pollard five trees in as many hours, with the tree limbs being quite violently mechanically separated and carted off to be used either as mulch or biofuel.
I find arboriculture rather fascinating; living amongst the trees in an urban environment, arborists have been a regular sight over the years, performing everything from whole tree clearings to dead wood pruning, I’ve seen them do a lot.
It’s a highly skilled profession with some of the most dangerous and violent tools possible in the workplace – Darwin Award nominees are quickly weeded out.
There is a strange beauty to the brutality of efficiency, especially towards articles of nature.
The people are measuring the tents at the spring of the Yuvarlakcay river. WHY???
There is no permssion for this. THAT is what people call a protest.
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This was not a resale market. The stalls were manned by the artists who made the pottery. The plane trees are beginning to sprout.
Aix-en-Provence; Provençal Occitan, or simply Aix (pronounced: "Ex", medieval Occitan Aics), is a city-commune in south of France, some 30 km (19 mi) north of Marseille.
It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture.
The population of Aix is approximately 143,000. Its inhabitants are called Aixois or, less commonly, Aquisextains.
Aix (Aquae Sextiae) was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus, who gave his name to its springs, following the destruction of the nearby Gallic oppidum at Entremont.
Aix, which during the Middle Ages was the capital of Provence, did not reach its zenith until after the 12th century, when, under the houses of Barcelona/Aragon and Anjou, it became an artistic centre and seat of learning.
Aix passed to the crown of France with the rest of Provence in 1487, and in 1501 Louis XII established there the parliament of Provence, which existed until 1789. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the town was the seat of the Intendance of Provence.
The local Aix dialect, rarely used and spoken by a rapidly decreasing number of people, is part of the provencal dialect of Occitan language. The provencal for "Aix-en-Provence" is "Ais de Prouvènço". Most of the older streets in Aix have names in both Provençal and French.
Aix is often referred to as the city of a thousand fountains. Among the most notable are the 17th-century Fontaine des Quatre Dauphins (Fountain of the Four Dolphins) in the Quartier Mazarin, designed by Jean-Claude Rambot, and three of the fountains down the central Cours Mirabeau: At the top, a 19th-century fountain depicts the "good king" René holding the Muscat grapes that he introduced to Provence in the 15th century; halfway down is a natural hot water fountain (34 °C), covered in moss, dating back to the Romans; and at the bottom at la Rotonde, the hub of modern Aix, stands a monumental fountain from 1860 beneath three giant statues representing art, justice and agriculture.
In the older part of Aix, there are also fountains of note in the Place d'Albertas and the Place des Trois-Ormeaux.
Unlike most of France which has an oceanic climate, Aix-en-Provence has a Mediterranean climate.
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Secretary Rita Landgraf congratulated Bayhealth Medical Center for its holistic and patient-centered approach to treating those in need of care at Kent General Hospital in Dover. As part of Patient Centered Care Awareness Month, Secretary Landgraf presented a proclamation from Gov. Jack Markell and Lt. Gov. Matt Denn to Bayhealth. “What makes Kent General’s and Bayhealth’s approach so effective is that you help to empower patients and their families by ensuring that they are central to all decisions made about a patient’s care,” she said. The international Spirit of Planetree Awards honor care that focuses holistically on mental, emotional, spiritual and physical healing. Honored were Dr. Christie Miller (Physicians Champion); Maria Stir, RN-4A (Caregiver Champion); and pet therapy dog Jack with owner Kayleigh Karnbach (2013 Pet Therapy Animal of the Year for Planetree).
Narrow gauge curtain wall on broad gauge foundation with (in distamce) tis junction with broad gauge wall at Planetrees. Looking E
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Actually, Sinan Lu. Near Fuxing Lu. My favourite Street. Here, I waltz alone, very late, in winter, all fur coat and no knickers. In summer, now, that is out of the question.... this was to Bibo no Aozora by Ryuichi Sakamoto... in a pale cotton dress....
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Dans la direction de Béziers, après le pont de l'autoroute A9, se trouve l'écluse d'Arièges. à droite, la terrasse d'un restaurant de Villeneuve les Béziers, l'écluse.
This plane tree seed pod helps demonstrate how tiny the Goldcrest is, being Europe's smallest bird and weighing in at up to 7g (¼ oz). Canbury Gardens, Kingston upon Thames.
First test of my Olympus OM-1n after getting it back from a CLA at Advance Camera.
Lens: Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.8
Film: Kodak Portra 160
Our local council thinks doing this to trees is somehow a good idea.
The effects were done with Serif's PhotoPlus, but the shapes you see are faithful to the trees as seen in "real" life.
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Secretary Rita Landgraf congratulated Bayhealth Medical Center for its holistic and patient-centered approach to treating those in need of care at Kent General Hospital in Dover. As part of Patient Centered Care Awareness Month, Secretary Landgraf presented a proclamation from Gov. Jack Markell and Lt. Gov. Matt Denn to Bayhealth. “What makes Kent General’s and Bayhealth’s approach so effective is that you help to empower patients and their families by ensuring that they are central to all decisions made about a patient’s care,” she said. The international Spirit of Planetree Awards honor care that focuses holistically on mental, emotional, spiritual and physical healing. Honored were Dr. Christie Miller (Physicians Champion); Maria Stir, RN-4A (Caregiver Champion); and pet therapy dog Jack with owner Kayleigh Karnbach (2013 Pet Therapy Animal of the Year for Planetree).