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taken 4 years ago in England. Wonder what it is like there today? It's 30c here in Johannesburg...
The Staves.....
I loved the contrast between the peeling red bark and the waxy smoothness of the yew foliage. Taken at Westonbirt Arboretum.
Bronze, 6 metres high, sited overlooking St.Aubin’s Bay, St. Helier.Commissioned by Jersey Public Sculpture Trust to commemorate 60 years since the Liberation of Jersey. Opened by HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 2005.
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From last night ... the light was rather nice ... so I went for a walk ... however, as soon as I got moving it clouded over :(
But!!! the sun popped out for a little hello and I lay in a soggy field and voila :D
Happy Paul
I've dug through my hard drive to find and post this photo, sadly this photogenic group of trees has been sacrificed to make way for a nice housing developement.
Thank you to all my contacts
SILVER BIRCH
Silver dancer sways
Slender branches blow in wind
Sacred tree of old
By Henrhyde (Gill)
Haiku Poem
The name “birch” is a very ancient one, probably derived from the Sanskrit bhurga meaning “ a tree whose bark is used for writing upon”.
The silver birch was a holy tree, revered by pagan Celtic & Germanic tribes. In Britain the Druids gave its name to a winter month.
The birch was considered to have sacred powers of renewal and purification, so its twigs were used in the ritual of driving out the spirits of the new year.
The belief persisted into the recent past, when delinquents and the insane were ‘birched’ to expel evil spirits.