Brittany, France

The week before Christmas week saw temperatures plummet, deep frosts and beautiful dry cold weather. What a contrast to the previous three weeks of rain.

I sat beside this tree today,in my muddy boots with my soggy sandwiches and rain soaked clothes, and thought "Oh to be in England now that summer's here!"

Woodpecker holes in an old tree stump

Masarykova Cesta (Masaryk Road) near the Zbojska Hut, Tisovec, Čertova dolina, Slovakia.

www.zbojska.sk/

Čertova dolina is a nature reserve in the Slovak municipality of Tisovec in the Rimavská Sobota District. The nature reserve covers an area of 49 ha. It has a protection level of 5 under the Slovak nature protection system. The nature reserve is part of the Muránska planina National Park.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Certova_dolina

Sony A7II

on the slopes above Burrator, Dartmoor

Watercolor landscape, 15 x 22 on Strathmore sheet

Enna Lithagon 85/1.5

Burning piles of bark beetle infested logs and slash. Badger Creek Watershed, Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.

"First infestation noted in Badger Creek watershed in 1909, and about 100 trees cut and treated in spring of 1910. In the spring of 1912, 1502 infested yellow pines and 1960 lodgepole pines were treated in the Badger Creek watershed. This has been a decided check to the infestation in this particular region. Average cost per tree, $ .778. Cost per M. ft. B.M., $ 3.91. Total cost of project, $ 2,846, including $178. for camps and control equipment."

For more see: "Memorandum of General Extent of Insect Infested Areas on the Various Forests of District 6", here: www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5376570.pdf

Photo by: J.O.F. Anderson

Date: 1913

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.

Source: Boyd E. Wickman Collection; Regional Office; Portland, Oregon.

Andy Eglitis brought Boyd's collection from Bend to Portland February 13, 2019.

For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

Oak Avenue at Wormsloe Historic Site in Savannah, Georgia.

Masai Mara, Kenya, 2009

These storks have set up home in an Acacia tree.

Processed in Lightroom with Nik Dfine 2.0, and Silver Efex

Just an experiment really. Needs more work.

Tree View - Stand not Included

Binfield, Berkshire

13th January 2014

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canon eos a2 / superia 400 / bw conversion / downtown edmonton /

Trees as seen behind the home where my wife and I reside.

Huge beech in autumn, in Valsolda

Taken at the Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market.

Can you vote for me? (see comment below)

Wil je op mij stemmen? (zie onderstaand bericht)

Where's Spiderman when you need him? Absent from his web on foggy Ontario Ridge.

Old-growth hemlocks, McKean County, within the Tionesta Scenic Area of Allegheny National Forest.

The Tionesta Scenic and Research Natural Areas encompass 4000-plus acres of old-growth forest. The forest is magnificent; however, the combined effects of beech bark disease and weather disturbances (particularly the May 31, 1985, tornado outbreak) have greatly opened the forest canopy.

Part of a 7-day nature challenge by a friend.

Mojave Desert section of Joshua Tree National Park.

Pentax 67II w/ SMC 75mm F2.8 AL

Fuji Acros 100

HC-110 solution H for 10 min @ 68 degrees Fahrenheit

This tree sits over a creek and a small bridge. In the fall, it drowns them beautifully with leaves.

Heavy rain today so there was a really heavy mist in the air this evening.