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A wide shot captures a serene rural landscape under a bright blue sky. In the foreground, a vibrant green field of young crops stretches across the bottom half of the frame. Behind it, a gentle slope rises, covered in a mix of dry brown grass and some patches of green. Two prominent deciduous trees, stripped of their leaves, stand on this slope. The tree on the left is smaller and more gnarled, while the one on the right is larger with more intricate branches. The overall scene depicts a peaceful agricultural area, likely in late winter or early spring.
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'Saved'
Noticed this horseshoe embedded in the trunk of a tree in a local country park. Looks like it had been deliberately nailed into the trunk many, many years ago, and by the bark growing and enveloping it, the horseshoe has been saved for posterity - nature's ultimate good luck charm!
Beneath the towering sentinels of time, sunlight weaves golden threads through a tapestry of grass. Shadows stretch like whispers across the earth, dancing softly to the rhythm of the wind. In this quiet corner, nature pens her poetry—a verse written in light, texture, and stillness. Every blade of grass, every rugged trunk, tells a story of resilience and grace, inviting us to pause, to listen, and to simply be.
This palm was planted near the front entrance to my house only 3 years ago. The garden center said they grow only 2" a year, but I'm not sure about that. It was large when it was installed, but is still growing upward. The Palmetto is the official state tree of my home state, South Carolina, and Florida, also.
Las Aceñas de Olivares was the first industry in our city in the 10th century. The word "aceña" comes from the Arabic "as-saniya" which means "the one that raises" to refer to the wheels that raised the water of the river and put in this way in operation these flour mills . These mills took advantage of the force of the river to move stone “millstones” and turn the grain into flour.
Inaugurated in July 2008 after an exhaustive restoration, the conversion of the Water Mills into a tourist product has meant, not only the recovery of its architecture, the three water mills and sugar mills, the pile driver, the fulling mill and the flour mill, which by themselves justify a visit, but also the possibility that visitors can live a unique "experience" consisting of:
- Walking on the river, on the Duero with all that this implies: the wind, the force of the water, the mystery, nature, light, etc...
- Witness how, in the 10th century, the intelligence of man overcame the obstacles of nature, imposing himself on them and taking advantage of the force, sometimes wild, of a river for his own subsistence.
Barrio de Olivares
The Olivares neighborhood (also known as the Olivares suburb and sometimes as the San Claudio de Olivares neighborhood) is a Zamora neighborhood located on the right bank of the Duero River. In the medieval period of the city, the suburb was accessed through the Olivares gate (called the Optimal gate). At a lower level, on the banks of the river, there are the set of water mills. The neighborhood is structured around the parish church of San Claudio de Olivares. The main activity of the neighborhood was artisanal,focusing mainly on pottery.
History
The name of the city may come etymologically from "Azemur" (wild olive grove) and may be linked to the name of the neighborhood outside the walls. The neighborhood began to take shape in the 12th century as a space for artisans and tanneries, a place where made Olivares pottery famous in production until the end of the 19th century. The neighborhood has been affected by various floods, one of the most catastrophic was that of 1586.
Like other fig species, including the common edible fig Ficus carica, banyans bear multiple fruit in structures denominated "syncarps". The syncarp of Ficus species supplies shelter and food for fig wasps and, in turn, the trees are totally dependent on the fig wasps for pollination.
Frugivore birds disperse the seeds of banyans. The seeds are small, and because most banyans grow in woodlands, a seedling that germinates on the ground is unlikely to survive. However, many seeds fall on the branches and stems of other trees or on human edifices, and when they germinate they grow roots down toward the ground and consequently may envelop part of the host tree or edifice. For this reason banyans bear the colloquial name "strangler fig". A number of tropical banyan species that compete for sunlight, especially of the genus Ficus, exhibit this strangling habit.
The leaves of the banyan tree are large, leathery, glossy, green, and elliptical. Like most figs, the leaf bud is covered by two large scales. As the leaf develops the scales abscise. Young leaves have an attractive reddish tinge.
Older banyan trees are characterized by aerial prop roots that mature into thick, woody trunks, which can become indistinguishable from the primary trunk with age. Old trees can spread laterally by using these prop roots to grow over a wide area. In some species, the prop roots develop over a considerable area that resembles a grove of trees, with every trunk connected directly or indirectly to the primary trunk. The topology of this massive root system inspired the name of the hierarchical computer network operating system "Banyan VINES".
In a banyan that envelops its host tree, the mesh of roots growing around the latter eventually applies considerable pressure to and commonly kills it. Such an enveloped, dead tree eventually decomposes, so that the banyan becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow, central core. In jungles, such hollows are very desirable shelters to many animals.
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Streetview; The big tree on the corner of Rosenborg Allé and Saebyvej
The house on the right has now been torn down and replaced by a modern appartment building.