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Sadly, a very large old tree in our neighborhood (and I'm not sure how many others) lost its battle with Irene last night. We lost a limb from an old elm tree and it seems that water got into a small crack in an archway made by the earthquake earlier in the week but things could have been a lot worse. Glad it's over and I hope we've seen the last of nature's power for a while.
Sarv-e-Abarqu ("cyprus of Abarqu"), also called the Zoroastrian Sarv, is a cypress tree in Abarqu, Yazd, Iran. It is an Iranian national monument and major tourist attraction. It is over four thousand years old and may be the oldest living thing in Asia.
Source: Wikipedia
Scientists have dated the tree rings on this elements-tortured limber pine to be atleast 1,350 years old. What they do not know is, how long after the lava flow occurred, did this pine sapling take root. However, geologists have tested the magnetism of the lava samples and concluded that the flow is over 2,000 years old - the lava flow was already 700 years old when this pine tree took root.
Was für ein schöner alter Baum! Schade, er ist zu groß zum Mitnehmen.
What a beautiful old tree! It's to bad, it is to large to take it along. (Seen on the way to Muckross House, Co. Kerry, Ireland)
A lovely park constructed by the CCC between 1933 and 1942. It contains Hemlock Trees that are over 300 years old. The park suffered much damage during Hurricane Sandy which dropped over 30 inches of wet snow. Over 3000 hours were invested in just clearing roads, trails and campsites in this park from some of the largest trees in Maryland after the storm.
Photo by Mary 10-18-13
Village elders sun themselves in the 'shaamlaat' of the Sidhuwal village near Patiala.
'Shaamlaat' or 'Sath' is a Punjabi word which refers to the common grounds of the village which are used for community gatherings.
Hundreds years old tree. Let us hope it shall stay for another 100 years at least. Because too many idiots chopping tree here and there in this world. Darn!
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This is an old tree on our property that I always thought was cool because of the heart shaped hole in the trunk.
Fonias means Killer and the river has taken this name because too many people got killed trying to reach the "higher" parts of the river that comes down from the mountains. You can walk by the river and have the pleasure to enjoy the wild green nature around....
When I deeply contemplate the transient nature of human life, I realize that,
from beginning to end, life is impermanent like an illusion. We have not yet
heard of anyone who lived ten thousand years. How fleeting is a lifetime!
Who in this world today can maintain a human form for even a hundred years?
There is no knowing whether I will die first or others, whether death will occur
today or tomorrow. We depart one after another more quickly than the dewdrops on
the roots or the tips of the blades of grasses. So it is said. Hence, we may
have radiant faces in the morning, but by evening we may turn into white ashes.
Once the winds of impermanence have blown, our eyes are instantly closed and our
breath stops forever. Then, our radiant face changes its color, and the
attractive countenance like peach and plum blossoms is lost. Family and
relatives will gather and grieve, but all to no avail?
Since there is nothing else that can be done, they carry the deceased out to the
fields, and then what is left after the body has been cremated and has turned
into the midnight smoke is just white ashes. Words fail to describe the sadness
of it all.
Thus the ephemeral nature of human existence is such that death comes to young
and old alike without discrimination. So we should all quickly take to heart the
matter of the greatest importance of the afterlife, entrust ourselves deeply to
Amida Buddha, and recite the nembutsu.
Humbly and respectfully.
Poem ~ White Ashes from Rennyo's Letters
translated by Hisao Inagaki et al
This particular White Ash tree is very old and dying. It is 5 to 6 feet across at breast height. Truly immense. Possibly 300+ yrs old. I remembered this spiritual poem/writing and thought it was fitting for the photo.
When we're young we have faith in what is seen, but when we're old we know that what is seen is traced in air and built on water.
MAXWELL ANDERSON, Winterset
Ironwood Natl. Monument, Pima Co., Arizona - Getting closer - This old Ironwood Tree has certainly withstood the test of time!
Fifteen centuries old olive tree, which was sadly uprooted from its natural environment and was transplanted in the center of Athens in 2015, after its expropriation for the construction of the new railway line in Korinthos - Patra section. The tree comes from Elaionas village in Aegialia's area.
Ελαιόδενδρο ηλικίας 1500 ετών, το οποίο δυστυχώς ξεριζώθηκε από το φυσικό του περιβάλλον και μεταφυτεύθηκε στο κέντρο της Αθήνας το 2015, κατόπιν απαλλοτριώσεως κατά την κατασκευή της νέας σιδηροδρομικής γραμμής στο τμήμα Κόρινθος - Πάτρα. Το δένδρο προέρχεται από το χωριό Ελαιώνας στην περιοχή της Αιγιαλείας.
It is nice to see that they have found ways to use old trees.
The park was forced to close for two weeks in February 2014 after Storm Darwin caused 19 trees to fall and work was needed to repair damaged pavements, railings and unblock pathways. But there was some good news … Ssome of the oldest and rarest trees knocked in Limerick’s People’s Park by Storm Darwin are being given a new lease of life by being transformed into works of art.
It is nice to see that they have found ways to use old trees.
The park was forced to close for two weeks in February 2014 after Storm Darwin caused 19 trees to fall and work was needed to repair damaged pavements, railings and unblock pathways. But there was some good news … some of the oldest and rarest trees knocked in Limerick’s People’s Park by Storm Darwin are being given a new lease of life by being transformed into works of art.
Sadly one of the rarest trees in the park, an ornamental tree called a ‘Tetradium Danielli” which was about 80 or 90 years old was destroyed in the storm. The tree in question is commonly called a ‘Bee Bee’ tree as it is covered in late July and August with masses of small white flowers which attracts large numbers of bees as a source of late summer honey. Prk management had a chat with Zambian woodcarver Paradazi Havatyitye and as a result he carved three beautiful bees in the remaining stump.
Il vecchio Olivo nei pressi di Bar. La circonferenza è di oltre 10 metri e la sua età supera i 2000 anni
I saw these two chairs under an old tree over looking the River Forth and this is what it said to me .
En las alpujarras granadinas me encontré con este maravilloso árbol...
justo en el sendero Ferreirola-Búsquistar