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Looking through some old photos I came across these shots of old trees in the woods close to our house. They were taken in 2006 with my old Fuji camera.
Impressive carving next to St Katherine's Church at Felton just off of the A38 south of Bristol. Unable to find out who created this piece.
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.
Having spent couple of hours driving from Dublin to the east, I took this photo approaching north-west coast of Ireland. It was late in the afternoon, there were a few sheep around, the grass was green and the tree was dying...
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La Habra Heights, CA
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August 10, 2020
Old oak trees on the lawn of Chinsegut Manor house. Historic Chinsegut Hill, near Brooksville, Florida
This aged fallen willow must once have been a huge, majestic tree, but now lies in ruins, trailing its limbs for many metres across the ground.
Temple Newsam is a superb 15th century country house, famous as the birthplace of Lord Darnley, the ill-fated husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The manor of Newsam was owned by the Knights Templar in the 12th century. The estate passed to the Darcy family, and Thomas, Lord Darcy built the first manor house here in about 1500.
One wing of Darcy's original manor survives as the central block of the curent house. Darcy was implicated in the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1537 and was executed for treason, at which point his lands were siezed by the crown. Henry VIII gave Newsam to the Countess of Lennox, and her son, Henry, Lord Darnley was born and raised here.
After Darnley's murder, Elizabeth I siezed the estate, and the house languished in a state of neglect until 1622 when it was purchased by Sir Arthur Ingram. Ingram tore down much of the earlier manor house and built two large new wings to form the basis of the house we see today. The next major addition was the Picture Gallery, completed around 1745 by the 7th Viscount.
In 1758 Charles, 9th Lord Irwin, married a rich heiress named Frances Shepheard, and together they used her money to transform the interior of Temple Newsam and fill it with a collection of fine art including Old Master works. They hired James Wyatt to build a grand staircase, and Capability Brown to create the landscape garden that surrounds the house.
In 1922 Lord Halifax sold Temple Newsam to the Leeds Corporation, who now administer the estate. Under the Corporation, the interiors have been restored, and is now used as a museum of contemporary and fine art. Among the collections on display are ceramics, wallpapers, textiles, silver, and fine furniture. Temple Newsam today is one of the finest historic houses in England, with rich interiors and a superb collection of historic artwork.