a smart courtyard with strong colour, cedar planters, olive trees and wheelie bin storage

Small town urban garden outdoor living room Design: Charlotte Rowe

I'm in dull Blighty all tomorrow and probably won't have any Internet access so I figure I'll post this now instead.

The mimosas are out in force and I do love the Olive/mimosa contrast such as this image taken in hills around Tanneron last weekend.

PS many mimosa pics in the archives of my Fotolog and others from last weekend's Riviera H3 outing

Previously posted on my blog at www.di2.nu/blog.htm?20060302a

A group of olive trees on Samos, Greece

Olivera (Olea europaea var. europaea) monumental situada prop de can Cabot, als marges dels camps del camí de can Bori. Consta de dos troncs de grans dimencions que, si bé poden semblar dos individus diferents, per la seva proximitat i estructura sembla que sigui un sol individu que s'ha ramificat a nivell de terra.

Té interès per la seva edat.

A Google Maps.

4: Standing Up

Waiting for sunrise

#backlight #sunrise

Roof terrace with olive trees and timber decking

One of many olive groves near Covalta Canyon. Notice the twisted trunks of the trees caused by the strong and frequent winds from the mountains.

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Einer von vielen Olivenhainen in der Nähe des Covalta canyon. Beachte den Drehwuchs der Bäume, die Ursache ist der häufige starke Wind von den Bergen.

Tortosa, Cataluña, España

There are so many wonderful ancient Olive trees on the island.

Olivetree.

Olive tree

This small ermita dates back to the 15th century and is located on a road from the coast to Tortosa, on the Santiago trail from the Mediterranean coast to Zaragossa. It sits at the top of the pass and the view is amazing: on one side the coast and the sea, on the other side the Ebro valley and the Ports.

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Diese kleine Ermite stammt aus dem 15. Jh. und sie ist am Santiagoweg der von der Küste nach Saragossa führt . Von der Ermita auf dem Coll del l'Alba Pass sieht man die Küste und das Ebrotal mit den Ports.

Olivo sul lago d'Iseo

Pennisetum and clear stemmed olive trees and outdoor furniture

I was told the ancient olive tree is more than 500 years old.

An odd one this. Some branches have recently died off, while others right next door to them are flourishing with new shoots. You can see this in this close up photo where there are some lighter green leaves here and there. At first I thought this was merely an example of botched pruning where the pruner had left a few of the cut branches in the tree but that does not appear to be the case as the dead bits are clearly attached to the rest of the tree. Since I go past this young tree quite frequently on my way into the village to buy bread I'll see what happens over the next few months.

one of the ancient olivetrees at the ermita del Remei near Alcanar.

These trees are probably over 500 years old-

the exact date is difficult to determine without core samples- the trunks of the trees are so gnarled and twisted-

or cutting down the tree and count the rings...

We spent the day hiking in the mountains above Tortosa. It was sunny and hazy, but warm.

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Wir machten eine ganztägige Wanderung in den Bergen bei Tortosa. es war sonnig und etwas dunstig, aber warm.

Cedar decking and built in benches with uplit olive trees

Olive trees of Lun

cool spot to park

one of the ancient olivetrees along a hiking trail near Ulldecona. The trees are private property and some were planted over one thousand years ago, they still bear fruit. Liane, our Swiss visitor is admiring the beautiful bark of the tree.

There is something mysterious about a tree this old.

Garden of Gethsemane

A hike in the hills above Limenas on the Greek island of Thassos, led by Dutch biologist Rose Gruwel.

From a bit higher up the hill ..... the trees here are Olive trees ...

This Olivetree is suppose to be more than a 1000 years old....

View On Black

Olive trees in the foreground