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Listening to the wonderful, soothing music of Jobim... trees reflected in the Illinois River Watershed at Cave Springs, Arkansas.
Cottonwood Trees on the Ball Creek Ranch Nature Preserve north of Bonners Ferry Idaho.
Thank you for stopping by. Have a Tree-mendous Tuesday! HTMT!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all Americans today, whatever part of the world they may be living in. Our Canadian Thanksgiving was on 13 October 2014. We have so much to be thankful for, even when times are tough.
On 18 September 2014, I finally managed, for the first time this year, to get out to the mountains as far as Forgetmenot Pond - really an on the spur of the moment decision. The weather called for some sun and some cloud, which sounded good. After the two heavy snowfalls on 9 and 10 September, I wasn't sure what to expect before I reached the beginning of the mountains, but every bit of snow had disappeared. It's just a short walk around the pond - this view is from about half way. On a sunny, calm day, the reflections are beautiful, but, as you can tell, I got the grey clouds when I was there : )
Forgetmenot Pond is the only mountain drive I will do on my own and it's one of my favourite places. It only takes about an hour to get from home to the Pond, so makes a very pleasant half-day drive. The bridge over the river, just before Allen Bill Pond, has now been repaired. The high banks of the river had been totally washed away during Alberta's Flood of the Century in 2013.
On the return drive, I called in at a place not far from Forgetmenot Pond, where I have found a few mushrooms in previous years, and managed to find several that were in just about good enough condition to photograph. Other than that, I didn't see a whole lot during the few hours I was out. The scenery is spectacular, of course, and there were patches of trees that had turned yellow. Some of the trees looked as though their leaves were past their fall prime, and I came away wondering if I was a bit too early or a bit too late to see the best of the fall colours.
The final place I called in at was Maclean Pond, but the light was fading somewhat and so I didn't feel like going far into the forest. I had just got back into my car when I happened to look up just in time to see a family of beautiful Blue Jays not far from the parking lot. Managed to get a few shots, but they are distant and not as sharp as they should have been. A nice way to end the day, though.
It snowed here yesterday evening, fortunately only a small amount. I had a volunteer shift and then had a couple of places to go to afterwards and then I had to drive home in it. By that time, it was dark outside. Every time I stopped at traffic lights, the large, falling clusters of snowflakes looked so pretty against the street lights. I feel differently this morning, knowing that I will have to clear my car of settled snow before I drop my car off, ready to get snow tires put on tomorrow. More snow forecast for tonight, tomorrow and Saturday (when the temperature gets down to -18C (windchill -24C). After that, it looks like we should be getting some sunny, milder days, which would be wonderful.
Early December snow in the Yorkshire Dales, while it clung to the hills the snow had melted on the lower ground by the afternoon. Seeing these trees you get an idea of how hardy they must be to survive in this environment.
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The sun sets in an orange sky flanked by trees along Pratt Whitney Road near South Fork High School in Stuart, Florida.
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So here it is, then – Koh Ta Pu, also known as James Bond Island. It’s in the magical setting of Phang Nga Bay, one of the undisputed jewels in Thailand’s marine crown. The bay, covering some 400 sq kms, is an area of outstanding limestone cliffs and stacks, mangroves, sea grass beds, coral reefs and intertidal wetlands.
And here, left of frame, is Koh Ta Pu, the stack which featured in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun starring Roger Moore as 007 and Christopher Lee as the villain Scaramanga. The stack rises to some 21 metres and has a diameter of around 4 metres at sea level and 8 metres at the top. Although it’s a major tourist site and sight, no boats are allowed anywhere near it because of its vulnerability to erosion and eventual collapse. You view it from a distance. And what a view!
The trees are quite beautiful at twilight in today's light snow.
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I am a huge fan of Peter Lik and have found inspiration in his images, so it was pretty cool being able to see and shoot the iconic 'Tree Of Life' in Portland's Japanese Gardens. The leaves are just starting to turn color now, but should be a kaleidoscope of colors in the next two or three weeks.
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this is the most alive i've ever seen this tree.
"as a child in japan, i used to go to a temple and write out a wish on a piece of thin paper and tie it around the branch of a tree. trees in temple courtyards were always filled with people's wish knots, which looked like white flowers blossoming from afar."
-yoko ono
from the same day as this
Diesen wunderbaren Einzelbaum habe ich im Bernrieder Park fotografiert.
Der Bernrieder Park (Wilhelmina-Busch-Woods-Stiftungspark) gehörte ab dem 11. Jahrhundert bis zur Säkularisation zum Besitz des Bernrieder Klosters der Augustiner-Chorherren. Dann wurde er Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in seinem nördlichen Bereich durch den Königlichen Oberhofgärtner Carl und dessen Sohn Carl Josepf von Effner in der Art eines Englischen Parks angelegt; mit einem reizvollen Wechsel von Wiesen, Büschen und Solitärbäumen.
This wonderful single tree I photographed in Bernrieder Park.
The Bernrieder Park (Wilhelmina Busch Woods Foundation Park) was from 11 Century to the secularization of possession of Bernrieder monastery of Augustinian Canons. Then it was the mid-19th Century in its northern region by the Royal Carl Oberhof gardener and his son Carl Josepf of Effner applied in the manner of an English park, with a delightful change of meadows, shrubs and specimen trees.
The gardens of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The colour version was OK, with the strong shadows cast by a very sunny day. However, I thought the B&W grainy conversion really emphasised these, along with the leaning-in effect on the trees, partly caused by a wide angle lens pointed upwards.
I'm not sure what happened here, but it kind of looks like a bear collided with this tree!
Red Top Mountain State Park, Georgia, USA
After a cold cloudy dull day there was a break in the sky just at sunset, enough to see this beautiful red light as it turned dark, This is one of my favorite trees in the town of Manorville, NY.
I really love trees , I liked the way the light was hitting the trunk and limbs...Taken early spring before the leaves emerged.