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We have a strange small tree that came with the house purchase last year. Even as a tree hugger, I've not grown fond of this straggly stunted weeping something tree.
Rather resembles the spines of an umbrella.
But I did notice tiny clusters—this one about 1 inch/2.54 cm—of even tinier buds on various small drooping twigs. A tiny sign of spring.
Sigh. As we nurse our latest newly planted sequoias, cedars, and shore pines, this tree will continue to grow. Could not possibly terminate it, but it grows in sight of my home office windows.
Thanks for looking!
© Jan Timmons, 2018
Our oak tree is our pride - and for a couple of years it has a branch strong enough to fulfil my dream: a swing! You can see the yellow straps of it. BTW: did you know trees can talk through energy??? I saw a footage of someone who stood next to a tree then started talking to it and the twig got closer and touched her... well I had to try and well: my oaktree did the same. Go on and try! Also: treehugging is so energizing. We have a tree technician (yep that*s a profession) and he is tending to our bigger trees with a lot of love and a big heart. Whenever we groom our trees and tend to our garden I 'talk' to all of them and explaining it is for their own good. The oak tree is ok with having the yellow straps, I asked it and I always enjoy the swing and the view from down there up high into its branches that are so full of life and giving shelter and food to all our wildlife. In return it lets me have my swing and gives shadow and fresh air. We all need to take good care of everything flora and fauna. HSOS!
Held by the woodland school, Salen, Acharacle this event, from Finnish origins, is growing year on year and taken quite seriously by 4 judges. The event gained more publicity on BBC Breakfast last year.
See the highlights here www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEgUyRpfa-0
Last year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM544s5UOb0
Trees can hug trees, too.
For FlickrFriday's #HugATree theme.
Shot on today's walk in Rushcliffe Country Park. The wooded paths in this park are full of hidden delights - wooden sculptures, a maze constructed from buried tyres and this little row of pollarded trees. It's a delightful place for adults and children. If you're in the Nottingham area , do visit.
This very old, very tall sequoia (?) in Ravenna Park, Seattle, droops beautiful, bright green skirts despite its huge trunk being charred and hollowed by fire. One remnant “stool leg” is so thin it sounds like china if you knock on it lightly. I love this tree - but can only hug about 1/4 of its remaining trunk.
"Tree hugging is good for us humans & being labelled as a ‘tree hugger’ in our opinion isn’t an insult, it shows that we are in touch with the natural world."
"Research shows the real & long-term benefits of spending time in the forest & around trees include, reduced stress, improved immunity, lower blood pressure & accelerated recovery from illness or trauma."
This is "The big tree," not "The biggest tree." Apparently, it is about forty feet around the trunk.
Also known as the Malayan flying lemur, Sunda Colugo or Malayan colugo.
Location: Kedah, Malaysia
Range: Throughout Southeast Asia ie., Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Description: It has short tail/stump, reddish ears and small round eyes, and fluffy fur but wide extended skin to help it glide from tree to tree.
Diet: It usually consumes leaves with less potassium and nitrogen-containing compounds, but with higher tannin. It also feeds on buds, shoots, coconut flowers, durian flowers, fruits, and sap from selected tree species and insects.
Habitat: On tree canopies. It may forage on several different tree species in a single night, or on a single species. It can also be seen licking tree bark (refer to photo) of selected tree species to obtain water, nutrients, salts, and minerals
Because there are few things more wonderful than ancient oak trees. This one is about 400 years old.
We're Here: Hug a Tree
Inspired by an image from a lecture I had in Sustainable Landscapes class, that I loved and had to replicate it with one of my boys. We were out to exploring the beautiful forests of the @longpointbiosphere 💚 If you’ve ever been to this area of Southern Ontario and visited the Carolinian forest regions, you’ll know how amazing this place is. It’s full of old growth trees, birds, insects, reptiles and other plants that make it a thriving ecosystem. There are hardworking individuals are responsible for maintaining and caring for these special areas and my family thanks you all.
For the February Alphabet Group. A tree on Avenue de la Harpe. All the trees, lampposts, bus stops and fences along the avenue have been yarnbombed by a local association.
Brian leaps across creeks and riverbeds to be in photos for me. It looks close, but a river separates us, and my wearing of moccasins didn't allow me to get any closer to the tree-turned-bridge-turned-nap area.
Does every tree in Glacier National Park have epic roots?!
Day 3 again!
I either really like it or find it hilarious, I DON'T KNOW. I'm torn haha. Oh well, thought I'd upload it anyway.. at least the colours are nice ;)
I read this quote and was reminded that this old image was hiding somewhere in my stream.
Happy Monday flickr friends!
Returning from the elation of the leaden flycatcher nest, the mood was more about retracing our steps and just moving through the bush. My egg lady has better eyes and spotted this beauty right out on the reach of this lens.
Don't ask me to play cricket or tennis, even to throw a ball over arm or side arm. My right shoulder has seen, I was going to say better, but I mean too many days. Holding that weight up and keeping it steady is a thing of the past; if I'm honest. Already encumbered by binoculars and kilograms of camera, the thing I need but don't want in the bush is a tripod; not even a monopod.
A tree will have to do. In fact, my decent-sized tree choice not only gave me something to brace on, but an amount of cover from an already intensely occupied Kookaburra. I came here to celebrate that bird. But in the end, this might really be an ode to tree hugging!