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Thirty-first in the series ‘Wild Bonsai’, this tree is 60 inches (1.5m) in height and perhaps 600 years old.
'Wild Bonsai' is a numbered collection of photos of naturally occurring bristlecones (p. longaeva) generally less than five feet in height (1.5m) and - as nearly as I can estimate - between fifty and five-hundred years old - some much older. Most will have sprouted and survived in tiny cracks and crevices or miniature basins of sand and gravel. Shaped by the elements, flourishing tenaciously in the most minimalist of conditions, their lives are measured not in the millennia of more robust bristlecones, but in centuries...often mere decades.
'Duality', the cover photo for this album, is to me a matriarch of sorts and will remain unnumbered as a small token of a deeply intuitive and unapologetic respect that remains as transcendent and mysterious to me as it may seem odd to others. The essay that accompanies 'Duality' could, in many ways, apply as well to any other tree I may post in this series.
A perspective: Housed in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the fifth oldest living cultivated bonsai in the world is something over 500 years old and is a designated National Treasure of Japan.
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This glorious wild Exmoor pony lives near Bracebridge Pool in Sutton Park - just a short drive away from my home. She looks as if she's expecting a foal soon. I need to get back there and take some more pictures! She came to Little Bracebridge Pool with 14 other ponies, to have a drink. They are entrancing animals - took absolutely no notice of us.
Exmoor ponies were introduced to Sutton Park in July 1999 in an effort to maintain a heath and acid grassland habitat in the Bracebridge area, protecting it from birch and woodland encroachment. In other Exmoor pony trials, not only has the plant species composition been maintained, but birds (such as the nightjar on Skipwith Common, Yorkshire) and butterflies (such as the High Brown fritillary in Silverdale, Cumbria) have also benefitted. 'Before and after' effects have been and continue to be monitored in Sutton Park.
They are doing well and by the look of her, she's in excellent condition.
Low level grazing has been a feature of the park for centuries. It is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain the required 250 head of cattle needed to graze the park. A temporary solution would be to reduce the grazing rent for farmers but this would not be effective in the long-term as farmers simply do not have the beef cattle anymore. Exmoor ponies were chosen after alternatives of sheep, deer, donkeys and horses were ruled out from previous experiences in the park.
Have a great new week everyone. I have a wonderful 4 days off! very much needed.
Copyright© 2012 Kim Hojnacki
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Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara County, California
76,500 views.. oh wow.
Come take me away and tame my desire..
I promise not to roll my eyes when I see you close to me looking me up and down......💜💜
My darling friends and t family, here's my last video to bring in the new year.
Love to you all and, my heart felt kisses to you all. 👄
These wild turkey are on our country road and do not like to move for a car. Must not be easy for them this winter with all the snow we have.
I recently spent 5 days in the remoteness of South East Oregon. On the long drive home I was able to visit these wild horses near the Steens Mountain. It was a wonderful experience to watch these beauties just do what they do. Thanks for looking.
I don't know the exact name of this kind of wildbee but I like this kind of bees :-) I watched the bee a long time and I also made a video of it. Because it was a very sunny day I could made my pictures without the flash :-)
Have a wonderful day/night everyone.
Copyright© 2012 Kim Hojnacki
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Atop a waterfall, the water rages in its charge to be at home in the sea again. It had a long journey to get here, and is presently causing strife to millions throughout this part of the world (East and Southeast Asia), yet is paramount to our existence. Who knows where it will end up next, perhaps snowfall in the Himalayas, or temperately bubbling in a tycoon's jacuzzi?
This is Mom from nest # 1
I'm going to be predictable again, positive thoughts to this family as they journey north for the salmon runs. Looking forward to seeing you again in the fall!
Been down hill about a week--managed to draw three sketches but not the
concentration to add watercolor..this am I thought I could do one and I did and it sure feels good to be back in the game of life...this is a mounted wild boar from an African safari I was able to photograph , knowing SOME day I would do a sketch...took a few years but here it is...I now recall I did make a birthday card for the fellow...that explains the candle....
One of "the Wild" Social Guild today at the Las Vegas Renaissance Festival, "Age of Chivalry". A dark National Geographic Portrait. I believe this is Michelle Shannon
Paid for my art today. Shooting knights fighting in full armor, they charged into each other, hit the chain fence I was shooting behind, which sheared off. They, and the fence all fell on top of me. I've got some impressive bruises, but nothing broken.
First time in a while, was able to get and take some macro shots of the Wild Garlic in the woods, I walk,
Never planted, left untended, wild violets flourish in the farthest parts of the garden; a gathering of purple wood nymphs.
We walked north from Quileute R. carefully dodging high tide waves on the upper beach that repeatedly pressed us against and beyond a jumble of oversized driftwood. The receding tide finally allowed a safe tripod shot on the beach when we reached "Hole in the wall". A fading winter day made the softness of longer exposures easy.
Washington beaches feature solitude, fir-topped sea stacks, and massive old-growth logs; the logs were borne on the backs of overachieving NW rivers to the Pacific from Olympic old-growth.