Weeping Willow Tree

Clôture et saules pleureurs.

Muchelney is a small village on slightly higher ground on the Somerset Levels. It is the site of a Benedictine Abbey, parts of which are still intact. In wet weather such as we have had this February , the village can become an island, with all four roads impassable due to flooding. When the road is flooded locked gates are used to prevent the foolhardy from attempting to travel across the levels. On the day I visited the gates were open, though there was still one area of shallow floodwater on the road to the village from Langport, and also on the road on which I left the village to return home.

A line of willow trees on the lakeshore at Glenorchy, seen though the mist early one morning.

This time last year on the Moselle near the town of Schweich.

Letztes Jahr um diese Zeit an der Mosel bei Schweich.

*The old willow trees in the early fog*

Last week at 5:45 a.m. around sunrise in the fog... you could only guess the sun, at least it added some color.

Letzte Woche morgens 5:45 Uhr gegen Sonnenaufgang im Nebel...man konnte die Sonne nur ahnen, immerhin hat sie etwas Farbe beigesteuert.

A capture from the archives: a silent and frosty morning at Midden Delfland.

To cool down on a day that promises to be the first full day with summer temperatures in the Netherlands :)

Beach Willow...

A large storm front rolled through Southern Ontario and hammered the Lake Ontario shoreline with heavy Winds and rain, just before the storm hit, we ventured into Jack Darling Park to take a few photos. Strong upper level winds blew the clouds to and fro; rising and falling this way and that, the heaviest thickest clouds pushing the thinner ones all over the horizon.

We managed to snap around thirty shots when the rain soaked clouds burst open and we were forced to find shelter.. this is shot of a weeping willow only a few feet from the turbulent shoreline .

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In the last few days I have used old and new ways to stage landscapes, especially forests and trees in hoarfrost. I was particularly impressed by a small biotope with an old willow tree, especially when the sun peeked through the fog.

In den letzten Tagen ging ich alte und neue Wege, um Landschaften, besonders Wald und Bäume im Raureif in Szene zu setzen. Ein kleines Biotop mit einer alten Weide hatte es mir besonders angetan, vor allem, als die Sonne ein wenig durch den Nebel lugte.

I saw these trees when I was walking through the park with my dog. I loved the light and the colour. More recently, the trees have been damaged in storms and drastically pollarded. Better for them, but it'll be a while before this green canopy exists again.

It was singing in some Willow trees at Brick Pond Park in South Carolina

Another picture from a series of one of my favorite groups of trees in the valley not far from home.

Due to extreme cold and fog, hoar frost had formed and I waited for the sun to appear, which then came true for seconds.

Ein weiteres Bild aus einer Serie von einer meiner bevorzugten Baumgruppen im Tal nicht weit von zu Hause.

Aufgrund extremer Kälte und Nebel hatte sich Raureif gebildet und ich wartete darauf, dass sich die Sonne zeigt, was dann für Sekunden wahr wurde.

Hanging branches of a willow tree, growing on the banks of a Swiss lake. The willow leaves were beginning to show early effects of the coming autumn.

Location: Lake Sarnen (Sarnersee) Canton Obwalden, Switzerland.

In my album: Dan's Water World.

Last week I happened to see that some of these impressive willows in the valley had been felled, I have no idea if a storm was partly responsible...

Letzte Woche sah ich zufällig, dass einige dieser imposanten Weiden im Tal gefällt wurden, keine Ahnung, ob ein Sturm mitverantwortlich war...

There is life in both, visble on the left and hidden on the right.

In beiden ist Leben, links sichtbar und rechts im Verborgenen.

At the end of January there were some very beautiful morning atmospheres with temperatures below zero, some hoarfrost on the meadows and purple to gold colored veiled clouds, reasons enough for an early photo trip.

Ende Januar gab es einige sehr schöne Morgenstimmungen bei Minustemperaturen, etwas Raureif auf den Wiesen und purpur bis gold gefärbten Schleierwolken, Gründe genug für einen frühen Fotoausflug.

Little suspension bridge over the Conestogo River,

near Hawkesville,Ontario.

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Inspiration from my teacher, who hates to be called that, but do we not all teach each other … I found myself lacking in both inspiration and energy recently and I thought I would do something “moody” for him, but this is what happened … happily! : 0)

p.s. There is a very happy fence near my willow tree, but I found myself looking up at Mr Sparrow! ; 0)

“What day is it?” asked Pooh.

“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.

“My favorite day,” said Pooh.”

― A.A. Milne

Mine too and I hope the same for you! Happy Weekend, dear friends! <3

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3jCiCrsx0

Musika: Yann Tiersen - Porz Goret

Akrobatak: Tarek Rammo & Kami-Lynne Bruin

As the willow renews it's cycle

tender buds appear

sparrows flock to feast on them

same thing happens every year

but this is not a weeping willow

it does not cry for all it's lost

but rejoices in the gifts of harvest

it gives to wildlife; there is no cost

love is free and bountiful

in nature wild and willing

given with the purest hearts

to serve and never count the shilling

today as I look out my window yonder

I counted my blessings many

the best things in life are really free

and they don't cost a penny

in the silence I've been pondering

and found the answers I sought

what do I need; how do I succeed

the answer is simple and can't be bought

I look around without a sound

I step from room to room

there is so much love awaiting me

as I take up my Spring-clean broom

I dust away but leave the cobwebs

the spiders do me no harm

I wash the windows and the curtains

the strength I lost returns to my arms

I still have a little disability

but it does not affect me unduly

I push loose strands of hair behind my ears

my goldilocks are so like me … unruly

I have always been a little wild at heart

running barefoot through the fields

if time exists it does not trouble me

my days and nights are full and yield

plenty of delightful dreams and moments

that meld seamlessly into each other

carrying always inside my heart

my lost family; my siblings; my father; my mother

I know they watch me as I play

and maybe they wonder why I don't mature

but I am an adult when I need to be

but mostly I'm an imp and I adore

to explore the world through the eyes of a child

to behold the beauteous wonders

to absorb myself in nature where I

can weather any storm and set asunder

all the worries and concerns I often have

trivial little things and trifling matters

better to focus on the goodness that abounds

fill my soul up with the most wondrous of things

served heartily on a golden platter.

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I was so thrilled to see this little bird!

It is a lifer for me...

Constantin Brancuşi, a native of Targu Jiu, was commissioned to contribute to a memorial monument to the fighters of World War I which was finished in 1938. His large sculptures, The Table of Silence, The Gate of the Kiss, The Alley of the Chairs and The Endless Column are main touristic attractions in Targu Jiu, Romania.

More details at www.argophilia.com/news/brancusi/21519/

Yesterday in the Wittlich Valley.

I was actually there to take photos of this beautifully grown willow tree with the Bombogen church in the background. In addition, there was a larger herd of cattle grazing right there, only part of which can be seen here in the picture. While cows are now kept in stables all year round to increase milk production, these animals are allowed to go out to pasture in the summer months. They should like that.

Gestern in der Wittlicher Senke.

Eigentlich war ich dort, um Fotos dieser schön gewachsenen Weide mit der Kirche von Bombogen im Hintergrund zu machen. Zusätzlich graste genau dort eine größere Rinderherde, von der hier im Bild nur ein Teil zu sehen ist. Während Kühe inzwischen das ganze Jahr im Stall gehalten werden, um die Milchleistung zu erhöhen, dürfen diese Tiere im Sommerhalbjahr auf die Weide. Das dürfte ihnen gefallen.

Willow trees are looking lovely with their new spring growth.

HFF and have a great weekend.

Anything goes for 2021: Landscape scenery and reflections.

Edited in Topaz Studio

Gans mit Weide

Created from a photograph of the willows along the Oxford Canal for the TMI Challenge in the style of Fauvism

All the textures used are my own

A walk by the river to exercise the dogs today. Great for social distancing here... never saw another soul! ILooking around at the beauty it's like being in a dream where coronavirus doesn't exist!

Another rare occasion when there is 2 White Squirrels on the same tree! I have only seen this twice! Both of them are hiding from me and would not move!

I saw a total of 5 White Squirrels on this day!

The world famous willow tree photographed by me from the banks of Lake Wānaka , South Island, New Zealand. Situated in Roy's Bay at Otago, the Wānaka Tree or “That Wānaka Tree” as it's locally known is one of the most photographed trees in the world.

So sad that, since this photograph was taken, the tree has been vandalised with some branches sawn off. Hopefully, it will recover which is more than can be said for the Sycamore Gap tree or Robin Hood tree which was a sycamore tree standing next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England.

*Bäume vor bleicher Wintersonne @ s+w Version*

A very cold and foggy winter day in mid-December last year.

A cute White Squirrel down by the river ran around the big Willow tree and hid in this hole to escape the photographer.

Then appeared out of the hole to keep and eye on me.I finally walked away, after 10 minutes. I could still see the little head in the hole even a long distance away,lol!

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*Die alten Weiden zur Morgendämmerung und die Krähe*

Last week in the morning just before 8:00 a.m. at the 2 old willow trees in the valley. A crow sat on the highest tree top to the right and made itself known loudly, while the morning atmosphere became more and more beautiful, especially in the sky.

Letzte Woche morgens kurz vor 8:00 Uhr an den 2 alten Weiden im Tal. Eine Krähe saß rechts auf der höchsten Baumspitze und machte sich laut bemerkbar, während die Morgenstimmung besonders am Himmel stets schöner wurde.

*Moselfrühling bei Bremm*

The Moselle with the ruins of Stuben Monastery, the church and the vineyards of Bremm, a beautiful tourist community and many promising hiking opportunities.

The photo is March picture in the Moselle calendar DIN A3 for 2024:

klaes-regio.com/pdf/kalender2024/mosel_978-3-96535-179-0.pdf

Die Mosel mit der Ruine von Kloster Stuben, der Kirche und den Weinbergen von Bremm, einem wunderschönen Touristenort und vielen aussichtsreichen Wandermöglichkeiten.

Das Foto ist Märzbild im Moselkalender DIN A3 für 2024:

klaes-regio.com/pdf/kalender2024/mosel_978-3-96535-179-0.pdf

We have many of these swamp willows (Salix species, Salicaceae), probably the black willow (Salix nigra) in the region that often are found along fences and hedgerows in agricultural fields. They are fragile but hardy trees. They break during storms but resprout and reproduce rapidly, thereby producing dense monotypic stands.

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Sweet Toof.

Finally caught this one moored up with a decent background.

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The golden morning sunlight streams down the valley on a beautiful May morning.

They are beautiful in their peace, they are wise in their silence. They will stand after we are dust. They teach us, and we tend them.

View On Black

~ Galeain ip Altiem MacDunelmor

I love trees! ; )

This squirrel has copped a walnut from Dorothy's backyard and has stopped to appraise it's value.

@ Loenen, Nederland, near Windmill 'De Hoop'

Rural landscape in Melsele - Belgium

At Point Traverse.

Taken at Barham Hall Gardens on a nice sunny day.

Five acres of immaculate lawns, borders, ponds, waterfalls, woodland garden trees, azaleas and many wild flowers.

A simple capture of a beautiful Heron as it walks past a great willow on the bank of one of the ponds at St James's Park, London on a Winters afternoon. Another Heron is hidden behind the tree on the bank of the pond if you look closely....