TREES

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/qYKSFZl.jpg?1


I absolutely love trees. This one is very near where I live. They're like people: most you don't really notice, but every now and then you come across one which really stands out.

I'm always looking at trees. I use them in my work but I find them restful to the soul anyway; they're never in a hurry to be somewhere else, unlike us.

I'd really like to see photos of any remarkable trees or groups of trees you've come across, especially if they're near where you live.

[Betonov]

I know a couple of them. Some are a little too ''interestingly shaped'' to be allowed here.


Here's a cherry tree I planted last autumn
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1441253_723752377637282_1944125191_n.jpg?oh=c31fb6 056cf003d51c7ca118a3f8ce60&oe=5531C99A&__gda__=1430051251_116f53b0825dbd2ac40018838249fbd 9

[Oberon]

Oaks are beautiful, it's mainly pine trees up here but there's the odd oak here and there.

Here's a couple of random pic I took last month:

http://i.imgur.com/ybg1m7x.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/O21SG7n.jpg?1

[Betonov]

I should add this chestnut tree

It has it's own water spring :)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/547231_4077181561855_199857477_n.jpg?oh=d84b493b5f 0e62b0fa46a928096940cd&oe=55301AD1&__gda__=1430711150_df3dc3dfc322dd611c5d81800ac815e 5

I also declared it a pagan holly site and want to be buried under it

[Penguin]

It has it's own water spring :)


I bet it's standing right next to it.:O:
Note to myself: remember not to eat the low hanging chestnuts in Slovenia.

[vienna]

Oh, wow, now we've gone to "Trees You Think are Beautiful..."...


<O>

[Jeff-Groves]

Oh, wow, now we've gone to "Trees You Think are Beautiful..."...


<O>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBh895KdXAU&feature=player_embedded

[Betonov]

I bet it's standing right next to it.:O:
Note to myself: remember not to eat the low hanging chestnuts in Slovenia.

haha, sehr witzig :O:
the tree is hollow and collects rainwater which then slowly runs out a small hole in the trunk.

[Eichhörnchen]

I should add this chestnut tree
I also declared it a pagan holly site and want to be buried under it

That's an astonishing photo! What a lovely place...

[Betonov]

That's an astonishing photo! What a lovely place...

I own the plot of land it grows on :salute:

[Jeff-Groves]

OK. Tree porn.
A tree eating a rock.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/100_0959.jpg

And you thought Trees were peaceful!

[Oberon]

I see your rock and raise you a golfball.

http://i.imgur.com/b2fuOye.jpg

[Oberon]

I should add this chestnut tree

It has it's own water spring :)


I also declared it a pagan holly site and want to be buried under it

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121223015455/gameofthrones/images/c/ca/Night%27s_Watch_vows.jpg

:03:

[Jeff-Groves]

I see your rock and raise you a golfball.

http://i.imgur.com/b2fuOye.jpg

SEE!! Further proof that Trees are not the peaceful things We are taught to believe!
They.... Well they Eat things!!
:o

*Secret message to my Upside down Mate.
*Nancy got the message. ;)

[Eichhörnchen]

:har::rotfl2::har:

[Jeff-Groves]

Further proof.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/jen_deben/Tree-eats-sign.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/4O6mHhs.jpg?1

[Aktungbby]

http://redwoods.info/photos/2464P3Chandelier%20Tree.jpgwhen it comes to trees...size matters; I worked on an auto commercial at this famed drive through location. http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/ab/f3/cb/redwoods-at-henry-cowell.jpg and hiked Henry Cowell State Park http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g32377-d116849-Reviews-Henry_Cowell_Redwoods_State_Park-Felton_California.html#photos (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g32377-d116849-Reviews-Henry_Cowell_Redwoods_State_Park-Felton_California.html#photos) These are Coastal Redwoods not Sequoias. The attraction for me is: "they've been her long before me and will be here long after me....you are in a supremely commanding presence.:hmmm:

[jacobston]

At the entrance to our road...
(I hope you don't mind I graffiti this...)

I like this tree: it just looks like he's leaning on something, relaxing.

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/t/2/AAD5rppVKgEPgydtIhlbJ5t5HqhMtjUZP_Qs6DVDxM_Olw/12/292867360/jpeg/2048x1536/3/_/1/2/4O6mHhs_edit.jpg/CKCa04sBIAEoAQ/RmmKVHxWRbgeNBKWRMX4CqUP8K7NTGZo2bcCziasS3g

"Hey, guys. How's it going? Don't mind me, I'll just stand here for a while."

[Buddahaid]

Winter camping in Northern California. I miss my Beetle.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/Album%20Three/bb11006.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sirwinpb/media/Album%20Three/bb11006.jpg.html)

[Eichhörnchen]

(I hope you don't mind I graffiti this...)

I like this tree: it just looks like he's leaning on something, relaxing.

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/t/2/AAD5rppVKgEPgydtIhlbJ5t5HqhMtjUZP_Qs6DVDxM_Olw/12/292867360/jpeg/2048x1536/3/_/1/2/4O6mHhs_edit.jpg/CKCa04sBIAEoAQ/RmmKVHxWRbgeNBKWRMX4CqUP8K7NTGZo2bcCziasS3g

"Hey, guys. How's it going? Don't mind me, I'll just stand here for a while."

Yeah, that's just one laid-back tree...:03:

[u crank]

Winter camping in Northern California. I miss my Beetle.

Nice pic. What year is that bug? Also, are you in that photo? :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

Here's my beloved bug: year of manufacture 1971, photo taken 1986...

http://i.imgur.com/MA7lFb2.jpg?1

Were you a bug owner too, u crank?

[u crank]

..Were you a bug owner too, u crank?

No I wasn't but when I was a teenager, some of my friend's parents had them so I spent a lot of time in them. :D

[Buddahaid]

I love the early misty cold mornings up there with the birds calling and Tule elk. It's usually wet but rarely has snow as it's only at about 2000 feet elevation. I'm taking the photo in that picture and I sold the bug about two years ago when it started having crankcase problems and I didn't have anywhere to park it off the street anymore. It was all stock 1964 1200 cc and 6 volts.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/iec2xRy.jpg?1

[U-15]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Toilet_with_flush_water_tank.jpg/220px-Toilet_with_flush_water_tank.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toilet_with_flush_water_tank.jpg)

A lavatree :woot:

[Eichhörnchen]

:har::rotfl2::har:

[Rhodes]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7489/15500799123_4e52ccf9e4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pBKDxi)Tombada! (https://flic.kr/p/pBKDxi) by rhodes pinto (https://www.flickr.com/people/16416646@N05/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/15754728779_dab864a266_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q1c6YP)Tree! (https://flic.kr/p/q1c6YP) by rhodes pinto (https://www.flickr.com/people/16416646@N05/), on Flickr

[U-15]

:har::rotfl2::har:

One of my bog standard puns

[Eichhörnchen]

Tombada! (https://flic.kr/p/pBKDxi) by rhodes pinto (https://www.flickr.com/people/16416646@N05/), on Flickr; Tree! (https://flic.kr/p/q1c6YP) by rhodes pinto (https://www.flickr.com/people/16416646@N05/), on Flickr

Hey, Rhodes, thanks for your beautiful photos, especially "Tombada!" You are a wizard at this kind of thing...

[Rhodes]

Thank you, but far from the masters!

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/Tofpm8j.jpg?1

[em2nought]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/q83/s480x480/10933789_865763373446090_5801812477599880383_n.jpg ?oh=2aaf82e147f082e5a335d0132ad8cb8a&oe=5567EC52&__gda__=1432571351_7c188381885c9f5427350a2fa4213ba 5

Two year old Paulownia trunks, didn't grow much this year as I neglected to fertilize. Might make a catamaran out of them someday. :D

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/mk7rfKu.jpg?1

As jacobston noticed earlier, many of the trees here in the fens lean, owing to the exposure to winds...

[Onkel Neal]

I should add this chestnut tree

It has it's own water spring :)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/547231_4077181561855_199857477_n.jpg?oh=d84b493b5f 0e62b0fa46a928096940cd&oe=55301AD1&__gda__=1430711150_df3dc3dfc322dd611c5d81800ac815e 5

I also declared it a pagan holly site and want to be buried under it

When? Is this weekend good for you? :O:


Yes, trees! Trees are one of the most important criteria for my search for a piece of land. Nice oaks, pecan are my favorites. If there are no nice trees, I don't want to live there.

[nikimcbee]

Further proof.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/jen_deben/Tree-eats-sign.jpg

Body piercing?

[Betonov]

When? Is this weekend good for you? :O:




Lets wait until May. I really don't like the winter colors :O:

[Rockstar]

When? Is this weekend good for you? :O:


Yes, trees! Trees are one of the most important criteria for my search for a piece of land. Nice oaks, pecan are my favorites. If there are no nice trees, I don't want to live there.

We have pecan trees in our backyard each around 65 feet in height. They have a deep tap root that helps them withstand the strongest winds. Come fall they produce pecans that taste like Grade A Canadian Maple syrup, it is a real treat.

But a word of advice. Make sure the pecan trees are not too close to your house as they attract tree rats and other rodents which if left to their own can really tear up a home's structure and make a mess of things.

[Aktungbby]

pecan are my favorites. nice trees, I
My favorite kinda pie! BBY:sunny:http://images.media-allrecipes.com/userphotos/250x250/01/73/68/1736858.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BiXpv-dI_E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BiXpv-dI_E) with a Spam entrée and a Hamm's! :yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

... they attract tree rats...


http://i.imgur.com/MVLwPV1.jpg?1

"Bollocks!"

[Armistead]

When metal detection old plantations around here, most gone cept for foundations, grown over by woods, you can still find remnants of the once elaborate gardens and large oaks that lined the entry path..

[Rockstar]

http://i.imgur.com/MVLwPV1.jpg?1

"Bollocks!"

:arrgh!: :)

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/996f752f39dbb2fe613045393281db07.jpg

[Tango589]

They have interesting trees in Morocco


http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/1014656.jpg

:D

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/tVthFRX.jpg?1

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/GCmCTDR.gif

[swamprat69er]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii61/swamprat69er/Winter%202009-10/Towardspondsite05012010.jpg

http://s261.photobucket.com/user/swamprat69er/media/Winter%202009-10/Jan26.jpg.html

http://s261.photobucket.com/user/swamprat69er/media/MyChristmasTree.jpg.html

I have no idea why my pics break when I try to post them, but here are the links to the other two.

[Jimbuna]

Photobucket be your problem....or should I have typed 'Photoshop' :)

[swamprat69er]

Photobucket. The only manipulation my pics get is resized.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/WbYqn7J.jpg?1

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/FI1Bg51.gif

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/w0dB8Aw.jpg?1

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/OiOXXFu.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/44ieqFq.jpg A hayfield today, on my bike ride

[Sailor Steve]

Photobucket be your problem....or should I have typed 'Photoshop' :)
I have no problems with PB.

[Betonov]

This weathered larch in Zelenica, Slovenia

http://i.imgur.com/quLS8Mj.jpg?1

[Harvs]

We took a family trip to Albany in Western Australia and on the way we stopped to climb this tree, took us about half an hour to get to the top, i was 11 at the time and made the climb with my Mum and Brother, it was awesome and will never forget it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_Tree

[Eichhörnchen]

Bugger that... any squirrels up there?

My brother fell out of a Lombardy Poplar when we were kids. I watched him frantically grabbing at branches all the way down and if he hadn't, he would've been more than just winded (I think I told my Mum about it last year).

[Harvs]

didn't see any squirrels up there, there was a Kookaburra though and maybe a ghost, a couple of days before we climbed a bloke had a heart attack at the top, took them half a day to get him down, i suggested they just throw him off as he wouldn't feel anything anyway.

[Platapus]

I absolutely love trees.

Am I the only one who immediately thought of the movie "The Cannonball Run" when reading this? :D

[Jimbuna]

Am I the only one who immediately thought of the movie "The Cannonball Run" when reading this? :D

Nope.

[Platapus]

Nope.


I figured that an ole reprobate like you would make the connection. :D

[Jimbuna]

I figured that an ole reprobate like you would make the connection. :D

Honestly matron, I've no idea what you're alluding to :o

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/jAC9Bkq.jpg

My bike ride today through Frampton, and this will probably be one of the last warm days of Summer 2015.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/aJ3UfSU.jpg Oak seen on bike ride yesterday: autumn is on the way

[Aktungbby]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Palo_Alto_Seal.gif Palo Alto(tall tree):arrgh!:1910https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/El-palo-alto-tree-california.jpg today:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/El_Palo_Alto_Tree_August_2004.jpg/800px-El_Palo_Alto_Tree_August_2004.jpgBy the mid-1960s the tree was in severe decline, leading to successive die-off of the treetop, until the water table began to recover in the late 1990s. Efforts to restore the tree's health by the Southern Pacific Railroad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad), the City of Palo Alto and local citizens included progressive pruning of the dying treetop, addition of soil and mulch at the tree’s base, removal of dead limbs, pesticide spraying and installation of a pipe up its trunk to bring water to the top of the tree. Although the tree stands today at only 68% of its former stature, it enjoys greater health than nearly a century ago.

[Nippelspanner]

http://i.imgur.com/HEkDV3D.jpg

The middle one is special to me, for I buried my fathers ashes under it just 3 months ago...

[Eichhörnchen]

That's a very beautiful, peaceful place....

[Nippelspanner]

It is indeed Eichhörnchen, I am very glad that I found this place and had a good feeling putting him at rest there.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/aYGShxX.jpg Today in Frampton; Autumn under way...

[Schroeder]

I had already posted this one in the photography thread but I think it fits here as well:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3632353236383036.jpg

I wish that marker post wasn't there though...:-?

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/t6RVhPr.jpg There you go... that is a lovely picture, too

[Schroeder]

There you go...
Black Magic!!!!!! Get your pitchforks and torches!!!:o

[fireftr18]

Black Magic!!!!!! Get your pitchforks and torches!!!:o
Looks green to me.

[Jimbuna]

Black Magic!!!!!! Get your pitchforks and torches!!!:o

No problem, I'll meet you on the corner next to the photoshop :smug:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/qsTy9Se.jpg Wait... there's more

[August]

The Catalpa tree in my back yard

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq193/rdsterling/2013%20July%20038cr_zpswvtclyvk.jpg

[Schroeder]

Another ride, another bunch of pictures.
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3863636133633436.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/6432303031396461.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3165333933653831.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/6262343362666662.jpg

[Jeff-Groves]

My back yard Maples in their Golden Glow stage and I have to have Nancy send me this picture.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Trees_1.jpg~original

[Eichhörnchen]

^That's your back yard? You lucky sod; maybe you are King of the Richards after all...

http://i.imgur.com/RSRnxfK.jpg 22 October, Frampton, Lincolnshire

[Schroeder]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3330353764306162.jpghttp://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3636353861316335.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

This has to be the best time of year for us tree-fanciers...

[Jimbuna]

Really :hmmm:

http://i.imgur.com/iGE3rHv.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/DjE4Q1R.jpg

200 year-old cedar at Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire, pictured on a day trip last week.

[em2nought]

Really :hmmm:

http://i.imgur.com/iGE3rHv.jpg

Finally, something that will stop Hillary! :D

...and that cedar is awesome Ike! I've got one Paulownia that is doing really well, almost twelve inch diameter trunk in four years.

[ivanov.ruslan]

Centennial pine, planted in 1832, in the yard of Sokolski Monastery over Etar architectural ethnographic museum complex, Gabrovo
Years ago, when I visited last convent was still alive, now I dont know ....
http://images21.snimka.bg/004098523.jpg?r=0

[Reece]

This is a Kurrajong tree on our property, I love this one.:yep:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Kurrajong%20Tree%201_zpshyczwfkb.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/Reecehk/media/Kurrajong%20Tree%201_zpshyczwfkb.jpg.html)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Kurrajong%20Tree%202_zpsyivnvvhx.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/Reecehk/media/Kurrajong%20Tree%202_zpsyivnvvhx.jpg.html)

[Eichhörnchen]

That looks very climbable, Reece... you ever been to the top?

[Reece]

At 64, I don't think so, especially not in my current condition!!:)

[Eichhörnchen]

Tip: get somebody to hoist you to the top, then you can look at your house :yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/5Dxi5F9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/bViFm0h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YvIyP60.jpg

Photographed on my bike ride today

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/oYnrjWl.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/BcP1tDl.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/ekdV6Pp.gif

Taken from my computer today.

[Reece]

http://www.saintvespaluus.com/vicdic.jpg
Oh you are naughty Jim

[Commander Wallace]

Finally, something that will stop Hillary! :D

...and that cedar is awesome Ike! I've got one Paulownia that is doing really well, almost twelve inch diameter trunk in four years.

:haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/hOtwED7.jpg