If only it could talk, I wonder what stories it could tell us......think it will still be there a few more years after I have gone.. :-\
beautiful tree, Richard :)
Yes Richard if only!!!, it is a very beautifull tree. I watched an artist painting years ago & he said trees should look like lace against the sky & that certainly does Richard.
"I can see the pub from here!" or "think I must branch out alittle!" ;D
Richard -- what an awesome tree, is it an oak ?
The biggest plant on earth -- makes you feel small donnit !
floss xxx
It is an oak flossy it is by one of my allotment, a beautiful tree which as a preservation order on it, mine you why any one would want to cut it down is beyond me. ;)
I reckon your one is a Sessile oak (quercus petraea), a more upright type of oak, and it looks stunning against the sky, a lovely shot, Richard.
this one, complete with seats, is beside a bridleway near to us, we sometimes take a flask and watch the dragonflies hawking the field opposite in the summer evenings, as the sun sets, the bats come out to feed there. a lovely spot, and a lovely tree (quercus robur)
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That looks a few years old Tony, I think trees are a wonderful thing and hate to see them being cut down it saddens me to think that something that as taken years to grow can be cut down in under 5 minutes.
whilst we were sitting there one evening last summer, an old gentleman came past who was walking his dog. he informed us that he used to sit there as a boy with his grandfather over 70 years ago, and the tree was an old one then!!
yes, it saddens me to see them cut down, but remember, most of them were planted as a crop! (of wood) ;)
Quote from: Richard Kinson on February 28, 2009, 19:21:10
..... I think trees are a wonderful thing and hate to see them being cut down .........
Quote from: Richard Kinson on February 28, 2009, 18:55:35
...... why any one would want to cut it down is beyond me. ;)
I quite agree with you there,unfortunately there are an awful lot of selfish people about who put their own convenience & expense first. (http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/200yearold-trees-to-be-chopped.4208956.jp) <--- Link.