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[HorseloverFat]

. I’d highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t been.

As would I, one of the most tree-mendously moving experiences of my life. The Forest Spirits that dwell there are solemn, but FUUUN.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Some shots that “fell through the cracks” this last week and a half-ish.
I’ve never seen this particular squirrel “round these parts”, before.

 

[Housguy]

I love how the morning sun hits this shimpaku

 

[jaco94]

It's quite astonishing the first time , but in the Paris region and even in Paris, we very often come across this ring-necked parakeet that lives in small groups sometimes quite numerous (I have already seen about thirty together on a small fruit tree for their meal) .

 

[HorseloverFat]

It's quite astonishing the first time , but in the Paris region and even in Paris, we very often come across this ring-necked parakeet that lives in small groups sometimes quite numerous (I have already seen about thirty together on a small fruit tree for their meal) .

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I’m smiling HUGELY about this picture!

 

[leatherback]

I’m smiling HUGELY about this picture!

They are considered a pest in many european cities though. In orchards the make a killing, taking a bit from a fruit and moving to the next

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Punk's not dead!


I miss the sun.

 

[HorseloverFat]

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Punk's not dead!

THIS.. is HILARIOUS...

(And true)

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Pollard trees are not common in North American landscapes. Interesting how often I see them in photos from EU. Not a value judgement, just a curious fact.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Pollard trees are not common in North American landscapes. Interesting how often I see them in photos from EU. Not a value judgement, just a curious fact.

They keep our river banks and creek banks intact with their roots.
The fresh trimmed shoots are traditionally used to make baskets and other types of containers. Good firestarters too.

The hedges you see in the last pic are part of a unesco heritage called the Maasheggen (literally Maas river hedges, Maastricht is named after the river). Mostly hawthorn and blackthorn. They feed the birds that eat bugs, act as wind breakers, and they're cheaper than fenceposts. Every year people saw through 40%-60% of the trunk and lay them down horizontally to produce an inpenetrable hedge. But the tradition is slowly dying, it's hard work with no pay and it serves very little purpose lately since it's easier and faster to do regular fencing with barbed wire. The hedges are trimmed with machines since a decade or so, so the quality of the hedges is degrading as well.

 

[AZbonsai]

Bonsai...breakfast.....birds. View from our breakfast table this morning. We had bancakes...bacon...botatoes.

 

[Forsoothe!]

We don't have botatoes in Michigan.

 

[A. Gorilla]

 

[HorseloverFat]

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Excellent shot!

 

[A. Gorilla]

Excellent shot!

Gnome homes are the best

 

[NOZZLE HEAD]

Had to make a parts run at work, and I tried to get my dog to claim their display bearing, but I guess he didn’t want to own it.

 

[AlainK]

They keep our river banks and creek banks intact with their roots.
The fresh trimmed shoots are traditionally used to make baskets and other types of containers.

Right: here they're Salix viminalis, native to Europe (Fr: osier). Very common here. In the past few years, it's become rather trendy to plant them as "woven live hedges" :

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[AlainK]

Evening sun on this maple :

 

[HorseloverFat]

Beach trip for some wood. This area is very “wild”... MANY remains exist here... LARGE remains.... varying states of decomposition...

 

[0soyoung]