Tag Archives: trees
Wallpaper 642: Automotive Autumn
Me and my juxtapositioning again. Neat, right?
Summer Wallpaper: Dusty Dusk
The Lightning Tree
And just to prove it, here’s a version of it that I’ve fiddled with…
That will have to get used in an Earplug Adventure.
Wallpaper 636: Soft Arboreal Shadows
Nature Portrait Gallery: The Gnarled and Convoluted Beech
This was shot with an early digital camera, from 2000, with a mere 4 megapixels. I think it did a good job. Whatever happened to Kyocera – apart from manufacturing laser copiers, that is?
Rural Portrait: Stone Cold Morning
Nature Wallpaper: Why We Should Record the Images of the Natural World Around Us
In February of 2015 I took this photo of a rookery in my street…
For the next seven years I watched (unconsciously. I might add) as the trees grew taller and wider, and the rookery expanded – to become the birthplace and nightly roost of hundreds of huge black birds. Then, a few days ago, several light trucks and a huge crane rumbled into town. Hours later the mighty rookery was reduced to this…
and this…
We’re very good at destroying natural habitat. We keep saying “Oh, this must stop.” But in the past couple of years I’ve seen so many mature trees felled – and not all of them diseased Ash – that I wonder if there isn’t some sort of conspiracy at large. For every tree planted by well-meaning people, how many established habitats are pulled down by those who couldn’t care less about the future of this planet or who just want to make a fast buck? Way too many, I fear. After all, with so much arable land in the UK being turned over to house building at an alarming rate, more land for growing crops or keeping animals has to be found somewhere, doesn’t it? There’s no profit for anyone in ancient woodland. And who gives a shit about Badgers and Willow Warblers anyway! So I think it’s best that we record what we have, while we still have it. It won’t last. Then we can hold these pictures up and say “That’s what we rid ourselves of: how has that made this a better world?”
Nature Wallpaper: Layers in the Light
Portrait of Nature: Poised and Ready for Action.
Well, running away in a blind panic, that is…
Nature Wallpaper: Life After Death
Rural Wallpaper: Damp, Chill January
Nature Wallpaper: Yew in the Morning Sun
Not for all the Tea in China
I’ve probably mentioned, one or twice in the past, that I don’t do heights. Four rungs up the ladder push the envelope of comfort for me. So, recently, when I looked out of my bedroom window at this fellow…
…I asked myself is he A: fearless? B: brave? Or C: a fruitcake? Because…
…I wouldn’t do this for all the tea in China…
Would you?
Calling All Botanists: Calling All Botanists 2!
I’ve found this blossom in the grounds of my local village hall. I’ve checked my tree book and I’ve been on-line; but I can’t figure out what it is. Any ideas?
