Fat tree, small man - # 348
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I imagine that this oak tree could be 400 yrs old. It looks as if its top has been taken for wood (to build a battleship?) or knocked off in a storm, and the crown has grown back on the massive base. Incidentally, Winter 2006/07 and the Spring of 07 were, it seems, ideal for oak trees. All over my garden young oaks have sprung up from acorns planted by the squirrels. I have never before noticed so many popping up.
What a great tree! It seems to have it's own personality.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful tree and it only took 400 years to look that way. :-)
ReplyDeleteI wish we could all look so good (or alive) at 400.
Awesome photo. I notice a huge shift in your photos lately. They are much more interesting (not that the old ones weren't) and absolutely stunning.
I don't think I will ever tire of pictures of trees. They are truly amazing organisms; non-thinking, yet seemingly highly intelligent in their survival, coping, and reproduction strategies. Indeed, looking at the branches of this oak reminds me of an image of the brain, which I have been able to find here:
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ps - another link between the brain and trees is the term 'dendrite', which is actually Greek for 'tree'.
That little man looks so lonely and forlorn (even though he is wearing red).
ReplyDeleteIt kinda does look like a brain, doesn't it?
Your oaks remind me of our river red gums - hoary old buggers (I've used that term elsewhere this week to describe fossilized shells, but it seems perfectly apt here too).
Wow - stunning photo!! the tree looks like it is upside down - the top looks like the roots.
ReplyDeleteAmazing tree! I also wonder what the roots may look like after some 400 years? Widely spread, deep...?
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tree - the photo is just 'made' with the red-clad figure. Love the title too. Superb.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great character of a tree, and a nice composition. However I feel sorry for your squirrels, squirreling away some acorns only to come back and find a bloody great tree....
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