A number of bloggers choose a tree near them, and take a photo every month of the year. I dithered about this last January - and by March I realised it was too late to start. This year, I have been more organised and I 'found' my tree in December.
It is on the road out of the village [called Swanton Road] and just the other side of the farm which used to sell free range eggs. And less than 1 mile from my house. I can walk there, but there is a convenient place to pull in on the opposite site of the road. So this picture was taken from my car window...
Do you have a special tree?
I watch the big oak tree at the bottom of our garden. It is astonishing how many colours there are on its bare brown branches
ReplyDeleteChildren usually paint trees with green leaves and bland brown trunk and branches , but as you say, the bark has many layers of colour
DeleteA good looking tree - I guess it's an oak, will you be able to walk across the field (oil seed rape?) to get a close up of the bark?
ReplyDeleteThank you for identifying the crop - I'll watch to see if you are right. I'm not sure if a close up is possible. I think it's an oak , won't know till leaves appear
DeleteThat's a majestic looking tree, standing out in the open. I'm tempted to do the same myself.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you have some excellent trees around you, Philip
DeleteI love all trees, my Granddad worked for the Forestry Commission and he and one other colleague planted over 30,000 trees on part of the South Downs way above Guildford, Dorking, Shere etc. Even when he had retired he would still walk up to take a look at his beloved trees, my Gran used to say he thought more of his trees than her, not true but pretty close. He taught my sister and I so much about trees and nature, something that has given us so much pleasure all our lives and we are eternally grateful. Beech and oak trees are my favourites. Here in East Sussex oaks are called Sussex weeds as there are so many of them and we live off a road called Broad Oak Lane with a ridge of oak trees running behind our house, all over 100 years old. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteOh what a great heritage you have, and lovely memories 🌳🌳🌳
DeleteWhat a lovely shape the tree has and I’ll look forward to the March photo. Catriona
ReplyDeleteYou are running ahead here , C- I was hoping to post a tree 🌳 pic in February first 🤣
DeleteThis is a great idea! Maybe I will do this too!
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DeleteMagnificent specimen standing proud. Locally, we used to celebrate the splendor of the sycamore at Sycamore Gap near Hadrian's Wall, before some mindless vandals destroyed it.
ReplyDeleteSo very sad - but well done to all those who are working to grow saplings from the stump. 👍🌳🙂
DeleteThat tree really is beautiful. Sadly we've had some ancient oaks felled in our neck of the woods due to yet another housing development 🙁. Folk protested, letters were sent and yet all ignored and to top it all we don't have adequate drainage systems to deal with all the extra folk and don't get me started on an already overstretched GP surgery!! Utterly bonkers!!
ReplyDeleteAs you say, utterly bonkers.
DeleteThat was a good idea, maybe I should do so too. I have a tree that I look at through the window when I sit and knit. It's an alder, it doesn't get autumn colors, so maybe a bit boring in a monthly picture. I could also choose a birch along the path. I could choose two trees!
ReplyDeleteTo have TWO trees soundfs like fun - you could post the pictures side by side and see how each responds to the changing seasons.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your photographs. I should do this, but I might have trouble choosing a tree as we are surrounded by them! When we once lived in a city apartment we were fortunate to look out on some trees, and I took a series of photos in the spring to watch them budding and greening up until fully leaved. I didn't take photos of them in the fall, though.
ReplyDeleteThere are many trees round me, I think that was why I failed last year, I could not decide which. This year I have been more decisive
DeleteYou have chosen a lovely tree! I had considered taking pictures of my peach tree, one year, but, didn't continue. Maybe I will do so, this year. :)
ReplyDeleteOh you should - it is your own tree, and brings you much joy. To document it for a year would be good. I am so sad that hundreds (thousands?) of trees in Lis Angeles have burned this week
DeleteYour chosen tree is lovely, and will look even better over the course of the year when it changes with the seasons.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a 'special tree', although I do have a baby apple tree that seems determined to grow taller and taller each year, and never fill out or give us any apples!!
We have a small apple 🍏 tree, it's annual harvest is very unpredictable 🍎
ReplyDeleteReally looking forward to seeing the pics!
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DeleteI love the outline of your chosen tree for the year and look forward to seeing your photos as it develops through the seasons.
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