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Posted by rikita on Aug 5, 2010, 7:08pm

Posted by kimby on Aug 6, 2010, 4:38pm

Aug 5, 2010, 7:08pm, rikita wrote:

beautiful!

thanks, rikita
(I HATE it when a page break moves photos I worked so hard to get to the previous page right after I've posted them

e.g. those in # 58)

Posted by rikita on Aug 6, 2010, 7:32pm

oh, sorry... i should have put my photo and my comment in the same post, then there wouldn't have been a page break... didn't realize that...

Posted by kimby on Aug 6, 2010, 7:54pm

luck of the draw, rikita. I wasn't blaming you. Besides, why should YOU volunteer to take the hit and be the last lovely image on a page?

(And I'm gonna hustle over to the Wood thread and repost one or two of them, since they are dead trees, anyway!)

Posted by kerouac2 on Aug 13, 2010, 5:18pm

Posted by rikita on Aug 18, 2010, 7:19pm

Posted by kerouac2 on Aug 18, 2010, 7:48pm

That's a weed.

Posted by rikita on Aug 19, 2010, 7:20pm

if it's taller than me, it is a tree...

Posted by kimby on Aug 27, 2010, 5:25pm

One from our hike in the Italian Peaks (of Montana/Idaho) a couple weeks ago:

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Posted by bixaorellana on Aug 29, 2010, 1:49am

All the silvery old trees you've here and in the Wood thread are really beautiful, Kimby.

The object in #65 appears to be an agave flower. If so, it's very big.

Posted by kimby on Aug 29, 2010, 11:53am

Thanks bixa. And thanks to Any Port, my eyes have been opened to the beauty of clouds and trees and local color. You all have piqued my interest in photography. And just looking at and appreciating beauty.

Posted by rikita on Sept 12, 2010, 7:18pm

Posted by kerouac2 on Sept 12, 2010, 7:32pm

That one would be excellent on the silhouette thread also.

Posted by bixaorellana on Sept 12, 2010, 10:11pm

Rikita's reminds me of Aubrey Beardsley, or maybe of a turn-of-the-century papercut.

I love Kerouac's -- that light! those shapes!

Posted by tod2 on Oct 30, 2010, 3:11pm

Every October the Jacarandas come into full bloom in South Africa. This street is called Boom street/
a boom is a tree, so in English it would be Tree Street. It is my favourite street in our city of Pietermaritzburg

I love the way the petals make a carpet around the trees.

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Posted by myrt on Oct 30, 2010, 3:40pm

OMG I think that is sooo gorgeous.....! What a wonderful sight...beautiful shots

Posted by kerouac2 on Oct 30, 2010, 6:40pm

Those jacarandas are magnificent, tod!

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Posted by tod2 on Oct 31, 2010, 7:21am

You've got to tell me where you took that leafy shot Kerouac! It is really lovely! With the railing in the background I am guessing it's in a park?

Posted by kerouac2 on Oct 31, 2010, 12:55pm

It's at Les Halles. Most of those trees will be removed soon.

Posted by bjd on Oct 31, 2010, 1:02pm

Posted by kerouac2 on Oct 31, 2010, 1:08pm

Great shot, but that tree looks like it needs to consult a doctor as soon as possible!

Posted by bjd on Oct 31, 2010, 2:06pm

It's a cork oak in Portugal. Just think of all those wine bottles it has donated to!

Posted by tod2 on Oct 31, 2010, 3:39pm

This ancient Boabab tree was already quite old when the Pioneers were moving inland and trading with the people of Mozambique. (Kruger Park has a border with Mozambique )The tree is in the famous Kruger National Park and one is allowed to get out and inspect it up close..........at your own risk 8-)

We always drive around it every time we visit.

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Posted by kerouac2 on Oct 31, 2010, 5:43pm

I love baobabs. But they do look more as though they are more interested in struggling for survival rather than just ensuring our visual pleasure.

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Posted by tod2 on Nov 1, 2010, 5:15am

I know what you mean Kerouac. What I want to find is a photo of a boabab flower. Now that is something really lovely and hard to believe it flowers on an old knarled tree like the boabab!

Posted by bixaorellana on Nov 1, 2010, 5:58am

I can't believe the beauty on this single page.

Tod's jacarandas appear to be dancing in the first shot, whispering together in the second, and raising their voices in song in the third.

Kerouac's golden lady shakes out her skirts, while Bjd's tortured giant writhes. The dignified baobab patiently endures endless seasons.

But that last photo instills a joy for being alive!

Posted by tod2 on Dec 3, 2010, 6:52pm

We were sitting out on the porch having an evening 'slurp' when suddenly the dying sun shone a last golden glow on the trees across the road:
In front shaddow are Pacific Redwoods planted in 1940:

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Posted by kerouac2 on Dec 3, 2010, 7:21pm

Cool!

Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2010, 7:47pm

Fabulous shots, Tod!

Posted by tod2 on Dec 6, 2010, 1:40pm

Kerouac's reply #64 could so easily have been taken at the beginning of my street had I not seen the water and little boats in the picture! Here's ONE of the trees I pass by 10 times a day. It is clinging to a wall built by Italian prisoners of WWII.

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