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Randall
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posted February 23, 2009 11:36 PM
  
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Azalaksh
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posted March 08, 2009 09:31 PM
Piggyback-riders.....  Missy Node ~
re: the Zoo Tree, perhaps they encased the tree in clay or some other material and carved into that?? Did you say you had seen other pics of the tree (detail) somewhere?? I'd like to see those  IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 08, 2009 09:51 PM
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Azalaksh
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posted March 08, 2009 09:53 PM
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Azalaksh
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posted March 08, 2009 09:56 PM
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Azalaksh
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posted March 08, 2009 10:04 PM
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Randall
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posted March 17, 2009 10:29 AM
Cool! ------------------
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NosiS
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posted March 28, 2009 03:19 PM
Ditto!Those sculptures are fantastic!  IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 29, 2009 11:09 AM
Magnolia tree blossoms.....  Not sure what this is -- apple maybe.....  Linden blossoms.....  Cardinal in a pear tree.....  IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 29, 2009 11:10 AM
Cherry trees.....   Buddha and cherry blossoms.....   IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 29, 2009 11:12 AM
Royal Poinciana (flame tree).....   Palo Verde tree.....   IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 29, 2009 11:15 AM
Catalpa tree.....    IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted March 29, 2009 05:17 PM
OOOOhh they are so beautiful. I want a whole forest of the dancing trees Cherry and apple blossoms come on in May here. Thanks Z, a most lovely touch spring & summer. juni ------------------
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Azalaksh
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posted March 30, 2009 08:14 PM
All these gorgeous trees help get my mind off the sleet and freezing rain that's coming in from the Dakotas tonite  The ‘Wawona’ tree, the most famous among the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees in Yosemite National Park, stood at an incredible 227 feet tall. It was 90 feet in circumference, and a hole big enough for park visitors to drive through had been cut in the base where it had sustained a fire scar. As such, it’s often called the ‘Drive Through Tree’ or the ‘Tunnel Tree’. Unfortunately, the Wawona tree fell in 1969 under an estimated two-ton load of snow. It was approximately 2,300 years old.  Smoke trees.....   IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 30, 2009 08:24 PM
The Teapot Baobab tree, Madascar.....Baobab trees may be the oldest life forms on the African continent, and many that are still standing today have been around since Roman times. They’re leafless for most of the year, and their thick, bloated, fire-resistant trunks store water during the dry months. Some baobab trunks are so large that people live inside them. Arabian legend about the baobab says “the devil plucked up the baobab, thrust its branches into the earth and left its roots in the air”. This particular specimen, located in Madagascar, is referred to as the ‘Teapot Baobab’.   IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 30, 2009 08:25 PM
The Tule Tree.....In Oaxaca, Mexico stands a gnarly, knotted, gigantic cypress known as the ‘Tule Tree’. At 2,000 to 3,000 years old, it’s one of the oldest living things known on earth, and some say it’s the world’s largest single biomass. Its trunk measures an astounding 164 feet in circumference. The Mixe people of the region believe the Tule Tree to be the walking stick of one of their gods, which took root and grew to the amazing size it is today.    IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 30, 2009 08:32 PM
The Dragon Tree at Icod de los Vinos in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, is quite an unusual specimen. It has been said to be between 650 and 1,500 years old, though experts can’t say for sure since it doesn’t have a single trunk, but rather many small trunks that cling together as they grow upward. It has a dense umbrella-shaped canopy of leaves and gets its name for the resin that is secreted when the bark or leaves are cut, which is said to be the dried blood of dragons and was used in ancient times as a cure for various ailments.   IP: Logged |
pire
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posted June 06, 2009 07:25 AM
beautiful pics!  IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted June 10, 2009 01:47 PM
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juniperb
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posted July 07, 2009 06:49 PM
HA! MN Z, I beat you here... looking for the pic you promised  I surely hope it is warmer & sunnier in MN than MI! These pics are divine! ------------------
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
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posted July 09, 2009 10:08 AM
I have a few Catalpa trees out back. I love them. The blossoms smell wonderful and I adore the "mess" they make.Here's a tree that lives outside what used to be my office at the last place I worked:  I was sure to say hello and goodbye when I came and went! IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted July 09, 2009 08:34 PM
Hi MI Jinu  I was wondering if you knew what kind of tree this is.....
The bloom is something like a lilac (very white -- these are fading and wilting), and they bloom mid-June to first week of July (or so).    IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
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posted July 09, 2009 09:27 PM
It's not a lilac?IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted July 09, 2009 10:08 PM
It's not like a regular lilac shrub -- it's a single-trunk tree about 30-ft tall and doesn't grow like the lilac does with many baby "suckers" springing up from the mama's roots.....
Jinu is an expert on the flora of our area, so I hope she knows
She identified the "Ubiquitous Pink Things" that grow all over the place here, when none of the natives could give me the name See: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/000806.html I wonder if it's a Japanese Lilac?? This looks very much like my subject:  IP: Logged |
Node
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posted August 30, 2009 10:29 PM
googled freak tree 
No, not a tree. I think it definitely has French roots though.
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