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An avenue of Silver Birch, which was my wife's 'birth tree' in the symbolic language of trees; needless to say I walked it for her after a contemplative pause :
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The differences between noble and ecclesiastic building architecture are pretty minimal, except for the fortifications. Tintern Abbey is 11th-13thC work. A castle of that period wouldn't likely be so open, but would rather have featured slit windows, generally "T" or inverted "T" in shape, and be behind a wall. If granted permission by the crown, the wall would have crenelations (or without permission, if the Lord wasn't particularly law abiding...).
I really miss living in the UK....
Even from the rolling hills of the Shire it seems you can see Mount Doom!
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My now customary roaming ground of an evening is the Downs Banks, a local, small, nature reserve. We had some rain yesterday and look what it did to the stream!
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In case some viewers might be thinking that there is little special about a small wooden footbridge over a small muddy stream, here is how it was the next day (and still a good few inches higher than it normally is) :
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After sunflowers, daffodils were my wifes favourite flower and at the moment they are blooming all over the place. This one is shedding it's light in a scrap piece of land between a railway line and a facility for distributing gas supplies to a now defunct power station:
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A shame I don't have Photoshop any more, this really needs a bit of selective filtering to bring out the blossom - that was what I was after for the white blossom of the hawthorn was a magical cloud in the shadows cast by the bright sun behind:
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donald1
Senior Master
is that the woods? i like going in the woods except half of the time i forget to wear pants and end up wearing shorts. not good to wear shorts while passing over thorn vines or beside a mesquite tree...
OP
OP
A symbol of regrowth, renewal and life blossoming onward after a devastation.
Birch trees are pioneers, they are often the first trees to grow in an environmental loss to the area.
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May the road rise up to meet you ... silver birch in the sunshine at the western boundary of the Downs Banks:
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OP
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But looks so right
You are at home! It shows in your face
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Aye, Carol 
. As Monadnock is for you, my dear friend, so is the woodland for me .
OTH? Your mailbox is full, good sir - my reply to your kindhearted PM vanished into the board software with a gentle puff of unsmoke as it bounced. I thank you greatly for your concern :bows:.
. As Monadnock is for you, my dear friend, so is the woodland for me .OTH? Your mailbox is full, good sir - my reply to your kindhearted PM vanished into the board software with a gentle puff of unsmoke as it bounced
. I thank you greatly for your concern :bows:.
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ballen0351
Sr. Grandmaster
We are on vacation in Tennessee. This is a waterfall 1000 feet under a mountain. Pretty wild.
