World Bonsai Day

Killyleagh Landscape

My work has taken me through Killyleagh in County Down a lot recently and I spotted this tree on the rise of a hill. After the third time I just had to take the camera with me for a snap to share. Loads of nice image trees about but always hard to get a photo with a uncluttered backdrop. If you look carefully, you can just about see the old rope hanging from the bottom right branch were the swing used to be. At least I hope that’s what it there for!! I’ve been watching too much Game of Thrones lately ❗

Snow Snaps

I would love to claim these as mine, so I will, aren’t they lovely 🙂

I can’t do it! Hugh would kill me 😀 These are recent shots taken by Hugh showing my favourite thing, trees, with my least favourite thing, snow!

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This fella is a hardy breed indeed. Not many of us left 😉

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No snow which is a bonus 🙂

 

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Scarlet Elf Cup

Spotted these Scarlet Elf Cup Fingi on a recent walk.What a great name for these.

Spring?

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Old News

Back in December I made this post about a famous tree in my area.  I always thought the BBC were on the ball but they are only now catching up 🙂

Click on the image below to read an article today on the BBCNI News website

 

Really BBC, keep up! 🙂

Here Comes the Sun

Sometimes it worth getting up a little earlier.

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Love a Nice Nebari Me!

 

Courtesy of Bonsai Baker

Belvior Forest Park Belfast

Some photos from a recent walk in Belvior Forest and along the Lagan river.

Disappearing Bit by Bit

This old tree is a bit of a landmark if you live in Bangor County Down. It can be seen from the road when travelling from Bangor to Holywood. It’s in a now famous field as Rihanna cavorted around in it during the Summer and got told off by a local farmer 🙂

Michael over on his futterwithtrees blog photographed it back in December 2011 but as you can see, recent storms have reduced the tree even further.

This is Michaels shot last year

and mine from last weekend