Mountain cedar

Flickr member Andrew Allan Jpn took this terrific image of cedar trees in fog in Nara, Japan with a Ricoh GR.

Caucasian Wingnut

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York.

Caucasian Wingnut, otherwise known as the “Trump Tree.”

Latin: Trumpus-Sociopathicus

Family: Deplorables

The Broccoli Tree: A Parable

A tree on a lake shore in Sweden looks like a stalk of broccoli. A photographer decides to photograph it over a number of years. It becomes popular on social media. Someone else makes a video about the entire broccoli tree thing. This is that video. Amazing.

[via Uncrate]

Wild trees in the Netherlands

Flickr member Howard White posted this rather creepy but fantastic image of trees growing in a forest in the Netherlands. Taken with his Fuji X-T2.

One tree, one year

Bruno D’Amicis and Umberto Esposito kept a surveillance camera running for a year, aimed at a single tree in the Apennines (a mountain range in central Italy).

Numerous animals pass by the tree including boars, wolves, foxes, badgers, deer, and a bear (among others) who decides to scratch his back on the tree. This video is edited so that seasons fly by and animals come and go in succession.

Fascinating and brilliant.

[via Kottke.org]

Tree reflection

My flickr contact Takuya posted this otherworldly reflection.

Root network

Flickr member Rich posted two images of a tree growing in Hong Kong where the roots have followed the seams between cobblestones, no doubt because of access to water. Amazing.

Cedar bark

Steep Rock Preserve, Washington, Connecticut.

We took a short walk along the Shepaug River, attempting to avoid ice and finally gave up and called it quits. Without spikes on hiking boots it’s nearly impossible to walk on the trails around here right now.

There’s a large cedar tree in the parking area and its bark is amazing so I took a few shots near the ground. This tree is at least 100 years old, maybe older.

Tree bark

My flickr contact Chris Johnston posted this wonderfully detailed image of shedding and curling tree bark.

Primitive Technology: building a grass hut

This is a fantastic process video on building a frame and covering it with grass to build a hut.

There are many more at the Primitive Technology site and for those who prefer, he has a Primitive Technology YouTube Channel.

[via The Kid Should See This]