The alpine garden at Schynige Platte, a smallish mountain ridge in the Bernese Alps, is at 2000m altitude and most alpine wildflowers can be seen here in their natural habitat. An amazing place.
This is a carline or silver thistle.
Friendly Friday: Wildflowers
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one last look at silver & white for Life in Colour.
Color Your World: Vivid Violet
My tree yesterday was colourful in a patriotic way. Today, the colours are much more flamboyant. I’ve taken these photos at a light show in a park.
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How not to think of three witches dances around when you hear the world “cauldron”?
Or possibly a real witch in the cauldron?
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Cauldron
Germany is one of the most densely forested countries in Europe with about a third of the land covered by trees. During the early 1980s the term “Waldsterben” was coined in Germany. The mainstream had started to take notice of the damage that forests were taking from acid rains. I remember at the time reading a French analysis about the fact that Germans seemed to be much more disturbed than other nations about this particular ecological disaster. Germans had a much more intimate and earnest relation to trees and woods, the article maintained.
Hence I thought it would be a good idea to start Becky’s July Squares with a very German tree: it is sporting the colours of the German flag: black, red, and gold.
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These two poplars grace the site of the Roman villa rustica near Großsachsen, close to Ladenburg and Heidelberg. There are other poplars in our area but these two give the site a Mediterranean flair that is just right.
Both trees have numbers. They are 37 years old, mere babies next to the stones of the villa.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trees or Tree Parts
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The last picture on my camera SD in June.
The last picture on my phone SD in June. No comment. Definitely not.
For Brian’s Last on the Card on bushboys world.
