… is what this rendering of the view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Cherokee National Forest in Georgia looks to me:
… sieht meiner Meinung nach diese Wiedergabe des Ausblicks auf die Blue Ridge Mountains im Cherokee National Forest in Georgia aus:
Blue Ridge Mountains in/after Rainfall
A view of some of the magnificent oaks on the LBJ Ranch:
Ein Bild der grossartigen Eichen auf der LBJ Ranch:
Magnificent Texas Oaks under a Gorgeous Texas Sky
Some Exif-Data:
Ausgewählte Exif-Daten:
Last year, in spring, our Bradford Pears in our front yard along the driveway were still looking great and blossoming wonderfully in springtime, but then, unfortunately, during the summer, they crashed and are now dead. It was my fault entirely, btw, as the year before I had failed to protect their young stems from the bucks rubbing their horns until it was too late. The bucks simply damaged the bark so much that in the summer heat the trees couldn’t survive – sadly.
Letztes Jahr im Frühling sahen die Bradford Pears in unserem Vorgarten entlang der Einfahrt noch grossartig aus und waren in voller Blüte, aber dann, im Sommer, sind sie ganz plötzlich eingegangen und sind nun total tot. Es war übrigens ausschließlich meine Schuld, denn im Jahr zuvor hatte ich es versäumt, ihre jungen Stämmchen rechtzeitig vor den Rehböcken zu schützen, die ihre Hörner daran geschabt haben. Die Böcke haben dabei ganz einfach die Rinde der Bäumchen in einem solch gravierenden Umfang geschädigt, dass diese den Sommer mit seiner Hitze nicht überlebt haben – schade!
Last year, we had more wildflowers. Here’s a Mexican Hat:
Mexican Hat
A Summer Beauty
Crape Myrtle Blossons aganist a Blue Sky
Our wildflower area – which we leave untouched for most of the year – has some beautiful-looking thistles. We don’t like them in our lawn and in the flower beds, but enjoy them in that wildflower area.
Thistle in Full Bloom
When I recently wrote in my other blog [Pit’s Fritztown News] about trying to raise new oaks in our garden, I was reminded of one of the most spectacular specimens of a Southern Live Oak [Quercus Virginiana], „The Big Tree“ in Goose Island State Park at the Texas Gulf Coast near Rockport/Fulton. Here it is:
The „Big Tree“ in Goose Island State Park
The vital statistics of that magnificent tree:
As I’ve just found out, the correct spelling is „Crepe Myrtle“, with an „e“, not „Crape“, with an „a“.
Crape Myrtle in Bloom
