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The All Seeing Eye of the Ancient Oak……

Eye-of-the-Oak

This Oak has stood for over 1000 years and its all seeing eye has seen storms, and much else, come and go. In a welcome and sunny break between the storms it was good to explore the woods to see how they faired.  In parts the strong winds seemed to have acted like a vacuum removing all the ground clutter and leaving a relatively clear woodland floor……

Bare-woodland

Elsewhere the ravages of those winds are clear to see with broken branches…..

Fallen

and up-rooted trees…….

Fallen-Birch

More storms are forecast but for now it is great to enjoy the  early morning sunshine as it creates a warming glow silhouetting the this Yew with a spring like feel….

Yew-Tree-Glow

But the real surprise and a welcome bonus to the morning was the discovery of this clump of Wild Snowdrops hiding safely away below some wild brambles……

Snowdrop-1

Spring may well be on its way!

6th February

© David Oakes 2014

7 thoughts on “The All Seeing Eye of the Ancient Oak……”

  4. Ah, the eye in the oak is wonderful–it reminds me very much of the eye of a whale. For your sake, I hope that your spring is really on its way. It’s dropping to -8F (-22C) here tonight. The new snow is absolutely crunchy underfoot. I need escape…

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  5. Love the texture in the eye of the oak. Stay safe we have even heard of the wild storms lashing UK down under (Australia).

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  6. There you go perfect trees and oh those snowdrops – just perfect we have seen them too even this far north – I got out and about yesterday to Loch Glass – a fabulous location north of Dingwall – and hoping to be out again tomorrow (back on the road again – happy Spring)

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