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Milan Banik

Kate its really sad,but we had to agree sometime with this ,love your tall grandour composition!

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February 10, 2006

Roger Bernabo

Such a wonderful shot to hold a sad story

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February 10, 2006

Joe Terni

Kate I feel sad and happy,bitter sweet I suppose.We have introduced pines here(as you would have seen down here).They are beautiful trees and they actually seem to withstand many of our strong winds and storms etc better than our native gums,which have a bad habit of dropping big branches on one.But I have to ride with your native trees and to get them back again.(maybe they could leave one,just one Pine!).Nice shot Kate,and it does stir up emotions re all our beautiful flora worldwide.

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February 10, 2006

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Nice perspective and composition, Late!!!

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February 10, 2006

Joy Rector

great perspective

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February 10, 2006

Donald K. Cherry

Wonderfully seen and captured, Kate!

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February 10, 2006

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Such wonderful tall trees! Great shot!

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February 10, 2006

Carla Metzler

Sad...they are beautiful, Kate.

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February 10, 2006

Mary N C. Taitt

Beautiful shot, how very sad. WAHN!

Kate, post this link to this picture at:
http://www.spunwithtears.com/thursday.html. Their theme for the week is trees. It only takes 30 seconds. You need the link copied from the top of the page for this picture, your name, and your email (which they don't give out.) XOX Mary :-)

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February 10, 2006

Kate Jackson

Thanks guys for your comments. I am not sad. I am happy to see them go. They are dark underneath and nothing else grows underneath them. And they are full of those horrid grey squirrels that somebody let in from the States and wiped out our beautiful little reds like Squirrel Nutkin.
It is much better to walk in our native woodland and see the changes of the seasons and all the bluebells growing underneath. Many more birds. I could go on and on.
We had a hurricane back in 1987. Row upon row of these pines which were much smaller then blew over. They spent much time and money on planting a big variety of native trees with protective covers from the rabbits. But hardly any survived. Miracle of miracles the silver birch along with other species all came up completely unaided. I have watched them growing through the years as I have walked the woods.

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February 10, 2006

Tammy Scott

WHOA! Fantastic perspective! It is too bad they have to go but it sounds like some more beauties will be popping up there!

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February 10, 2006

Mary N C. Taitt

Hey, I see you posted this link on the Thursday challenge--cool!

I'm glad you're not sad. I guess native species are almost always better than invasive aliens, but they are mighty specimens. Mary XOX

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February 10, 2006

Kate Jackson

Thanks Tammy!
Joe I forgot to say that they will leave some prize pines and also will leave some of them once they are felled for us to sit and play on. I can't wait to take the Grannies to play!!

Mary, yes I entered this one. Is that Thursday challenge restricted to just one?

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February 10, 2006

Jamil Saliba

Wonderful composition , always I love old and big trees and to hear that want to do some thing in place of them wowww

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February 10, 2006

Darryl Wilkinson

Love the angle, Kate, beautiful composition!!!

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February 10, 2006

Donna Roberts

LOL Kate - I felt sad then I read your comments and know I am all confused about what I feel......!
I *do* know that this is a lovely way to capture the memory of what once was.
:-) ddu

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February 10, 2006

Deb Holmes-Hatfield

Love your perspective, Kate, such beautiful trees!

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February 11, 2006

Goshka G.

Great angle on this, Kate!

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February 11, 2006

Jenny Bosmans

Wonderful composition and capture, Kate!! Great story too!

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February 11, 2006

Susie Peek-Swint

Great capture Kate ~ I too love to see the silver birch and the leafier trees with the bluebells in the woods ~ however I love the pine trees... when I was very small we moved out of London to the clean air of Surrey and had lovely big pine trees in our backgarden.. I used to love to put the cones on the fire and watch the colours as the oils were released.. love the smell too... hope they can compromise and find a balance :)

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February 26, 2006

Kate Jackson

Since taking this pic and commenting in here they have actually started taking the pines down. Of course they were only ever planted there in order to eventually be logged. They will be leaving some of them but mostly it seems so light in the woods now. But I am so looking forward to seeing how nature will recover itself.
Thanks Susie! That does sound a wonderful memory of the cones on the fire!

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February 26, 2006

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