Solstice 2010 Pikkie Thread

[Dathi]

So, what's it like out your way? We have not had a photo thread for a while, so how about sharing your landscape this season?

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Out my back door.

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Druid Donkey

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Cheers,

Dathi (Snowbound, and thus with time on hands to mess about).

[Huathe]

My 14 year old daughter Sarah and I were exploring the forest along Lake Julian ( Asheville North Carolina ) and measured a Holly to 51 feet tall. There is no more a fitting tree for this yuletide time of year!

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Hawthorn Ent

[butterfly watcher]

Hi Dathi
I hope i remember how to post.
The first 3 were taken on Dartmoor, where a most beautiful sunset pink was in action.



Bowerman`s Nose



Name that cloud formation.............



Saxon Hill Fort.



Yes i know it`s not landscape but i just had to post this one
Ice.....We`ve had a lot recently
Happy New Year

Hawthorn-Ent......... What a mighty tall Holly, beautiful. They`re a welcome sight in the winter season.

[Huathe]

Butterfly Watcher.

At almost 50 feet tall, this is a sizeable one but the biggest I have seen is 97 feet, located in Congaree National Park SC. It was HUGE!

[Dathi]

Greetings all. And a Happy New Year to all the Happy Snappers and DHP'rs.
HE, that is some holly, I never realised that they could grow so big!
BW, shew, that's breathtaking lighting and landscape. I trust you were well wrapped up, if looks chilly.

Here are a few more from adventures this week. First two taken from the ancient sunfort of Grianan an Aileach http://unknownswilly.wordpress.com/

The first suggests three layers of the world. From the underworld through the tunnel entrance to the walls, valley and sky beyond.

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Between Worlds

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The second two both feature the magical Mt Errigal. From a distance (just visible as a bump on the skyline), and from close up.

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Errigal at a distance

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Errigal close up

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Cheers,

Dathi

[butterfly watcher]

A 97ft Holly......what sight Hawthorn-Ent,,the one in my garden is a mere 10-12ft.

Amazing sunsets on the blog Dathi the ancient sunfort of Grianan an Aileach wow . The resting place of The White Horsemen waiting to rise again.
We have no structures like that here.

Under the rolling mist there is an Iron age hillfort, we have a few in the local area. I think the water element is strong in this photo. Snow, frost , mist, the water vapour in the clouds. It was taken earlier in the month, and yes it was rather cold.