Villanelle of the Elm and Bird Among the pale Elm trees, many things appease, Like the glorious song of the Hummingbird. I sit admiring the birds as I please. The Evening’s blue fog wheels in Elm’s mystic leaves, Hooting owl’s decibels sing loud and absurd. Among the pale Elm trees, many things appease. To […]
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Poem_Eileen Prunster
#Autumn Hues the brilliant hues of autumn dripping from the trees piling up around their trunks almost to my knees scarlet red and russet brown form deep puddles on the ground gold medallions from the elm worth more than coins of the realm By Eileen Prunster
Poem_Christos Andreas Kourtis
This Is Why I love Trees As strong as the mystic Oak as bountiful as the Chestnuts burden liken to palm tree on a lonely island kind as a spring apple blossom Sometimes weeping liken to a Willow bending in waters hiding tears singing like a London Plain in the smoggy city streets Bitchy […]
Poem_Cheryl Love
The Fairy of the Apple Blossom This tiny fairy, let us say has attitude. Most little things get on her pip! Sitting amongst fragrant blossom Is not nice, no pleasure trip. She has to put up with frilly petals Leaves and the odd red spider. It is the constant supply of buds That to […]
Poem_Aayush Vasudeva
Berry There are many delicacies one can relish, Some crunch and some squish, but my personal favourite: the berry Be it a pink straw or a cherry Their appearance is a feast for the eyes, It’s an addiction rather, one that can’t be given up, no matter how hard i try Upon taste, the nectar […]
Pitchford TreeHouse
Pitchford TreeHouse is the Oldest in the World! It was built in 1473 by Shrewsbury wool merchants, the Ottley family who bought Pitchford Hall. The Lime Tree it’s built in is estimated to be 800-900 years old. It has been visited by Queen Victoria and by three British Prime Ministers.
Osprey
Eagles and ospreys frequent similar habitats and sometimes battle for food. Eagles often force osprey to drop fish that they have caught and steal them in midair. Ospreys are superb fishers and indeed eat little else. Fish make up some 99 percent of their diet. Osprey eggs don’t hatch all at once, but are […]
Mouse Lemurs
Mouse Lemurs are nocturnal tree dwellers! Native to Madagascar, it has the smallest known brain of any primate at just 2 grams or 0.004 pounds. #Madagascar is home to lemurs and trees that cannot be found in any other place in the world. It spends most of its time in trees and can move […]
Methuselah
Methuselah is the world’s oldest individual tree that lives 10,000 feet above sea level in the Inyo National Forest in California, USA. A staggering 4,765 years old, this primeval tree was already a century old when the first pyramid was built in Egypt. The tree is hidden among other millennia-old Great Basin bristlecone pines […]
Mangrove Pitta
Mangrove Pitta is a star attraction for birdwatchers! It is difficult to spot through the dense mangrove forest at #Sundarbans, a Grow-Trees.com project site. It is found in coastal mangroves, along tidal rivers and freshwater swamp forest. It feeds on creatures found in the drier mud at the bases of mangroves. It is classified […]