Rosenborg Castle, The Gardens

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A Lantern & A Tree... (If you have time and are in the mood, take a look at the next photo...)

Altar of Kubol, made out of cut woods, made during the 2007 Holy Week Celebration in Macalelon, Quezon, Philippines

I found this boat near KL Museum. This boat is one of the popular transport before our independence day.

This old house made mostly of wood except for the roof, still standing strong though signs of wear and tear are visible amidst the past of times, nowadays houses are built of stones and concrete.

This picture was taken from home furniture. Alternate band of autumn wood and spring wood, radiating thin lines are medullary rays. [Dark spots are wide lumened vessel element [as good as vertical pipe line] that conducts water from roots to leaves. These alternate rings are formed by secondary growth [growth in thickness] and hence known as annual rings or growth marks or growth rings. this on different plain of cut looks as figure on wood.

Carved in a tree at the Enchanted maze on the Mornington Pennisula

Carved in a tree at the Enchanted maze on the Mornington Pennisula

wood sculpture

This is part of an old tree in our front yard.

Shows annual rings, number of rings indicates the age of plant, there are two alternate rings spring wood and autumn wood, secondary growth is more in spring as leaves transpired more water, so plant has to conduct more water, vessels and tracheids thus formed has wide lumen. reverse to that Winter no leaves less transpiration so growth is less, lumen of vessel is narrow hence bloked by gum so looks dark [autumn wood].

I love this one

What can I say, it is a beautiful day, the sun is helping and the tree does the rest. :P

I liked the redish of the wood.

I'm not sure how these trees got so twisted, but I thought they looked cool.

Petrifed wood

After years of being proud I show you my heart. See this wonderful tree in forest Koepelbos, Olderberkoop, The Netherlands, 9 May 2007

© 2007 Shirley Allmon

This great roots are from the trees in the forest in Appelscha, The Netherlands. Because this is a sand and dunes area, the wind blows for many, many years, thats the reason the sand is blown away and you can see the roots of the trees.

late 14th century. Open saturdays & sundays 10-6 end march-end sept

In the South of Ireland. In Celtic polytheism the word druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which existed through much of Western Europe and in Britain and Ireland until they were supplanted by Roman government and, later, Christianity. Druidic practices were part of the culture of all the tribal peoples called "Keltoi" and "Galatai" by Greeks and "Celtae" and "Galli" by Romans, which evolved into modern English "Celtic" and "Gaulish". They combined the duties of priest, arbitrator, healer, scholar, and magistrate

At a open air museum in Bokrijk,Belgium.

The Face is a part of a project with Wood carving! Enjoy our walk trough the Kuinderbos, we found so many beautiful things on our way.

Nicely situated in a green envirement.Picture taken at Seurasaari Island at the open air museum in Finland.

I see a crocodile with jaws open & about to snap shut on the stump! I find it fun to look at objects & see something other than the obvious.

Original Cabin in the Smoky Mountians North Carolina © 2007 Shirley Allmon

This massive 100 Gun Ship of the Line. Was Lord Nelsons flaghip at the Battle of Trafalgar.

These Wooden Stakes are used to stop the Sand Dunes from eroding.

Left to rot in this forest, Some trees are cut to allow light and a better natural growth for the flaua and fauna

Almost skull like

Furnished by man

Furnished by an animal

Furnished by nature

Very pretty with reflections from the trees.

Carved out of cedar and completed in the mid 16th Century. I had to crop this as the carvings are so extensive, only a vertical shot would fit them in - the full photo is the previous shot to the left.

this tree in my yard has bright orange flakes on it's trunk.I don't know what it is,but it sure is pretty

this old stump reminded me of myself.Old,rippled and with just a few cracks.LOL

this statue was carved only using a chainsaw and one piece of wood.

this is a branch!!! with a very strange shape.lutraki it is wodden of course.it is b&w photo but i dont care to win i want to provide some more artistic shots thank u

The Schofield Ford Covered Bridge is located in a remote section of Tyler Park, is one of 12 covered bridges in Bucks County

These wooden planes are replicas, built by hand, by the craftsmen who currently work in the Joyner's shop. In Penn's time the Joyners would have built furniture for his home, yokes for the oxen and anything else needed around the manor that could be made from wood. The Joyner's that currently work in the shop make period furniture for the manor entirely by hand with the wooden tools they've made.

Cutalossa Farm, near the Delaware River, is one of the most tranquil spots in Bucks County. And the most photographed too!

Lake Dias Park DeLeon Springs

Driving up Sand Dunes Dr in Ormond Beach, I happened to spot this door and thought it was different..and knew what the next challenge was going to be..

Creative Challenge: Wood

Creative Challenge: Wood

Wooden homes (puutalot) along Kaupinkatu street in Tampere, Finland. These homes were probably built in the 1940s.

Please view full size for the textures. This massive stump was about five feet wide and maybe four feet tall. I have no idea of its age (except that it's not a fossilized piece!).

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Best viewed full size - both the Tall Ship and her figurehead are made from wood.

This lycopod tree is about 300,000,000 years old. It is located on the beach at Joggins, Nova Scotia, which is currently in the final stages of being considered as a United Nations World Heritage Site. It is often termed "The Coal Age Galapagos" because many of the fossils found there represent the earliest known specimens of their kind. Paleontologists consider it one of the world's best locations for studying the Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) Period. Please view full size to get the detail of the root system. Here's a link to a current (October 9) news story regarding this amazing site. http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/944744.html

This is a wooden flume bridge on the South Independence Trail near Nevada City, California. The flume used to carry water for miners during the California gold rush. Now it has been converted to carry hikers! This section of the flume spans a small waterfall.

Old entrance to Fort Pike in New Orleans. Fort Pike is a decommissioned 19th century fort which formerly guarded the Rigolets pass in Louisiana. It is now within the city limits of New Orleans, and was long a tourist attraction. It was damaged by the Hurricane Katrina storm surge in 2005. The fort was built in 1818 to guard against British reinvasion of the United States. It came under the control of the Louisiana Continental Guard in 1861, just weeks before Louisiana joined the Confederacy. The Union reclaimed the fort in 1862 while resident troops were engaged at the Battle of Vicksburg. The fort was abandoned in 1890, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Despite having changed hands multiple times in a history spanning at least two major wars, no cannon was ever fired in battle at Fort Pike. The storm surge caused extensive damage to the fort and destroyed adjacent state park buildings.The site is closed to visitors indefinitely.

Cook Forest, PA

At one time all the fences in New Brunswick were made of wooden rails from small trees. This was before wire was readily available.

Once a tall stately tree. it is now returning to the earth.

From a visit at the Indian Battlefield Park in Lethbridge, Canada.

Everybody visiting gets a piece of wood to paint on, instead of a guest book! At my friends Cabin in Canada!

Welcome to Minnesota!

An old wooden sign for ANVIL brand pocket knives. It is resting on the wooden "awning" of my basement "saloon" false-front.

Timber stack

Weathered wood, best view is full size!

Play house, please look at the next picture too, a funny bonus ;)

A "decoy" sculpture of mine. A contrasting of textures. The bird is 8-1/4 inches long (head to tail).

This Is as big as it gets.

Hand-made wooden "casting-molds" like this were firmly pressed into "casting sand" leaving a depression into which molten iron was poured, creating a cast-iron gear.

My Daughter's idea and i thought she was right

A Tree at the Country Park in North Nottinghamshire, England

spindly tree with orange growth

Maori Pa at Rotorua New Zealand with wood carvings on the front

Brush which has taken on an orange colouring due to the thermal activity surrounding it at Waiotapu NZ

Taken in 2001, this is just one of the many islands that are scattered around Keystone Lake in Oklahoma.

This is one of the tables at the pinic area we found down by the Hickory. It's made out of railroad ties and what we think are slabs of old bridge [they're whole pieces of very old, and very thick wood]

This was taken of a wooden cross in a very old graveyard, but I chose to focus on the headstone on the left for effect. I have a focused pic of the wooden cross, it just did not have the same creepy feel this one did. I shot this using a Canon 300D with a Nikon 135mm at F2.8 to reduce the depth of field. I also like manual focus Nikon glass, super sharp fast glass that won't kill your wallet. Thanks for looking-Tom

Very old hollow tree fallen over the old house foundation.

Taken at the water park in Dubai during a family holiday

Once a bustling one room school house, time and the elements have all but erased its memory but not the rich heritage left in the wake of its demise.

In the ninetieth years of XIX century in the Moscow toy workshop " Children's education " was brought a figure of the good-natured bald old man of wise man Fukuruma from Japan. It represented a little enclosed one in another of figures. The turner on a tree Vasily Zvezdochkin has turned similar figures which also were put one in another from a tree. On the first nested doll the girl in simple city suit has been represented: a sundress, an apron. The toy consisted of eight figures. The image of the girl alternated with the image of the boy, differing from each other. Last represented the baby. The name "Matriona" then was widely widespread. From here the name - "nested dolls" also has gone.

This is actually the same tree featured in the challenge blog. This branch is older and more exposed than the one featured

Don't you want to climb me?

An old tree downed on Mt Rainier provides a home for beautiful green moss growth.

Beautiful lush green area from mosses growing on downed trees among old growth on Mt Rainier.

Beautiful fall red leaves against a background of a fallen pine tree.

put borders on it so it would have proper dimensions

From the front, you see an interesting carving of an owl. From the back, you see uncarved wood. The note on the bottom says that it was carved from Hibiscus wood from Bali.

In Brooklyn

WOOD

contest: wood

contest: wood

contest: wood

The peeling bark is so beautiful in the sunlight.

For those cold winter nights.

Decorative and useful.

The famous Ta Prohm Temple at Siem reap.

This guy is carved entirely out of one solid Redwood Tree. He can be found waiting patiently for Paul in the Redwoods of Northern California at the "Trees of Mystery"!!

Boat house on Lake Tahoe,Ca.

This is back in business after being closed for many years.

Aekingerzand, Appelscha

Aekingerzand, Appelscha

One no longer living and the other just clinging to life. They almost look like twins.

Experiment Creative Challenge

Hope this qualifies for the creative challenge "wood"

Cables's Mill @ Cades Cove Great Smokey Mountains National Park

We don't have trees that grow like this in the midwest!

The kids were having a great time climbing. They are not tiny kids. I would guess they were 10-12 years old. Roots were HUGE.

Antique Hutch

Colored Pencils

Bears Carved from Tree Trunks

The restored "Billy Bob" hand-carved goat was recently added to the Looff Carousel in Spokane, WA

This is a picture of a giant sequoia tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park near Arnold, California.

A section of the beautiful wooden beamed vaulted ceiling of Exeter's 1000 year old cathedral,I composed it to give a pleasing abstract appearance.

An old steam traction engine driven sawmill makes short work of sawing trees into boards at Churston.

This magnificent old wooden sail trawler is one of several in Brixham harbour,it is over 100 years old,well maintained,and is available for private charter scenic coastal trips.

I love the Tugs and feel a special connection to them and to seafaring life. My Grandfather had a tug called the "Sunset" It was moored at the end of the dock on the Duwamish waterway in Seattle. I have heard different reports and do not know if he had another called "The Flying Dutchman" but that is what we have believed all of these years. As children, my brother and I would go down to the marina and sneak on board the different boats just because we loved them so much. Whenever I see the tugs, I remember those days as a child and how special these work-horses of the sea are.

A Skeleton of a Farmhouse. A typical construction building from the middle and east of the Netherlands in the olden days. More details are available on the following photo

This tree cought my eye because so many plants grow on it

I don't know the name of this tree but I have entered it because it is so beautiful and also very old

This timber structure is a covered viewpoint on a ridge overlooking the Snoqualmie Valley and Mount Si in the Cascade Mountains of Western Washington.

The timber roof of a covered viewpoint is framed by ridges of high clouds. This is located in the Cascade Mountains, near North Bend, Washington.

We found this sequoia tree that had fallen over many years ago exposing the shallow root ball. It is amazing how small the root structure is to hold up these magnificent giants.

Rueda de carreta para el transporte de alimento para ganado.

Sometimes, it is hard to tell what is metal and what is wood---however the era of this building along the Erie Canal suggests that wood was primarily used. Most of the metal pieces seen--which are not many--are mainly used to keep the building together. If it is true that windows are the eyes of a building, it would be so interesting to see what this window has seen as it does face the Erie canal. In some parts of the Canal, where it is restored, they do use the barges and mules to move items and people for a ride of history.

This a cabboose from the Detroit - Mackinaw RailRoad Line. It is salvaged by Greenfield Village (The Henry Ford) and many people are trying to restore these parts of our history.

This beautifuly restored bridge in Yosemite was adjacent to the Wawona Hotel

There are so many old buildings and supply barns left vacant along the Erie Canal after better transportation routes west were established. Many cities are trying to restore these precious artifacts of days gone by.

These are roof shingles, but I thought they looked way cool. Hope you like it.

Many years ago, virtually everything in our homes were made of wood, and before electricity, all of it was hand-hewn

Old and broken up it is nice to rest on the wooden fence.

It was after I made this photo http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2776829340042577542MGiIXO

Karelian birch

Oh what love!

Once upon a time.

Old Sturbridge Village, MA. Circa 1979

Taken from a fallen tree on a river bank. It was sandwiched between two larger roots and is approximately 6-1/2" in length.

Newport, RI. Circa 1979

Some lonely driftwood Parked upon the pebbled beach.

Elephant wrinkles Crafted in the wood

Driftwood found on the beach at Lincoln City. I like the burn hole in it. It adds a different color and dimension to the wood.

A quirk of Mother Nature.

Looks kind a like a bug. lol Those nails look like antenna.

This is such an awesome picture! Love it! Love it!

My sister and brother in laws drunken bonfire 2007.

Looks to me like he's found someone's Frito. A real goldmine for this little guy! - Lake George - Mammoth, CA

Chapel in the Hills, Rapid City, SD. The chapel itself is an exact reproduction of the famous Borgund Stavkirke of Laerdal, Norway. Best viewed in full size.

This lovely tree section makes a fantastic centerpiece to be decorated by any flower for any season.

Cherry Creek State Park - Aurora, CO

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'Alau Island, viewed from Koki Beach. The waves were crashing...larger than usual. Some were breaking at 40' plus. The view from this point was stunning! In fact, this is our favorite picture from our trip.

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I happened across this scene as we walked along the ocean from Cape Alava to Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park in Washington state.

A train depot made of wood, log cabins of wood, old wagon of wood. P1070244

Despite more than a century of collecting, a few beautiful crystals hide in the petrified logs of Crystal Forest. It is illegal now to take anything from the Petrified Foret National Park. P1100189

Disney World, Florida P1110523

Lions... 'n Tigers...'n Bears... Oh my!

Old residence of the China Camp remember the times spent in the cafe and the friends that have passed. This counter has seen decades of changes, only to have remained the same. I sat at the end of the counter, straining to ease-drop on their conversation. All were once children here. Now they are the grandparents seeing generations gather for the festival to celebrate their lives.

Best transport in a crowded city

Carved by Gaston Turcotte...Quebec, Canada...BETTER VIEWED FULL SCREEN.

Hand crafted from a piece of spruce 2x6. This is used for storing matches on top of a fireplace. The baby loon is removal to access the matches. I used ceramic opaque acrylic paint and sealed it...Larry

This photo was taken in early spring out at Oak Hammock Marsh just north of Winnipeg. BETTER VIEWED FULL SCREEN.

This is a section from a Tazmanian Tree Fern trunk after all the fibers have been removed.

The creek has carved a cave under the roots of this hug cedar tree.

This is an ancient carving of an astronaut. It was at the Roswell museum. This is a small section and the whole thing is huge.

... nobly standing at attention in neat rows, as if ready to resume their life's only single purpose, only to now be neglected and forgotten in their advanced years, and soon to fall unnoticed, uncared for, and washed away into oblivion. (dsc_0915nx)

This lady showed up the day of my big traffic accident and has lived in my tree through my recovery. She actually lives in this hole in the tree trunk. Comes out daily to say hello. I say she, as she's had two offspring that have joined her in the hole in my tree. Many thanks to all three of them!

Catchin' some rays after shedding.

This gorgeous old tree has been at Verona Park for as long as I can remember. I am sure it is at least 100 years old. It is so beautiful - I love to take photos of it. This is my favorite shot of this awesome tree.

Private Collection

Our late friend June, an artist and pro photographer, would have liked this photo. I was so inspired by how creative she was with her photos, that I saw the beauty in this wood pile. We lost our friend the end of May - she was a cancer survivor three times.

in the Ligurian (Mediterranean) sea in Tall ships race 2007 - in front of CAMOGLI

I think that I shall never see, A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest, Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear, A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. (Joyce Kilmer, 1886–1918)

A creative way to pile wood.

This is the type of old tree stump from which coal develops.

This tree stump was sculptured to represent a scene from World War 1.

Bark(ing) Wood

...ON THE ROCKKSS

Carved in a tree at the Enchanted maze on the Mornington Pennisula

Not sure what it was about this wooden “Tiki Man” (as i ended up naming him) that made me smile and want to take picture after picture of him…

Black and White Photography Experiments

Neve Tsedek - Tel-Aviv, Israel

Sand Sculptures Festival in Haifa (Israel) 2006

a wooden embroidery

wood lost on the beach of Schooner's Cove, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

This Northern land was inhabited by finnic peoples. The ancient and gorgeous church was entirely built with pine and wooden tiles. Unesco World Heritage Fund

Waikamoi Rainforest Nature Preserve Maui Hawai'i ~ "A gigantic tree doesn't become that by knowing it's a tree while still a seed. It only knows growth. Constantly changing, while still remaining the same. Being not at all concerned with end results, it is content just to grow and not know where it is going. The seedling, shoot and mature tree aren't the goal, but the process-- the journey." Author Unknown

Ku - The youngest brother is known as the warrior and the god of the war and chiefs, god of the forests, canoe making, and fishing. Through out ancient times he was feared and had no friends because of his heated temper and destructive personality. Through his brothers, he learned how to love life and he provides spiritual visions using goals and objectives for the family. A fierce protector, if I encountered this demi-god on a path I would stop in my tracks! This amazing Tiki I found in the garden at Mama's Fish House, Pa'ia, Maui

This wonderful tree is located in Summit Lake, Wisconsin.

room for the pilot - no passengers!

Baroque stalles from Sculptor Pedro Duque Cornejo created in 1750; I took my seat there and put my camera on the free seat of the next stalle so I could take a discret shot; The richness of the massive mahogany wood carvings surpasses imagination; There was by chance just on this stalle a calvary Pieta!

Here the base of a storm lightened monarch has been transformed in a huge forest concert hall.

Here the trees become voracious and litterally eat the temples with their unbelievable roots.

the Falls

carved wooden pine box

A close up showing the wooded gear teeth. a steel on steel gearing would have been so lound that no one could have stood the noise. The gear teeth and bearings where made from lignumvitie (SP.?) a south american wood chosen for it hardness, it is so dense that it will not float in water.

Antique handtools and a carved piece of coffin ornamentation rest on the old workbench.

Inventory control before the computer. Nails where placed in the holes denoting items in stock and where they where stored.

Beautifully preserved in this simple historic church built in 1832, Beaverton Ontario. The windows and door of this church are lovely.

This bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick is 1,282 feet long. It's amazing to go inside the bridge and see how it was build many years ago when horses and buggies travelled through it. Now cars drive through it. Definitely a different era.

I have no idea in the world why people would do this. My husband and I were driving down a highway when I saw this tree so I asked him to stop and turn around so I could get a picture of it. I thought I was seeing things until we drove back to it. View full size in order to see the different variety of footware attached to this tree. There's even a pair of ice skates.

This is a very long beautiful wooden boardwalk leading from the beach area to rented chalets in Cape Pele, New Brunswick, Canada. There are so many twists and turns it's impossible to photograph them all in one picture from ground level.

The figurehead of the Narai Song Suban royal barge. Used by the king and royal family during special ceremonies.

Trees of Mystery, Northern California

Trees of Mystery, Northern California

This is a cemetery in the poor community of San Elizario, Texas. Wooden crosses held by bailing wire and nails are the way in which many who are buried here are remembered.

Our photography club had a shoot at this Salt Bed. Everyone was framing the model as the interest point. And while she is a pretty young lady, this post was what held my interest. I like the contrast of the two, especially with the strong red color in the background. I tried to shoot this where the dof was just narrow enough to blur the model, while keeping the post sharp.

Jane Bowman's wooden grave marker still survives from the time of her death in 1887, probably preserved partly in fact, because of the low humidity and lack of rain on the desert.

This boat was used to catch carp that were shipped by rail to San Francisco to make gefilte fish, a pickled fish, often canned, for the Jewish population there in the 1920's. Years later, the lack of water in Walker Lake has left the old girl high and dry on the shore.

Ancient Bristle Cone Pine can actually survive with just a small amount of bark left on it.

Hand-carved nativity set from San Antonio Ibarra, a small village in Ecuador

A fisherman wooden raft in seashore in Punta Sal beach in Peru

An ancient balcony from Hacienda Santa María (Tarma-Peru)

I did think this looked like the mythical phoenix fire bird

Old Library doors, just off the beach

& still alive in Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains CA. The new photos from 05 trip start at No 23 on page 2

The opening this side once had a door but tree is still growing after 1000 years & closing opening

Roses handcarfted by a Indian lady on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

This tree was hand cut about 100 years ago, you can see a new tree (not so new) growing inside.

Salmon Returning Home ~ This 1800 year old California Redwood Cedar stump inspired the artworks environmental theme. This sculpture celebrates the Salmons lifecycle and gives new life to the cedar stump. Growing up in surrounded by a family of chainsaw artists, this brother and sister team is carrying on their family’s heritage as fine artists.by Lynn and Boaz Backus, Deming, WA at Peace Arch Park, Blaine, WA

an indian elephant made out of wood

Interesting bark at Itasca State Park

Feather on boardwalk at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary

Smooth patterns on a tree at Flag Ponds Nature Park

Ready for winter.

I love the coloring here. You can walk thru this fallen Giant.Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Northern California on Highway 12

The wood on these Redwood is so beautiful! Imagine they used to cut these beautiful Giants down.

on Highway 12 at Angels Camp, Frog Jumping Capital in Calaveras County, Northern California Sierra Foothills

Jamestown Settlement Visitor's Center pavilion roof looking through to trees above.

Wooden fence in colonial Williamsburg VA behind Capitol building

Carved Trinity Tree is made from a dead sycamore in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. It is close to to St Mary’s Church. Chilean wood sculptor, Juan Carlos Lizana Correno was commissioned by local parish priest, Canon Pádraig ÓFiannachta, to work on the tree. It depicts the three persons in the Trinity and the main teachings of the Church. Also there is evidence of God’s bounty, with the miracle of loaves and fishes.

This is an amazing display of beaver carvings at Land Between the Lakes, KY. There were numerous felled trees in the area, and a beaver dam nearby.

Beavers finished felling this tree, but obviously took a break before carrying it to their dam. The reflections of the bare trees in the stream almost look like the trees are up on a hill, rather reflecting down in the stream.

This is an old wooden log cabin not too far from our home.

We went to Massachusetts and came across a row of fishing shacks on the Cape. This tiny room had one window, but beneath the one window was an old wooden flower box. The shingles and paint are all battered, but the flowers are doing fine.

Wooden boats waiting for their owners in New England.

Knees by the water

Figure on Furniture, When sheets are sliced from wood and ferniture is made, figures are seen on surface of wood. It gives natural different design on different sheets.

Reflections on a Frozen Pond

Doghouse - The Barkford House - Barkitecture Cultural Arts Project to benefit the Humane Society. The first of many themed doghouses on display.

A vegetative growth called Duck Weed creates the 'green' look to the water.

Better known as Old Ironsides. The oldest ship in the US Navy

Perhaps these acorns belong to a Northern Red Oak ~ again, not sure.

Gathering the Rain

At 100 lbs. or more, and often at least 18 feet long, the caber is held by the narrow end, while its thicker, more unwieldy end points skyward. Once lifted by the athlete, the caber must be run forward, stopped dead and then heaved end over end.

Looking into my fireplace

One of the exported commodities is timber. Generally it is plantation grown pine - pinus radiata to be used in building and for furniture.

Woodchips piled on the wharf at Port Chalmers, Otago New Zealand, and a container crane from the port behind them.

I took this in New Hampshire. The white birch trees have so much character and texture. They fascinate me.

Clifford E. Lee Nature Sanctuary, near Devon, Alberta

I just liked the lines of this fallen tree, softened by the ferns. Taken in New Hampshire.

The stump first caught my eye at the edge of the woods. The combination of the seedling and the mature tree with the stump appealed to me visually.

It's obvious that this tree is meant to be cut down but the pattern on the trunk caught my eye.

These tree roots in our mangroves are known as knobbly knees - something I didn't know until now.

I love these scarey looking tree roots. I reckon they look like they could jump up and start to strangle you - just like in the carttons.

This hand made solid wood wash wringer was manufactured by the David Spencer Limited Co., and comes complete with iron clamps for attaching to a wash tub and tension screws for the rollers. A few years back a family memeber wanted to toss it in the garbage, and I told her she was crazy. I took it home (along with an antique canoe oar) to artfully display in my rec-room. It is quite heavy and weathered, but still functions as well as it did the day it was made. I wanted to photograph this wringer in a way that would emphasize the details. Being that it is a relic of sorts, I felt it best to treat it like an artifact and used a solid black background for the shot.

Taken on the 4th of July trail in the Manzano Mountains of NM. This tree was huge, as Alligator Juniper trees go. It was also about the gnarliest tree I've ever seen.

He poses statuesque on a tree limb covered with bark that emulates his own colour patterns. If only I were this stealth and patient.

This picture is the sister/companion image to my Celista Barn shot which was entered in the sepia challenge a few weeks back. Same subject, different shooting angle.

A small leaf "catching" dew in the early, foggy autumn's morning.

The well known carvings of the three "see-no-evil, speak-no-evil, hear-no-evil" monkeys.

A pile of logs waiting to be used.

Beautifully carved wood decorates the windows and walls of an old medieval building in the french town of Chartres.

A brass hand waits to knock on wood.I found this hand doorknocker in the small medieval village of Locronan in France.

A log...and barely a creek

Backwater of the Murray River. Tree clinging to the low water supply.

Burning some wood in the combustion heater.

Benezette, Pa

western sierra juniper pine

Many years ago St. Thomas, or in Mexican tradition Quetzalcoat, arrived on this beach with a beautiful cross which proved indestructable. The Nahuatl Indians reverred this man and his cross, and the name Huatulco originates from quahtolco meaning 'the place where the wooden log is adored.' A splinter from this cross has been placed in the alter, and other splinters are in Rome, and Mexico City. This chapel was built in 1999 on the beach and is open on three sides.

A LOG SLOWLY DESTROYD BY MUSHROOMS AND FUNGUS

tree bark - colours not enhanced!

down through spaces in the floor to workers (slaves) below.

This photo was not enhanced in anyway. And the color is fabulous.

Look closely at this tree bark in downtown El Paso and find the inscribed name.

Old swirly wooden bridge, late fall last year at Crane Creek Ohio State Park

Well, actually, from inside an hollow log... :o) I couldn't resist to capture this

The same wooden bench from the first picture, but an up close capture that my nephew did.

This a handmade wooden bench that was made by husbands late step-father. My Mother in Law decided to have all of the children and grandchildren paint their own design on it to give it some character!

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A very old wooden wagon, freshly painted.

A tree near Blarney Castle in Ireland. I expected to see leprechauns appearing at any moment.

Carvings apparently dating from the 1950's are still visible on tree trunks near Wadsworth Falls in Connecticut.

Grazzano Visconti - Piacenza - Italy

San Giulio Island - Orta - Novara - Italy

Monza - Milano - Italy

Playing with close-ups.

Playing with focus.

detail of an old wood ware house, near the sea coast, used to store salt; these traditional ware houses are made of pine wood; pine wood resists to salt water and this natural material were used in the 16th century to build the boats that Europeans used to discover the whole world and learn new sea routes; the rust spreads over the years with the dominant wind that comes from the sea.

this chair is made from an old tree and it sits outside my wooden country cottage

This beautiful old wooden door with starburst supports is located in downtown El Paso.

Wood siting in the wood shed waiting to be put in to the fire

Once thousands of years ago stood the mighty Redwood.......

The many stages of wood.

Carved wood.

Early one Sunday morning I captured this tree over a neighbours back fence. Creative Challenge: Wood.

A multiple-exposure

Actually, shadows on a Eucalyptus tree-trunk

Now this is a photograph I feel very emotional when I look at. Maybe not a good emotional. When I look at the trees, I think about how healthy and alive they are, and nature and then I see the path of wood, and I think of how humans cut down those same trees standing - a lot of them were like this - and made them into a path so we could walk through the still alive ones. Kind of makes me think, that's all. I don't know if I came across explaining it very well, but I do have mixed emotions and bittersweet feelings when I look back at this photograph I took.

The shaded, wooden paths awaited us hikers in the sunlight...

Are you coming yet? My brother, 14, hasn't quite come yet. And neither has the rest of my family. We were hiking and I always got ahead so I didn't stop people when I stopped to photograph something. The wooden paths were everywhere on the trail we hiked.

Severe flash flooding in August 2004 caused buildings, bridges, trees and 32 cars to be washed out to sea. At the flood's peak some roads were under 2.75m (9ft) of water. Miraculously, not a single life was lost in these floods.

Cascading Creek

To 'touch wood' I prefer to touch this one, because it is made out of pure wood, out of wood from more than 20 different trees. This is the view from above on a wooden gem of a box. Within the box many partitions. It is one of the pieces my father created on his way to get his master craftsman's diploma. He dedicated it to a young woman and convinced her later to become his wife and later mother of his five children. - My father always said, he hated this difficult work with the different colors of veneer, glue and hours of polishing, but it gave him patience and later, in old age, the love to restore hundreds of antique pieces of furniture for museums. I really love to touch this piece of wood he build more than 70 years ago.

This is on one side of a forest preserve trail which attaches a cable to close the trail

this is true color! no enhancement

found in the forest - not altered

grows on trees - this one is special - looks like old woman with child on her lap

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This large window belongs to a business near us named McKendrees that does incredible jewelry work.

This is part of a group of hunting shacks we came across in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It's wood looking at wood.

I thought this photo retained the character of the wood while still showing the beautiful fire colors.

Anclote Gulf Park, Holiday, Florida

This was obviously taken at Easter time and I just love the natural thorn wreath on the upright of the wooden cross with the backdrop of the stained glass window in our Methodist church.

One of nearly a dozen birdhouses Mike has made. This one has probably been home to two dozen baby birds!

Armenian church courtyard and beautiful wooden crucifix

Typical dutch wooden shoes (clomps) in the procession of production

This about 1000 years old tree on Ai-Petri mountain in Crimea is known as 'Wood-goblin' for its fairy look

" Love is like a tree, with the roots in the rough ground of instincts, but with the branches reaching high to the azure of purest beauties. " - Tudor Vianu ; dedicated to all those who love trees

dedicated to my friend Maria

They are very creative! Each year they make something different out of the driftwood on the beach for the contest!

Inside the Windmill De Zwaan there is a large cogged wheel and ring gear system that transfers the horizontal motion of the bladed central vane shaft into vertical motion for the grindstone/millstone, which is then be used for grinding grain. The cogged spur wheel, with its wooden teeth, turns the millstones through the smaller gears, known as stone nuts, which can be moved to disengage them (as in this photo) when the grinding stones are not in use. (dsc_4382nx)

Old wood against the autumn trees

Wooden Rattle Snake for the woods. One day I may finish carving it and bring it back to life.

Old wood against the Autumn trees.

It's Petrified...LOL

soprano record = sycamore ; alto = ebony ; tenor = cherry ; bass = pearwood

I don't know what they used to do this but they turned this tree upside down. I find it fascinating!!

taken at a friends house in California

These are beautiful old wooden carriage wheels outside the visitor center at Skylands Manor

This is a beautiful tree that is outside the historic Van Riper house in Wayne NJ

these are some trees near my home

does it look like a scorpion, or a lizard, or a crocodile, or a... :O) I took this at Monticello, in Virgina.

The captain's wheel shown here is for sale at the Naples Ship Store in downtown Naples, Florida

The roots on a Banyan tree start from the branches and grow downward until they reach the ground providing nourishment and stablility. This particular tree was planted by Thomas Edison's wife.

A man cleans his catch at the Naples City Dock in downtown Naples, Florida

This tree has begun to heal since it's limb was removed. I found it's perfectly shaped "O" to be quite nice.

From the The Gurr in the Chinese Garden of Friendship, Darling Harbour Sydney

The wooden eaves on this roof are highly decorated.

Muchelney Parish Church

Muchelney Abbey. The ties holding the thatch in place can be seen

Norway on my mind

Falling for birch trees

Suspenssion bridge

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This is a true Hopi Kachina, Made in the Native American Indian Tradition. Made by A Native American, Made from a solid piece of the Cottonwood tree, it is one of a kind, an original, by technique handed down from one generation to another, A most precious collector piece. The Navaho tribe make a Kachina Doll, which is smaller and not always made from a solid wood piece. Indian Dancer is approximately 18-20 inches tall, all decorative complements are also hand crafted,by the creator. notorized by the original craft person. Enjoy the view of original Native art! NOTE: artistic element added to the left border, to make it meet the none vertical requirements. PA...

This dead pine tree is supporting new mushroom growth.

Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens

A carving of two woodcocks. They are sitting on part of a tree branch, which was stained before the birds were mounted. I bought it from a Vermont Woodcarver.--I added my beautiful wooden flute to go with the theme "Music and Romance" ENTRY#3

One of the secluded beaches off El Nido, Palawan...

San Antonio, Texas

Grackles in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

While taking a stroll through the woods at twilight, I stumbled unto this. Some decaying tree and nature decorated it with a climbing vine. I named this picture "Nature's Altar"! ENTRY #2

An early winter storm in October 2005, did bend the birches to the ground. The snow was heavy and the trees had not yet shed their leaves. ENTRY #1

verry old door in Mahdia / Tunisia

verry old and traditional wooden ships in the habor of Caorle / Italy

wooden Dolphin on the ship "citta di Caorle"

Beautiful wood everywhere. Each pew has been engraved in memory of a priest. Dedicated in 1910 and made of English oak, the reredos contains 22 Panels and figures which surround a representation of Christ in majesty. The four coloured panels beneath depict scenes from the life and time of St. Peter. Immediately above the altar are four uncoloured, carved medallions representing the four Evangelists. Leonard Brown, a priest monk of the Russian Orthodox Church, made the icon in 1993. The icon depicts the virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Candles are lit here as an aid to prayer. A written prayer has been prepared in front of the icon for anyone to read during contemplation.

water pail

tankards

Awaiting the saw. Baldwin, Maine 2005

Without roots, there would be no wood. Pownal, Maine 2005

This shot captures wood in many forms. As trees, firewood, furniture and buildings. Maine 2005

solitude

nature at best

delicate wonder

Hockey sticks- Some of them are still made of wood.

castle rock, washington

A subtle difference in the light. One of those grey days.. the sun was JUST peering through the clouds on the vines in the distance.

The new wooden viewing area over the bay at Hallett Cove Conservation Park, South Australia. The geological record shows 600 million years ago a shallow sea covered this land. Three unconformities can be seen at Hallett Cove - a rare occurrence. This is one of the main reasons it was declared a conservation park in 1976.

Sadly the colour faded once the sun had set but the old wooden jetty is being enjoyed by everyone once again now that it has been repaired after the severe storm. It was cold and very windy on the beach this evening yet there are still some brave people fishing from the jetty. (I have also entered this shot in the creative challenge - wood). Best viewed full screen.

Very rustic you might say...

A pair of these gorgeous guys guards the entrance way at Castle in the Clouds, NH.

Some earlier neighbors' place here on Homstead Hills Road. It's very well ventilated.

See extreme upper right, this is still Home for some.

beautiful sunshine today!

A wooden pier

Subject is not the pool nor the gazebos, I just had fun with the wooden geometric theme!

This is the interior of an old wooden orthodox church in Poland's south-east.

~~~~The McMillan Log House~~~~The early settlers lived a simple life. In an area covered with forest land, homes were invariably built og wood ~ although a brickworks once existed in Nanoose. Many houses were log construction such as this one.

~~~~The McMillan Log House~~~~The early settlers lived a simple life. In an area covered with forest land, homes were invariably built og wood ~ although a brickworks once existed in Nanoose. Many houses were log construction such as this one.

Outside my back door I always keep this shake feeder topped with seeds and suet underneath. I never have too many birds stopping by!

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Hualapai recreational Resort, old oak tree trunk...

When a tree falls in the forest...or a yard. White spruce down. After cutting this into logs, the rings were counted to 85.

Split wood

The 60 MPH winds didn't help, but neither did the activity of carpentur ants. Both brought this 85+ year old white spruce down.

Just as it fell in the forest in Virginia. Another blue ribbon winner in the county fair

My Hungarian-English-English-Hungarian Dictionary...8th edition 33 years ago, of course made of WOOD.

Sandal wood carving...Beautiful treasure of mine...

Wood has provided many different species, including man, protection from the elements. These houses, made from wood, are in beautiful Lunenberg, N.S., Canada.