No true beauty without decay (the dead tree thread)

[Mick Dempsey]

So, it's time we celebrated the ephemeral beauty of a dead/dying tree.

 

Lots of dead/dying mature chestnuts here, nobody's going to deadwood or monolith them so they stand, bleached ghosts.

 

I think they look great, here's one near Ruffec I snapped on the way to price a job.

 

Let's see yours, no coronet cuts, no man made monoliths, untouched by human hand only.

 

[Steve Bullman]

Good thread, I know of a few that i'll have to try and get some photos of

 

[Rich Rule]

Nice idea for a thread.  I did post a couple of pictures in the today's job thread a few weeks ago.

 

Here they are again.

 

Sweet Chestnut.

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

It was those pictures that inspired it really Rich.

 

spotted a couple today, I'll snap 'em tomorrow.

[Rich Rule]

Another one I spotted today.  Actually seen it for years but only today walked past it.

 

 

[David Humphries]

Red oak at Hampstead that failed at the roots, we left it for kids to have a natural climbing frame

 

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[Island Lescure]

Loved this one!

 

Tried inserting the image from url but it did not work so please follow the link:

https://goo.gl/photos/E8CK55YP6idRD4Lh6

[Rich Rule]

That last one is a cracker.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

All good stuff.

 

this one caught my eye whilst out pricing, even the ivy is dead. Pity the sunflowers were a bit shy today!

Edited August 12, 2017 by Mick Dempsey

[Steve Bullman]

Clinging on to life