#oak trees
I present to you another batch of seasonal trees. They come from The Manor House: Garden collectionbyPhoenix_Phaerie.
These trees look very nice but I always thought the bark was too dark for oaks so I retextured them using real-life oak bark texture. I also modified the colors of the leaves a bit and changed the price of the tall hardwood tree.
All credit for these trees goes to Phoenix_Phaerie. The snow overlay on bark comes from this setby@an-elegant-simblr just like in my previoussets of trees.
Everything is compressed and clearly labelled.
May 20, 2020- a few days ago, The oaks started to leaf out. I love the way they look at this stage. It always reminds me of an impressionist painting - taken May 15, 2p22
Happy New Year! Hopefully, you’ve been enjoying your local climate, flora, and fauna whenever you can. I hope you’ve also been participating in #FieldNotesFriday, but if you haven’t, consider this entry a little nudge of encouragement. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to take myself and my son out on a trail at least once a week. I started things off right by visiting one of my favorite trails…
This panel for The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire was a lot of fun to create. All about the oak trees in the Manchester Cedar Swamp, and some of the critters that enjoy them.
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Oak Alley Plantation. Vacherie, Louisiana. March 2016.
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It’s mid winter here in Gold Country and the trails are starting to get green again. After a big storm two weeks ago and then lots of sun, spring is just knocking on the door ready to come. It has been so lovely to try out some new and familiar trails the past two months, especially some that are very close to where I live. This trail is in Cronan Ranch Region Park in Pilot Hill just down the road from Coloma. The South Fork of the American River winds through the hills and valleys here creating a gorgeous view.
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I’ve drive along Latrobe Road through El Dorado and Amador Counties and have always imagined how beautiful it would be to hike back away from the road. And this past summer I finally learned that it was truly possible. The El Dorado Trail is about 30 miles long and runs from the county line all the way up to Placerville. Truly a gold country blessing. While it can be a little hard to find, once on the trail it is a journey of walking along the hills under oak trees and among grass. We only hiked seven miles round trip but there was so much to explore from seeing lots of cows to walking along the rail road tracks, visiting this part of gold country was a real treat.
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Here’s a post just about leaves in the Cosumnes River Preserve. I had heard about this area for a few years and finally decided to visit for myself. I found myself looking up into the tree canopy, taking in all the different types of trees and leaves that covered the trails. I’ve noticed while hiking and exploring this year that I need to look up more when I’m beneath the trees. It’s a whole other world just a few feet above me. These leaves were just some of my favorites that I enjoyed gazing at.
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I’m working on hiking in lots of new places that are close to home and am excited to be more of a tourist in my own area. This spot is along the American River at Lake Natoma in Fair Oaks. It really is right on the edge of gold country but I felt the landscape fit more with the oaks of the foothills than the valley. And while this was a short hike we went on, the view at the top of the lake was spectacular. I’ve driven by this area lots but never thought I could go hike there. It’s relatively close to other parts of the American River I’ve hiked lots at but the landscape is totally different, just oak trees and grass up along the ridge.
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We’re starting to get a few foggy mornings in gold country. Fall is arriving and the temperatures are starting to drop. Leaves are starting to change colors slowly and pumpkins are starting to appear. This view of gold country is one of my favorites as the valley of trees seems endless. Fog creeps into the crevices and settles for the early morning. This valley seems so mysterious to me. I’ve never actually been in the valley, I’ve just viewed it from atop. I imagine that it is marvelous to walk through the oak trees and along the small hills. A perfect walk for an early fall morning.
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Do you know why the oak tree is associated with supernatural powers? The fact that the oak tends to be struck by lightning as much as, if not more often than, other trees has promoted its association with supernatural powers and made it sacred to the thunder-wielding Norse god Thor. A southern English rhyme sensibly warns, “Beware the oak, it draws smoke.”
Elsewhere, somewhat perversely, the tree is actually recommended as a suitable shelter in the event of a thunderstorm. Keeping boughs of oak (particularly if taken from a tree that has been struck by a lightning bolt) or a few acorns in the house is reputed to protect the house from lightning. Standing beneath an oak or wearing oak leaves is further said to furnish protection from evil spirits and from witchcraft.
In Cornwall, superstition advises that hammering a nail into an oak tree will relieve the pain of a toothache, while in Wales, rubbing sores with a piece of oak bark on Midsummer Day will help them to heal. Embracing an oak tree, meanwhile, is enough to cure hernias and to promote fertility of couples unable to have children. Oak trees planted at crossroads are considered to have the most effective healing powers.
The oak acquired a reputation as a royal tree in the 17th century after the future Charles II hid in one to escape his Parliamentarian pursuers after the battle of Worcester. In honor of this event, loyal subjects took to wearing oak leaves to proclaim their Royalist sympathies on what became Royal Oak Day after restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Anyone failing to comply was beaten with stinging nettles.
Back in the more brutal times, in pagan Germany, any man who harmed an oak was punished by having his navel hacked out and nailed to the tree. He was then forced to walk around the trunk, with the result that his intestines were slowly pulled from his body.
Even today, in our modern world, the oak tree is still honored. The choice of clusters of oak leaves as a military decoration hails back to ancient Rome, when soldiers who had performed some act of bravery or selflessness were honored with the presentation of an oak leaf crown. An oak leaf cluster or oak leaves is a common device which is placed on U.S. military awards and decorations for “exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service, heroic deeds, or valorous actions”.
Source: http://historicalhussies.blogspot.com/2009/01/around-ye-ole-oak-tree.html
Inspired by that doodle I did while babysitting the other day, I decided to buy myself a fresh pack of #crayola markers. I’ve been sick with the flu but also bored out of my skull, so I decided to experiment with them tonight. This was made mostly with a mixture of Crayola markers and #Posca paint pens, but also #carandache #aquacolors and ink pen and milky pen and a teensy bit of #holbeinacrylagouache . You can tell I have autumn on my mind!
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