Oh cool! Glad you all liked the ktalav or Arbutus trees.
Here are some bonus shots of some others who live not far from me.
Perched high above the valley road down in Nachal Soreq.
The branches have a tendency to swirl.
This one growing between a rock and a hard place always inspires me.
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Your land is So beautiful! The trees are also So different from ours...I love the twisted trunk...Happiness to you today!!hughugs
ReplyDeleteThat's some twist to that branch!
ReplyDeleteHi Dina, thanks for your comment. I don't think we have these trees in Alabama. I think the tree is my post is crepe myrtle.
ReplyDeleteWow, these are interesting. Love the twisted trunk.
ReplyDeleteSay you might be interested in a husband and two goats? LOL Scroll on down on my blog and you will see the post about my grandson calling me NAY. In my raging madness about the goats my husband said, "Andrea, as I drove up, I heard the goats saying....NAY.....NAY.......they are excited to see you!" I found no humor in that.
Wow the swirly branches are just beautiful. I think that the rock and a hard place tree is pretty inspirational too. Beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteThose trees are so interesting..thank you Dina..
ReplyDeleteGosh, that branch is incredible. What a twist... I just had to look at that again... it's amazing how nature did that!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed the trees, blogger friends. The ktalav twists are not uncommon. I'll try to photograph other examples down in the woods.
ReplyDeleteAndrea--In my comment I didn't (explicitly) say that *I* would be interested in your free give-away of husband and goats. I do love goats, though... LOL
these are beautiful trees, dina.
ReplyDeletethe earthquake thankfully didnt affect us - i guess you could call us lucky, while those in the peloponese were unlucky...
Long time ago ,I have been in this place and I know very well how much beautiful it is. Lucky you live there!
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Kiwi, I'm glad you are OK but sorry for the others. Earthquakes, so many lately.
ReplyDeleteWelcome, Philip from Cyprus. So much good stuff in your blog to start reading.
These trees are probably very old and have a story or two to tell!
ReplyDeleteRight Wil, and especially the first tree of its kind. Legend says that both a father and his son wanted to marry the same woman. So the son murdered his father. Ktal-av is Hebrew for "killed father." The tree at that spot turned red from the blood. There is another version, lite, of the story.
ReplyDeleteSo you CAN live and thrive between a rock and a hard place. Lovely.
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