The theme for this week’s Gallery is Mother Nature. The images I think of are all about blooming, new life: green shoots, baby lambs, the joys of spring and renewal. But up in the north, it’s still winter. So instead, I walked and I thought, and I saw lots of trees and bare branches. Beautiful in their own way.
As I looked at all the trees, I thought of images like this, remembered from old textbooks, and about the patterns in nature: shapes and ways of being repeat and replicate, tying nature together.
I’m sure there will be some unexpected interpretations of Mother Nature in this week’s Gallery; do check them out.
If my photos hadn’t come out right today, I had a different plan in mind: I was going to rewrite an old post, which has only ever had a few views. It’s about an ‘old road’ just outside of my village, which has been left to return to nature and has grass breaking through the tarmac and plants creeping over its edges. So if you’d like to see another interpretation of nature, you could view that post here.
Ah you. Managed to find my two great loves in one post: trees and biology x
Obviously some of the school biology had sunk in, as I was googling images of ‘alveoli’ and ‘bronchioles’!
Trees are awesome . Was looking at some today wondering whether or not to use one in my post (I haven’t though!) I see what you mean about how similar they look to that lung diagram. Although never would have made that association before I read your post!
Thanks Jenny. Your post is awesome, you look amazing!
Great concept. Of course, the large forests of our planet are considered “the lungs” of Earth too…
Ah, yes, I hadn’t even thought of that. This pleases me very much. 🙂
Great shot. I think bare trees are beautiful as well.
Wow! Get you…all comparing and stuff! Excellent work Madame! 😉
Karin
I love this! When I do the school run we drive across a couple of hills where we can see the silhouettes of trees lined along the hilltops and we love looking at how different trees make very different shapes this time of year–some smooth and rounded, some spiky and others craggy and hand like. And yes, that a tree is like lungs is a great comparison and a great link to two different but similar aspects of mother nature. Excellent idea!
Crikey- that’s an incredibly clever take on the theme. Nature is awesome.
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Ah, a great take on the theme and a lovely photo!
And, they do indeed! Great take on the theme. I love photos of trees. =)
Lovely pic – I do love looking at a nice sky through some branches!
I took a couple of those shots too, one I’ve put on my 365 project. Love the connection heart – tree too.
Great linking of the two images, really makes you think
Ha, ha they do look like lungs! Great shot! My gallery post is a tree too! 🙂
I love a good tree I do 🙂
What a great post!
Great analogy!!!
we killing the planet’s lungs… 😦
And they say that trees are the “lungs of the planet”. And I just saw that the previous commenter already said that…
Great post