#fir tree cones

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[riverwindphotography]

Some kind of gorgeous weeping fir tree with new cones forming, Idaho Botanical Gardens, Boise Idaho

(c) riverwindphotography, June 2023

[adventuresofalgy]

It was the first day of February, but instead of an improvement in the weather as the northern hemisphere of the world approached the spring, there was instead a considerable deterioration. All the blue sky had vanished, and the west Highlands of Scotland had reverted to its more normal state of wild, wet and windy… with cloud cover so dense and complete that Algy could not even see any clouds.

Algy waited for a temporary pause in the precipitation, then jumped up into a small fir tree and reclined for a few moments on its soft needles. As he looked up, a mysterious gleam of light caught the tree's impressive red cones, and he reflected that even on dreich days like this one it was usually possible to find something which lit up the darkness. Recalling the popular poem by Emily Dickinson, Algy decided that the poet was mistaken in this case, for some kind of diadem could perhaps always be found in Nature, even if it were not the one that Ms Dickinson had intended:

The sky is low, the clouds are mean, A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or through a rut Debates if it will go. A narrow wind complains all day How some one treated him; Nature, like us, is sometimes caught Without her diadem.

[Algy is quoting the poem The sky is low by the 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson.]

[halljavalge]

Source: latdetspira

ℍ𝐚𝓵ｌ נ𝐀 𝔳คĻǤẸ

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

From spooky trees to giant trees to that tree that fell in the forest that no one heard: vintage tree imagery.

[los-plantalones]

China Fir cones.

[christmaswinter]

Pine cones,December 2016

By Aaron Burden

[rabbitcruiser]

Grand Mesa National Forest, CO (No. 4)

The byway runs north from Cedaredge along Highway 65, to the top of the Grand Mesa at more than 10,000 feet (3,000 m). It also includes Land's End Road to the Land's End Observatory from Highway 65. The byway continues past Island Lake, one of more than 300 trout-filled lakes in Grand Mesa National Forest. On the north side of the Mesa are the towns of Mesa, Collbran, and Powderhorn Ski Resort. The byway continues along De Beque Canyon, with its colorful sandstone bluffs, and eventually meets Interstate 70 in the town of De Beque.

Source: WIkipedia  

[mechanical-drawing]

19 August 1876

[thecupidwitch]

Magickal Properties of Trees

Acacia: purity, air, and used in initiations, psychic workings, and protection.

Alder: resurrection, rebirth, and fire.

Almond: divination, clairvoyance, wisdom, money, loans, business.

Apple: healing, prosperity, love, peace, happiness and perpetual youth.

Apricot: love

Ash: healing, protection and sea magic

Aspen: Used for phyllomancy (divination by leaf rustling) and for protection.

Birch: new beginnings and births, protection, fertility, purifications and blessings.

Cedar: purification, prosperity, and longevity, spirituality, self control.

Coconut: purity, chastity, healing

Cypress: easing losses, healing, past life workings, and protection. Represents earth.

Elder: healing, love, protection, and prosperity.

Elm: female powers, protection.

Eucalyptus: healing

Fig: fertility, strength, energy, health

Fir: youth, vitality, prosperity magic.

Hawthorn: female sexuality, cleansing, marriage, love and protection.

Hazel: fertility, divination, marriage, protection, reconciliation.

Holly: protection

Juniper: protection, cleansing

Lemon: divination, healing, chastity, neutrality

Linden: Used for prophesies and protection.

Maple: Used for love and divination.

Oak: Used for healing, strength, protection, masculinity and for fertility magic. Represents fire.

Mulberry: knowledge, divination, wisdom, the will

Olive: peace, fruitfulness, security, money, marriage, fidelity

Orange: love, marriage

Palm: Used for male fertility, strength, and virility.

Pine: Symbolizes immortality and represents earth. Pine cones represent fertility. Used for purification, health, fortune, fertility, and prosperity.

Rowan: Used for protection, healing, and strength. Represents fire.

Willow: Represents water. Used in moon, wishing magic, healing, protection, enchantments, and easy delivery of babies.

Tip Jar

[selrom-photo]

Big rare forest pigeon in the city, eating cones. Shot on Carl Zess Jena Sonnar 50mm f/1.5 lens.

[feather-bone]

Blue and Canadian Jays, with some of their favorite trees. The blue jay can do an incredibly accurate imitation of a red-shouldered hawk to scare smaller birds away from food sources, and the Canada jay is super bold, and as earned the nickname “camp robber” for stealing food from humans. :-)

[ID: an illustration of a smaller grey and white Canada jay above and a blue and black-barred blue jay below, both in flight, surrounded by branches, leaves, and cones from birch, spruce, oak, fir, aspen, birch, and maple trees. These are all on a blue background with snow, and are labeled in white. End.]

[allywthsr]

DECORATING | (l.norris)

summary: you and Lando decorate your house for Christmas

wordcount: 1.6k words

pairing: landonorris x fem!reader

warnings: none!

notes: tell me your thoughts!!!🥹

advent calendar

”Lando, have you seen the third box of decorations?“

”Yes! It’s in the basement, next to the fourth and fifth box.“

You chuckled. Christmas was your favorite holiday and over the years, you collected a fair amount of ornaments.

”Can you get it?“

You were standing in the living room, surrounded by decoration and two boxes when Lando threw himself on the couch, where fir garland was placed. With an eye roll, he rolled on his belly and sighed, ” Can this woman stop obsessing with Christmas?“

”I heard that!“

He sat up and looked at you.

”Do you need to go all out this year?“

”Yes, Lando! It’s the first time in the new house and I can’t wait to see this place being in the Christmas spirit.“

You both recently moved into a house that you built in England, near his parents. It was a modern but cozy home, with high ceilings and beautiful light wood-colored details. It was your absolute dream house, and you were so thankful for Lando that you were able to live this dream.

But it was December and you needed the Christmas spirit with you. You had bought a lot of stuff for the new house when you went shopping alone, no one was able to stop you and before you knew it, the whole car was filled with Christmas decorations and your bank account was screaming for help, but it was worth it.

”I‘ll only get it when you bake me cookies today.“

With an arched eyebrow, you looked at him.

”What does Jon say about you wanting cookies?“

”Y/N! It’s Christmas, I don’t care what he says, I’ll run an extra mile tomorrow.“

”Fine, you‘ll get your cookies if you bring me the stuff and help me set up the trees?“

”Deal!“

He went and gave you a kiss, and slapped your ass, before he made his way down to the basement, to get the stuff. But yes, multiple trees. You bought three fake trees for the living room to put next to the TV, and you wanted to go all out, now that you had the space. Shortly before Christmas, you wanted to get a real tree and place it in the entrance, to create the atmosphere and get the smell of fresh fir.

While you waited for Lando to return you got a little reindeer out of the box in front of you and looked around the room for a place for it to go. The problem with your shopping is, that you buy and buy, without thinking about a placement for the things, so you struggle every year. The reindeer found a place next to the couch for now and next, you pulled out the Christmas wreath, which you placed over the fireplace.

Lando came back with two boxes stacked on top of each other and with a grunt he placed them on the ground.

”What did you buy? These things are heavy.“

”I bought way too much, I need your opinion on where to put things.“

”Let me get the rest and I‘ll help.“

”You’re amazing.“

”Tell me something I don’t know.“

And with that, he turned around to march down again.

Your normal blanket was swapped for a Christmas blanket on the couch, and in one of the new boxes you found all of your pillows so you replaced them, while you were at it. Now it looked so much cozier.

A few loose baubles were placed randomly on the coffee table, with some Santa and snowman figures. White and black cones, that looked like Christmas trees, were placed in front of the window since they were huge, and a garland made out of snowflakes was placed above them. The big Santa was placed on the shelf behind the couch, and a few other little decorations were placed next to him.

Lando came back with the last box and one of the Christmas trees, he put all the pieces on the ground and turned around to get the other ones.

He was a darling for helping you out that much.

You began with making more space for the trees and quickly vacuumed the space, so it would be clean. You brought the vacuum cleaner with you already, you knew how messy things would get with the fake snow and fake fir lying around everywhere.

The bottom piece was placed close to the fireplace, and you fluffed it out, making it look like a real tree with every layer you added. Eventually, you couldn’t reach the top layer and Lando came back to help you.

”You’re crazy for putting three trees up.“

”Maybe, but come on, we have the space, why not use it?“ He sighed, ”Oh, can you help me? I can’t reach the top.“

He took the piece and placed it on top of the rest, fluffing it out.

”It looks good.“

”Thank you, Lan.“

With a kiss to the side of your head, you continued to put up the other two trees, the fake snow on them, making them look like they were freshly chopped from the forest. Only that there was no snow in England.

”By the way, what are we doing for the outside? I want it to be full of lights and figures in our front yard.“

”We can go to the city later and look for some things if you want. We have nothing for the outside yet.“

You went and hugged Lando tight.

”That would be amazing Lan.“

You kissed his soft lips gently.

”Thank you for supporting my crazy Christmas addiction.“

”I‘ll support you no matter what, you know that baby.“

You snuggled your head in his chest and breathed in his scent. You loved his smell, it smelled like home.

”But let’s continue, angel.“

You nodded and kissed his chest one last time and let go, turning around to look at the mess of boxes and decorations.

”I want to put up the water church.“

The water church. It’s a church where some kind of liquid was inside and when you turned it on, glitter was flying through it, technically like a snow globe, but without the shaking. Ever since you bought it, Lando had been amazed by it and said it was his favorite piece, he loved putting it up and looking at it.

So you gave him the church and he put it next to his podium helmets that found a place on a shelf in the living room.

The dancing Santa was placed on a shelf in the hallway, next to the xxl reindeer and the snowflake that had fairy lights in it. These snowflakes were scattered around the whole house, in your bedroom, the bathrooms, the kitchen, the hallway…

You both placed the last few items wherever you and Lando found some space, you put the fir garland around the railing of the stairs and placed baubles all around. The stockings with your names and the names from both of your families were hung over the fireplace. Christmas Eve was spent at yours, so you didn’t want to leave anyone out. The only thing that was now missing was a mistletoe, somewhere random you always put up a mistletoe and it wouldn’t change in your new home.

”Where do you wanna put the mistletoe?“

”Maybe by the entrance?“

Lando nodded and got a ladder from the basement so he could put it on. Because you were lazy and didn’t want to drill a hole in the ceiling you took some tape to fix it on there. It‘s cheesy to put up a mistletoe, but it was a cute little tradition to put it up and it gave you a moment to kiss Lando whenever you wanted. Sometimes you would stand under it and call for Lando, so you both stood under it and had to kiss. Just as now, when Lando stepped down from the ladder he said: ”It‘s time for a smooch“, and pursed his lips, of course you couldn’t deny the offer and pressed a kiss to his lips.

Lastly Lando and you went shopping for some outside decoration. Lots and lots of fairy lights, a glowing Santa, a reindeer, a snowman, and a sleigh wandered into the cart, just like some candy canes and nutcrackers. Lastly, you bought some fir, for the columns in front of your house, as well as some lanterns and red bows.

When you arrived and everything was put up by Lando and you, after you both had two mental breakdowns and Lando had a rage attack at the fairy lights, it looked just like how you wanted it and you couldn’t be happier. The columns were covered with fir garlands, the red bows were placed on the wall, and the glowing figures stood in the garden, creating a sweet scenery. The candy canes were placed next to the path that led to your entrance door, where two nutcrackers were standing, and the lanterns were placed on the steps of the staircase in front of your entrance.

”Thank you Lando!“, you jumped into his arms, ”I don’t think that I would have the dream house with my dream decoration if it wasn’t for you.“

”Only what you deserve, baby.“

He hugged you tight and kissed your nose softly.

”But if you want, you can thank me in different ways than just a hug.“

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Growing by the lake and flanked by festive decorations were a group of Abies koreana (Korean fir). This compact evergreen conical tree species requires a deep, neutral to slightly acidic, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun, with some shelter from cold winds. Even when young the trees can produce cylindrical blue or purple cones.

Jill Raggett

[halljavalge]

Source: sjonsgard

ℍ𝐚𝓵ｌ נ𝐀 𝔳คĻǤẸ

[cs-fox]

EVERGREENS | TASKFORCE 141 X READER

CHRISTMAS FIC !!!

pinging @chaos-on-stand-bi ♥️

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It was only two weeks ago when you and your teammates - the task force 141 - received word a terrorist group was hiding out in a pine plantation on the outskirts of snowy Manchester.

You’d all agreed on stealth being the best option, in this case - that meant ghillies, adorned with evergreen needles and even pine cones - ‘They really went for it, huh?’ an impressed Kyle had noted.

As your black SUV pulled up with a crunching of tyres on fresh snow, you gazed out at the plantation in awe.

‘Fuckin’ hell,’ your Lieutenant, Ghost, mumbled, as all five soldiers piled out of the car.

The owners had decked all of the fir trees in bright, multicoloured - and definitely not camouflage - Christmas lights, ones that glowed insistently in the nighttime darkness. Red and green danced in the soldier’s eyes, as they stood, with weapons loosely held at their sides, staring at the trees.

‘Well,’ Soap was the first to speak. ‘We’re going tae have to blend in, ceart?’ and began to untangle strings of bulbs from the lower branches of the nearest tree.

He offered you a handful of glowing lights, and you shrugged, beginning to wrap them around yourself, laughing as Soap tried to hook a bauble on your nose.

Ghost grumbled, but strung lights around his waist, shoulders and left leg. Gaz did a good job of trying to remain professional in this ludicrous coincidence, but he couldn’t help himself from suggesting maybe they needed to balance stars on their heads, just to blend in.

Price shook his head in disbelief, but still gave the order to continue the mission once his soldiers were bedazzled.

As your group advanced through the dark forest, Ghost grumbling about the unfortunate situation, Soap chuckling to himself and murmuring his wonderment in strings of thickly accented Gaelic, the snow steadily thinned out as the trees grew taller and bushier.

Then - you all heard muffled rustling, and a man cursing in Russian. Reflexes collectively kicked in; when the patrol reached your position, you were invisible against the brightly lit trees, compliments of your festive camouflage.

The three men didn’t last long; between your prowess with a blade, Ghost’s throwing knives, and Price’s raw strength, simply twisting the man’s head until you all heard a sickening crack.

The bodies were dragged into the shadows quickly, and you all moved on.

Before long, you descended upon a warehouse, with no lights in the windows. But it was easy to tell it was inhabited - shouts and raucous singing echoed from inside.

‘Think we mighta crashed a Christmas party, sir,’ Soap snickered.

‘We’re a vision. Imagine walking in there and trying to shoot anyone,’ you grinned.

‘More like a nightmare,’ Ghost grunted, nudging a snow-dusted bad scraggly bush to the side with the muzzle of his rifle. ‘What? I’m on overwatch, I ain’t goin’ in there.’

‘Alrigh’ LT. Y/N and I are gonna go shoot some guys - ’

‘Merry Christmas, dickweeds,’ you said, in a gruff imitation of the Scot’s accent.

Soap barked a laugh. ‘Sounds ‘bout righ’.’

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eek, eek. im insane bloody hell but you guys get to read what happens when im like this xox

love u all tyvm for supporting me !!!!!!

MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT B WORKING ON A FOXHOUND CHRISTMAS SKIT…………… ♥️