Träd, trä och skog – vi människor kan inte överleva på Jorden utan dem. Vi har alltid tagit tillvara och använt vår skog och det material vi får av den på ett klokt sätt, men nu är det också hög tid att sluta massförstöra denna fantastiska levande organism vi alla är beroende av – växter, djur och människor.
Mitt bidrag den här gången är ett galleri, en livscykel från liten planta till fullvuxen skog, till…ja, kanske ska den ses baklänges. Förhoppningsvis kommer denna cirkel att fortsätta som den alltid har gjort. Det är vårt ansvar.
Wood – a living organism sharing our lives. We have always made use of it, and it has always been a great source of life, and of well being for mankind and our fellow travellers on this Planet Earth.
My contribution is a little gallery, a circle of life with wood. Start at the end…Let’s hope we will preserve this valuable source of life, our forests and woods – because without them, mankind will be wiped out – and with us, every living being on this planet.
Thank you, Ailsa, for another great theme!
Leya 
That forest photograph would make a great screen saver. I love it. Brings back so many pleasant memories of Scandinavia.
I’m glad you like it – and Scandinavia!
Gorgeous shots!! Greetings to you from warm and wet Norfolk,
Dina
Warm and wet…yes I see…But England is England!
Exquisite! I just love wood, whether it’s living in the forest or preserved in an ancient plank floor, or anywhere else. It seems to keep its entire history in its heart. Just being in its presence makes me feel a part of that history. Lovely photos!
xoxo
Thank you, Kathryn, I agree!
Beautiful photos as always. You have a beautiful place there! Also, I hope I didn’t inadvertently upset you with my post. Perhaps I should take it down as I posted a bit too dispassionately. I’m not sure but I hope it’s at least now readable. I hope all is well as I wouldn’t want to cause upset. xox
Dear friend, I must admit I had some trouble with the content. Upset is maybe too much to say, but let’s say I did not feel that great about it. Some parts were Ok, but some didn’t agree with me. And then the text disappeared, which made me think maybe it was cencured or something.
Ann-Christine,
Good morning to you from Calif! I don’t know what happened but apologies if it upset you in any way. It is very distressing living here and wondering if we are informed well enough to avoid problems. Since I already have cesium from radioactive fallout coursing thru my veins, I guess I feel a little more upset about all this!
Anyway I hope you have a lovely walk with your pooches today. 😉
No worries, dear, I am in such a stressful job that I could be a bit extra sensitive right now.. Everything is as it should be though – take care and big hug from me!
I hope soon for some quiet time for you. I’m glad to read all is OK over that post. It seems to be ok but is upsetting if you’ve not seen these things til lately. 😦
xxx
I bet you could hear a twig snap in your forest of wood Ann-Christine … and I trust they never choose a log from the middle and the bottom of that stacked up pile 😉
Lovely collection .
I guess you are right in every statement about twigs and logs, Poppy.
🙂
So beautiful and warm – in your photos as well as in nature 🙂
Wood is warming – alive, always.
This is such a wonderful selection of photos on this subject! I love the floor! There aren’t many of that type!
Thank you! And, No, there aren’t many – in fact I have never seen another one.
There is one in Härnösand 🙂
There is?! Where?
There’s a museum … [Länsmuseet Murberget], they had such a floor in the main lobby. It’s pretty awesome 🙂
I’ll write that down…
You can see a little portion of it here: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7955944118_963050be09.jpg
and here’s the website http://www.murberget.se/
Wonderful thoughts and photos of wood! The tree that has a birdhouse is nice capture.
They go well together those two. Each year I wonder how the birdhouse manages to stay put there.
What a beautiful collection….must do a wood post myself 🙂
You caught some lovely shots, but I’m love with that last one…..sun soaked, moss cloaked woods.
Seonaid, I love that one too, because of the beautiful day, the stillness and the crisp feeling when I was walking there. Not a sound. You express it so well.
Wonderful images for the challenge. The cockerell is really cute, and the piles of logs really dwarf that man. 🙂
Thank you, Sylvia, I like him too.
Great gallery – I love all the photos you have chosen … can see that wood from Copenhagen is in there too. My favorite is the photo with all the logs.
Viveka, I couldn’t leave out that floor…
*smile …. I wouldn’t be able to do it neither – just amazing and I bet it has been there for 100 years … never seen anything like it.
Skog … Trä … Träd … 3 ord som är ett måste för mitt välbefinnande …
Nu är det snart Februari ! … Jag räknar dagarna ! … // Maria 🙂
Snart! Jag räknar dem också! Jag hörde om hur kallt det var uppe i norr med minus 42, men det är väl inte hos dig?
Nä vi har inte riktigt så kallt men det ligger mellan minus 15 – 20 grader … Lägg sen till blåst, så det är riktigt kallt ändå …
Kyla i sig är inga problem, det är blåsten som ställer till det … Min syster hade -30 häromdagen … // Maria 🙂
Det stämmer – vi har stark vind här och bara minus 7, men också en fuktig kyla. Den går genom märg och ben. Var på hundträning med Mille idag och de fick bryta träningen tidigare för alla var stelfrusna. Mille vägrade sitta i kylan och jag förstår honom…Sen är han ju gammal också och jag vill inte utsätta honom för påfrestningar i onödan. Men det här är ju hans grej annars…han har alltid älskat att träna.
Klokt av dig att lyssna på Milles signaler … Det gör jag också med Yarri … Han har ett mycket tydligt kroppsspråk om man säger så … Vilket syns i mitt senaste inlägg 😉 … // Maria 🙂