Hawthorne.

This is a wild and enchanted tree, under the protection of the faerie realms and the old magic, and as such should be greatly respected..A talisman made of hawthorn will enhance you ability to release love, open your heart and align yourself to spiritual development...always look for old wood or cut wood left by farmers to use.......This benevolent old chap is always willing to yield old wood, and Below his roots a badger as made it's sett......

A Gift.

Two weeks ago a dear friend arrived with this wonderful oak root in the back of his pickup for me! i was gobsmacked it's lovely!! He works for the forestry and thought i'd find something to do with it, well it now resides in the tree field peeping out and looking Quite splendid........

Kiss of death!

This beasty lives in the valley on the north flank of bodran, i think its an Ash i'll pay it a visit now that there are leaves to confirm it........The ash was considered by the druids to be one of their 5 sacred trees , it connects with the 3 circles of existence and being known to the celts as "Abred" "Gwynedd"and "Ceugant", which translated is past, present and future....
I am tomorrows ancestor,
the future of yesterday,
and what i am in the here and now,
goes rippling out all ways ,
goes rippling out always..

As for the witch hugging him, I'm afraid i'll be chopping her of at the feet. and bringing her home.

The rhino.

Not a tree today but this amazing log it is pretty big and as hard as iron, which makes me think its oak..it's the core wood as all the bark has rotted away..I want it in my garden but it's a tad to big to pop in my pocket..and as with most of the trees they've earned pet names from my children this is the Rhino...........

The dinosaur.

This silver birch makes a great seat,and the children called it their dinosaur and used to squeeze on together to ride it.
This birch which is usually the gracious lady of the forest as struggled to gain sustinance and is
amazingly growing out of the rock face, the safest place from sheep i suppose..
Birch is a good tree, and as always been used for cleansing and driving out evil, it is a nourishing, energizing protecting tree and as above as great afinity with the young.............and if you ask nicely it lets you make wine from its sap..

The oak and ivy..

This tree is not on Bodran, Or on one of my regular walk's but i passed it once and I didnt loiter just took the photo and scarpered.

It is an old oak ,, crowned with ivy, and quite stunning in an uncomfortable way.. The oak is or has died in torment strangled by the ivy and if you enlarge this photo you will see images of what i think of as a tormented soul, Why would a tree use human features??? in my mind it is so we will recognise the pain and help it, well nobody as noticed until me and if colin will come with me i will remove the ivy and let the tree breath, i can't go on my own ,isn't that silly!! me who'll sleep alone in forests won't go alone to this tree in broad daylight ...

The Old scotty or Fir......

This old scotty is where i first sensed ! and caught a glimpse of my first tree spirit..we always call it the lookout..It's a farseeing tree and can help us develop perceptions and insights necessary to see beyond the present, it will also help us to see and understand things from another's point of view.....Even though ours is dead it as a vigour and energy .....and the 20 we've planted are there to ease it's passing.......It is home to millions of wildlife and among others it is the buzzard lookout in daylight hours and the owls by night, among others.