Pictures I like

[George]

[André]

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Bizarre!  Where did you find that André?

PD

[André]

Bizarre!  Where did you find that André?

PD

In an article about resiliency in nature:
https://www.curioctopus.fr/read/22108/18-images-evocatrices-montrant-la-puissante-resilience-de-la-nature

[greg]

That must have been one sexy looking tree, that stop sign just couldn't help itself at all.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

In an article about resiliency in nature:
https://www.curioctopus.fr/read/22108/18-images-evocatrices-montrant-la-puissante-resilience-de-la-nature

Wow!  Great images there...thank you for that link.  A shame about that 13th century French chateau.

[André]

Wow!  Great images there...thank you for that link.  A shame about that 13th century French chateau.

My favourite is that of the tall chimneys capped by trees and bushes. How on earth...?

[pjme]

The cemetery in Laken (Brussels) is well worth a visit.

[André]

Wow! A beech tree, non ?

[pjme]

I'm not sure. I didn't make that photograph. But I did visit the cemetery several times. It has been renovated and many exceptional tombs have been saved, including a cast of Rodin's Penseur.
I made this photo of another tree "engulfing" a tombstone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laeken_Cemetery

[ritter]

That's why you should plant cypresses, and only cypresses, in cemeteries! 

[pjme]

 

Laken is smaller than Père Lachaise, but oozes spooky charm.

[André]

Another place I should visit... We watch the belgian news daily and they often have a feature on charming, odd, historical places. I've been to many, but there are hundreds more...

Speaking of cemetaries:

[MusicTurner]

Both from Jewish Prague, or just no.2 ?

We also have one here, they tend to be atmospheric.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Laken is smaller than Père Lachaise, but oozes spooky charm.

It's a beautiful cemetery....if that makes sense.

PD

[André]

Both from Jewish Prague, or just no.2 ?

We also have one here, they tend to be atmospheric.

Both. Pics from the net. A friend of mine took his own photos many years ago. Spooky and very poetic at the same time.

[pjme]

It's a beautiful cemetery....if that makes sense.

Of course.
Cemeteries are often beautiful (sad, mysterious) places. Some are very famous (Venice, Paris, Genoa, Milan, London...Flanders/Vladslo, Normandy...). I like Antwerp's Schoonselhof for quiet walks, bird & mushroom watching. And discovering graves & architecture, of course.



https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoonselhof

[Florestan]

I dare you all to guess where this cemetery is located.

[André]

Well, the tombstones give it away, don't they ?

[Florestan]

Well, the tombstones give it away, don't they ?

Honestly, would you have thought even for a second that such a cemetery existed in the easternmost corner of Romania?

I visited it twice. There are Englisihmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Turks, Greeks and Romanians, all resting in peace together.