This tree has some character. It makes me think of magical forests and I fully expected to see a gnome or small mythological beastie pop its head around from behind it as I took the photo.
Sadly, what the tree has is gall. Something like an insect, bacteria, injury or what-have-you attacked it and changed its hormones.
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It's interesting how the growth is almost a perfect sphere. I didn't realize it was a disease that made some trees look like that.
So this makes the Bag Lady wonder -when we humans have a bloated stomach, it's gall?!
Cool photo, dfLeah...those boles make really great tables, too.
Did you look really carefully? Those doors are well hidden.
Great photo and thanks for the information - I didn't know that.
Oh, poor tree. Very cute though... and is that an elf I see exiting from one of those doors?
Hope it's not a fatal affliction, it really does look like a tree with a lot of character.
Hey, the Bag Lady just looked a little more closely at that photo. She didn't see any elves, but there's a pile of elf poo over to the right...
I should have looked closer,Reb.
I'd forgotten how crafty the Wee Folk are about their doors.
I like your thinking, Bag Lady. It's not bloat, it's gall.
Bunnygirl - It was the spherical shape that really attracted me to it.
It wouldn't surprise me if you saw an elf there, Crabby.
I can see it clear as day... Goldeye with Gall and Gollum
Brilliant, Hilary. Good work. Thanks.
Hilary! That is too cool!!
Very good Hilary!
df Leah,
I like your picture, but Hilary's picture is funnier! ;)
Terrie
What a magical picture - but sad too.
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