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^^Looks summery in France...but are you sure those are Pinus sylvestris?
Trondheim recorded a new record today: highest barometer pressure ever in May - 1039.6 hPa.
Took this with my iphone as I walked by, at 21:15 tonight
And, for Baba and Ed & others, this is as far as spring has come here. Hasn't been as warm as further south in Norway as the High is W and not E of us, but with wall to wall sunshine things are happening.
Starting leafing out on the first trees
^^Looks summery in France...but are you sure those are Pinus sylvestris?
Yes, it's apparently the second most common species in that sandy forest after oak and before beech. Around 30% of the trees are scots pines there (sorry link in French): ONF - Forêt domaniale de Fontainebleau
Yes, it's apparently the second most common species in that sandy forest after oak and before beech. Around 30% of the trees are scots pines there (sorry link in French): ONF - Forêt domaniale de Fontainebleau
Thanks, seems Pinus sylvestris makes up 29% of that forest if I got that right. Very impressive range for Scots pine, from central France to the mountains in Norway even making up the treeline in some continental valleys, and also growing north of the Arctic Circle up to 70 N like in Alta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta,_Norway
Havent had time to compare but I think we are about the same. Maybe couple days behind? Nothing too drastic so hard to tell. About normal.
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Took loads of pics while being driven towards southeastern France from Paris last weekend.
Canola fields in the background:
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That one is my favorite road pic. Would love views like that around here. Pretty cool to hear "canola" fields. No idea about the crop as far as harvesting ect.
Also, is that a Catepillar Web? Gross is right. I thought was a spider at first but web looks thick as heck. Do Catepillars do that?
Given the nice weather lately I went over to Government House last evening. They have some nice gardens there and I thought they would be freshly planted but unfortunately nothing's in the ground yet.
The building itself was built in 1913. It's quite nice.
As you can see though the gardens were completely empty.
Just a few perennials pushing up.
The only flowers were these potted ones by the main entrance.
Even the grass itself was still rather brown.
There was however a lawn on the west side of the complex that was fully green and springlike complete with dandelions.
There are also some nice views of the river valley from up there.
Overall rather disappointing, other parts of the city are further ahead. However, with the forecast for 30°C for Friday we should start to see green all over the place.
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