Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Oak galls, sometimes known as oak apples, are caused by specialist, "Gall" wasps, which lay an egg on some part of the tree and when the larvae hatches it secretes a chemical that causes the oak to produce these growths. The larvae lives and feeds inside the Gall until it is an adult, then it eats its way out.

Incredible eh?

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It's a beaut Tom. What are you going to do with it? Leave it where it is or re plant it?

Amazing to think it could live to 800 years+

It's funny you should ask that Kev, I've been wondering about it myself.

Of course I'll never get the pleasure of sitting beneath it, but it would be nice to think that in a couple of hundred years, someone will.

When we first came here 25 years ago, the loss of our son was still raw, and I thought about planting a tree in his memory. For various reasons, it didn't happen.

Perhaps serendipity has taken a hand.

[Kev B]

It's a beaut Tom. What are you going to do with it? Leave it where it is or re plant it?

Amazing to think it could live to 800 years+

It's funny you should ask that Kev, I've been wondering about it myself.

Of course I'll never get the pleasure of sitting beneath it, but it would be nice to think that in a couple of hundred years, someone will.

When we first came here 25 years ago, the loss of our son was still raw, and I thought about planting a tree in his memory. For various reasons, it didn't happen.

Perhaps serendipity has taken a hand.

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Look at these wild crocuses. I could swear they weren't there yesterday. It's like they pushed up through the soil overnight.

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bamboo can grow at up to 3ft a day 

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Incredible isn't it? This grew 4" while I was leaning on it.

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[Karabiner]

Lovely pics Tom.

The cherry blossom tree outside my living-room window should start coming to life in the next couple of weeks.

Spring is definitely coming as it's only a month until Cheltenham, swiftly followed by The Masters.