Protection for young almond tree, Penedos, HFF

New life; well captured Isabel.
hFF

Beautiful...and I like this unusual perspective. Let's hope that this almond tree will grow into a sturdy and strong tree and supply us with lots of almonds. I like them a lot :-)

HFF, Isabel, and have a great weekend!

So do I. A lot of work but I love to prepare them and roast them myself…

Sounds delicious. And I can smell them roasting already... :-)

A weird but true story...when my parents and I traveled to Croatia (Yugoslavia back then) for the first time in 1965, we brought back boatloads of almonds. Back home, I generously shared them with my friends who lived in the same apartment building. We were downstairs in the backyard and hammering away with rocks at the almond shells (can you imagine parents nowadays allowing their 6-year old kids to do that)?? Anyway, an elderly neighbor came along, and she was terribly shocked (not at us treating almonds with rocks!!), but she was afraid we'd eat them (that was the idea, of course!) and warned us not to as they were highly poisonous!! I told her that I had eaten them all the time on my vacation in Yugoslavia and I was still alive. She was in total disbelief because she thought they were peach pits as she had never seen almonds in their shells before :-)))

I had the same experience with elderberries here in the French hinterland: I always make jam of them, together with blackberries. One day my neighbor saw me when I picked them up, she warned me that they were poisonous! When I assured her the opposite, she didn't believe me !!

Different cultures… and maybe too because of amara variety which contains poison ( cyanure). If you eat two or rhree no harm done but 20 can make you really sick and 40 can kill you…
Hope you enjoyed the ones you had as kid, opening them is part of the fun.

You should have given her a bottle of elderberry wine and Elton John's song to accompany it. Perhaps she'd have believed you then ;-))

That's true and I've heard of that. But we assured her that those almonds were the sweet type. The funny thing is that she didn't even seem to know what almonds were, she insisted they were peach pits (those might as well be poisonous, I don't know as I've never tried any, just the peaches themselves) ;-)

Better not, their indeed poisonous...

Yes, and that's why we ate almonds instead ;-))

great pov. HFF

Nice perspective Isabel
Have a lovely Friday and a good weekend

superb focus Isabel, HFF

I agree, super focusing

lovely Isabel
Hugs

HFF and a great WE to you, Isabel!

HFF und ein schönes Wochenende!

Very sturdy protection and I love the perspective!
HFF Isabel and a good weekend.

Excellent viewpoint and lovely shallow DoF! The almond tree needs the protectiion until it has grown up:-) hFF und good weekend!

More fence than tree but all that will change! Well done.

HFF, enjoy the weekend. Herb

Schön, dieses Mandelbäumchen zu sehen. Auf dass es viele Früchte trägt. HFF Isabel und hallo Q 2!

Very creative picture,Isabel!
HFF and have a great weekend!

Best wishes
Füsun

HFF Dir!

HFF Isabel!

A lot of fence for a tiny tree! HFF and have a great weekend, isabel.

Ein ungewöhnliches Foto aber sehr gelungen! HFF

A good thing to do'.. and hoping it'll continue to flourish... A ''HFF'' to you Isabel.. keep well and a ''HFF'' to you - from > David J.. UK.

A strong fence for a little tree Isabel.
HFF have a great weekend.
TOZ

A delicate tree worth protecting.
HFF & have a great w/e.

original POV, compo and focus !
Hopeful FF & WE !

Oh wie schön...der perfekte Schärfepunkt für dieses zarte Bäumchen.
Hoffentlich wird es ein großer, stattlicher Baum :)
hFF Isabel und ein schönes Wochenende für Dich!

HFF and a nice weekend, Isabel !

Cute HFF Isabel

Hope the tree will flourish...... Have a great week end and HFF

HFF Isabel and best wishes for the weekend.

Such a tender part of creation deserves protection.
HFF and have a fine weekend, Isabel.

super!
HFF and have a great weekend!

Ungewöhnlichster Blickpunkt der Woche! Großartige Komposition, Isabel!
HFF und ein schönes Wochenende!

Hi Isabel
A very nice picture, which I like very much!
Wonderful and interesting composition
Great colours
Best Wishes, HFF, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter

Many years will pass before it brings fruits;-) HFF Isabel.

Superb shot from above, hope this sapling lives long and prospers!

HFF Isabel