• Fallyn said on May 19, 2008....

  you plant the trees?
  is there a real shortage of trees there?
  
  i should take pictures of here....you can't see ANYTHING because of the trees. it's like a jungle.
  well...not quite...but very close.
  

• uniquely-ironic said on May 19, 2008....

  It is a good idea to transplant the trees elsewhere.  Does Iceland have a tree replenishment program?  Where I grew up they started a program to replace the trees when it became clear that harvesting the mature trees for lumber would out pace the rate that they naturally regrew at and would leave the ground bare.

• Fallyn said on May 19, 2008....

  my grandfather owns a perpetual forest......it's only perpetual because of the way he handles it.
  
  but then he got too old to do it and my uncle took over......and ruined it. .....he logged to much land....and left the scraps behind......and then next time there was a thunder storm it caught fire and burned 3 acres.
  

• skald said on May 19, 2008....

  Fallyn. That was awful. You know that our country is a very northern country and when the Vikings came here it was covered with wood. They soon destroyed the woods by cutting it down and letting sheep on it. Only in the last 50 years or so we have been trying to plant and the country is changing because if this. Well they started in a very small way 100 years a go but mostly in the last 50 we have been doing something  and  even more so since the 70's The moor which is being built on now, had a lot of trees planted there and it is a pity that they must go now.
  Uniquely.  What I said to Fallyn can also be an answer to your question. We don't have a program like that but we have been trying to plant again in our country and it is a pity when the plants can not stay anymore because of new buildings on all hills.
  

• Fallyn said on May 19, 2008....

  i see what you mean skald.....people think that all the trees are gone from washington....but it's not true.
  big companies even replant here....but it's not the same as managing it well......cutting everything down and then replanting doesn't make a healthy forest.
  

• skald said on May 19, 2008....

  Fallyn.  I can see that you are right. I hardly know anything about forests coming from a country like this. Even though my parents planted tree in their garden in the late 50'a and they became big to our standards. Remember how far north we are. They and their generation knew nothing about trees.
  
  Anyway we will see weahter our little plants will live or not. We only have them in pots as my garden is just a concrete garden on the top of the deep garage.
  

• Fallyn said on May 19, 2008....

  i can see that......it would be hard to grow trees there it seems.
  
  i come from a family of loggers.
  i picked up a lot of knowledge about trees.
  not all loggers are evil.
  we do need wood.
  
  

• quietone said on May 19, 2008....

  skald ~ I think that it is wonderful that people are replanting the trees.  Where did you plant them?  Here they just bull doze everything down.. doesn't matter.. then they put it in a pile and burn it.  Then up go all the new developments.  It is good for the growth of your country that they are building new places, but not so good for nature and the beauty.  Yes I saw that little white bird.  :)

• skald said on May 19, 2008....

  Fallyn.  We sue need wood and I would so like to learn from you. lol Once in Germany walking with my friends I was leaning what was that. I did not even know an oak then. I knew the ones that grow here like birch and I don't know all the names in English. Could look them up thought.
  Quiet.  Great that you saw the bird. I put them in pots in my garden. Yes, we build very much. It is great and not great. lol
  

• polarheart said on May 19, 2008....

  I think its great that at least they said people could go and take some trees. . .in other countries not much care is shown to nature and what must be moved will be moved.  It is sad that nature is being destroyed in the process of progress.  Good for you that you adopted some trees, Skald!
   
  Polar x

• Fallyn said on May 19, 2008....

  we have a lot of evergreens here.

• skald said on May 19, 2008....

  Polar. The vegetation is so delicate here that people have to take care. I think. Thanks and (((((((((hugs))))))))))
  Fallyn  We have them here too and they thrive well  but they were not here originally. They were imported. I love to see the colors of trees, evergreens and others when they are high and kind of mixed together. So beautiful. I think Dark green, light green and so on. 

• Fallyn said on May 19, 2008....

  me too.
  this is my favorite time of year...the sky actually turns blue and the whole world explodes in light green.
  
  

• skald said on May 19, 2008....

  Fallyn.  You put it so well. That is  how it is and I love it. :-)

• diabolicdame said on May 19, 2008....

  Oh wow! Thats such a nice gesture and the pictures are great too! You are so close to nature.. it must really be a blessing... all around me all I see is crowds and traffic and concrete and its all so very crammed. These pictures have such a sense of space.. I don't think I've ever been anywhere quite like it. Beautiful!

• skald said on May 19, 2008....

  Dia. That is right nature is about 10 minutes away from me and before they build on the hill here I could walk to it. now there is a little space still there. I am so very grateful to be so close to nature. Having all this space and living in a country that is relatively big when you consider how small my nation is just over 300 thousand. I am also grateful living in such a little nation because we all count.
  
  Of course all people count everywhere but when we are so few we are less suspicious of each other. I have seen it in other places where every one has to be on guard all the time.
  

• wombat said on May 19, 2008....

  Beautiful photo of the moor!  And a great idea that they let you take the trees to save.  Yes, greed is everywhere.....sadly.

• skald said on May 19, 2008....

  Wombat.  I just wanted to show the nature on the moor. And it was good to get those little twigs we got. It is sad about greed. I agree. Luv J 

• hotaka said on May 19, 2008....

  My hometown in Canada made a bylaw about cuting down trees. They said if you cut down a tree you have to plant a new one. It seemed like a very good idea. But when my parents and the neighbours sold off big pieces of their properties to developers there were so many trees taken down and so few replaced. There are old neighbourhoods in my city where you can look from a hill and see mostly green with only a few roofs sticking up. And there are new neighbourhoods across the river where you see nothing but houses.
  As I understand, Iceland has few trees anyway. They should be protected.
  I love the mountains in the background. As always, i feel like just walking for days through the landscapes of your photos.
  

• soaringraven said on May 19, 2008....

  I guess I never thought about whether or not there were forests in Iceland.  I just assumed that there were, after a fashion at least.  I suppose that is a function of being from this area which is quite heavily forested yet.

  It is sad that developers are just ripping trees from the landscape when there are so few to begin with. 

  I hope your trees  survive and grow as silent reminders of what ought to be.

  soaring

• Quna said on May 20, 2008....

  I like the last photo very much. I like mountains and they look as if their tops are cut:) Impressive.

• silverwhisper said on May 20, 2008....

  skald, i was looking at the second picture, thinking, "but wait, a ptarmigan isn't a type of tree--it's a bird! what's she talking about?!"
  
  and then of course, i saw it and kinda kicked myself mentally... :>
  
  ed

• skald said on May 20, 2008....

  Hotaka.  My parents and their former neighbors all build their houses over 50 years ago and now the trees are also over the tops of the housed which are small one family houses. When looking at the hill where that neighborhood is you see all kinds of trees. The hill is covered and it is so pretty.
  
  When we moved here the houses were new and the vegetation small. That has changed in 30 years and now when I look at the new neighborhoods, they are bare, but that will change. So this is the same here. I was once in a new settlement in Berlin, where my friends son lived. Well there were only small trees there and you could see that everything was new. But I bet now a few years later it is different there. Everything grows so much faster there than here and becomes much bigger. Thanks Hotaka.
  Soaring.  There were a few natural woods left which the settlers did  not manage to ruin. One is in the north and once we were on holiday there. My boys were small and they felt they were in a foreign land. In a episode of Derrick which were
   German police  series, that they liked a lot. In the east we have one wood with the tallest trees in Iceland. I don't remember how tall they are, but they are tall.
  Quna.  The mountain you like is our cities mountain Esja.  In one place it has this incredible even top. Just like it had been cut as you say.
  Ed. lol the bird is also called grouse. I was wondering which name to use.
   
  

• Actorguy said on May 20, 2008....

  
  
  
  Here is some forest for you skald.  In a Provincial Park near to where I live.

• hotaka said on May 20, 2008....

  Thanks a lot, Actorguy. Even though I am not from Ontario you just made me homesick. Ontario is a place I always wanted to spend more time in, especially in early autumn.

• Actorguy said on May 20, 2008....

  hotaka: I got this photo from Wikipedia, although I have been to this very spot.  Algonquin Park is a wilderness park about 3 hours north of me.  There are no roads here and you can only get there with a canoe and a pair of hiking boots.  In my younger days, I spent many weeks in this park, but I haven't been there in ages.

• skald said on May 20, 2008....

  Actorguy. How very beautiful. Thank you so much as I said to Fallyn  evergreen grow well here but are not originally form here. I am going to put in pictures of two forests that we have and one of a national park. The colors in your picture remind me so much of that park. I wish I could sometime come to the place where your picture is taken.
  
  
  
  
  

• Actorguy said on May 20, 2008....

  Wow.  That bottom picture looks re-forested (planted),  It looks like, if you took a step or two to the right or left, the trees would all line up.  And the other pictures are stunning!

• Carefully said on May 20, 2008....

  the pictures were great, as usual, and what a great family experience you had.

• GrapeKoolaid said on May 20, 2008....

  What beautiful photos... 
  
  I hope those trees you planted become big and provide a nice shady spot for picnics and little nests for little birds.  :)
  
  Good work... 
  

• skald said on May 20, 2008....

  Actor.   My friend in Germany sometimes says about certain trees there. Standing straight like soldiers.
  I found your picture stunning too. Thanks.
  Carefully.  Yes, the family being together is the main thing. Thanks I am glad you liked the pictures.
  
  Grape.  Thanks. I do hope they live but don't become too big to soon because then I can not have them in post on my patio. I only have a little concrete garden 50 square meters of so.
  

• queenparanoia said on May 20, 2008....

  the picturs you showed are beautiful skald. that is nice of you saving trees... =)

• hotaka said on May 21, 2008....

  I agree with Actorguy, the trees do look like they were planted. Does Iceland have any re-forestation or forestation projects? Japan has many places where the trees are all in rows. Actually, in many places the native trees were cut down and replaced by non-native fir trees.
  
  Actorguy, there was an article about Algonquin in the fall 2007 issue of Canadian Outdoor Photographer. It's probably Canada's most well-known provincial park. I read there is one highway passing through the southern portion but the north is accessable only by canoe or a few long hikes.
  
  Skald, in the photos along the river the forests look mostly natural and there seen to be many deciduous trees. Which native trees are more common there: deciduous or coniferous?
  

• skald said on May 21, 2008....

  Hotaka.  I don't know if those trees were planted. I know that they have planted there and that it is a natural wood still the same. The biggest in Iceland and has also the biggest trees.
  Evergreens are not natural here but they thrive well here and have been imported here long ago. Deciduous trees like birch, willow and some more were here from the start.
  

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