Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha was sitting under a fig tree for a long time.
In Hawaii, he would have been more comfortable.
Hope you were sitting down on that bench,
and not in a hurry to take more nice pictures.
Gruesse - A.
you need to come back, when the figs are ripe and sit on the ornate bench with your head put back and your mouth wide open… the many bizarre and literally "elephantine" trunks are quite an impressive sight. in fact, in the one on the very left is see a face: looong nose, single eye and an 0-shaped open mouth! ; ) hugs, sabine.
Wonderful! Great picture of this enormous tree.
Are you serious - a fig tree? When I look at what I call "our fig tree" in our garden, I know it will have another 500 years to go... :-)
What a powerful tribe.
I hope the figs do not drop on the head when you are sitting under the tree.
The bench invites indeed, to sit down and relax.
hugs
Ruth
Vitória Castelo Santos 15/12/2012 18:30
Ein schönes Motiv ! Gefällt mir sehr gut.Schönes Wochenende.
LG Vitoria
Birgit Presser 15/12/2012 18:17
IMPRESSIVE!!!!!Hugs, Bibi
melkart (pepe jaime) 15/12/2012 17:32
La de inviernos que ha debido pasar ese viejo árbol y la de escenas que habrá visto en ese banco. BesosErnst Heister 15/12/2012 17:23
Als ob was Urzeitliches die Erdkruste durchbrochen hätte....Liebe Grüße, Ernst
Alfred Schultz 15/12/2012 17:04
Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha was sitting under a fig tree for a long time.In Hawaii, he would have been more comfortable.
Hope you were sitting down on that bench,
and not in a hurry to take more nice pictures.
Gruesse - A.
Claudio Micheli 15/12/2012 15:55
Fantastica!Ciao
Zenonas 15/12/2012 15:20
Fantastic shot, Adele!regards
z
s. sabine krause 15/12/2012 14:26
you need to come back, when the figs are ripe and sit on the ornate bench with your head put back and your mouth wide open… the many bizarre and literally "elephantine" trunks are quite an impressive sight. in fact, in the one on the very left is see a face: looong nose, single eye and an 0-shaped open mouth! ; ) hugs, sabine.Manfred Jochum 15/12/2012 14:22
Wonderful! Great picture of this enormous tree.Are you serious - a fig tree? When I look at what I call "our fig tree" in our garden, I know it will have another 500 years to go... :-)
Ruth Hutsteiner 15/12/2012 13:58
What a powerful tribe.I hope the figs do not drop on the head when you are sitting under the tree.
The bench invites indeed, to sit down and relax.
hugs
Ruth
Werner R. Albert 15/12/2012 13:34
What a giant tree !!And a bench you like so much.
Well captured and presented.
many hugs
Werner
JURAFR 15/12/2012 12:38
Une petite pause s' impose :-)))) bel endroit , excellent N/BAmitiés
BRYAN CRUTE 15/12/2012 10:59
How that's a seat build to lay back and relax on !Beautiful scene and as Howard monochrome sits well with it :-)
Regards
Bryan
Mark Billiau. 15/12/2012 10:08
Must be great sitting there on that bench with your sweetheart.....Fantastic shaped tree !
Mark
alberto16-menuder 15/12/2012 8:52
bellissima un ottimo bn ciao