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November 27, 2014

Updates of my website The Ginkgo Pages

* New topic: Oliver Sacks: "Night of the Ginkgo" in The New Yorker.

* Added special page on Bonsai-page with dwarf (penjing) Ginkgo trees from China, photos by James Wilkins.
 

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November 26, 2014

Ginkgo dwarf trees (penjing) in Sichuan, China

Dwarf (penjing) Ginkgo trees. 

Penjing, also known as penzai, is the ancient Chinese art of depicting artistically formed trees, other plants, and landscapes in miniature.
Location of this old Ginkgo tree: Qingxi Gardens, Sichuan, Chengdu, Dujiangyan city in China.
More info and photos on my website

More Bonsai photos on my Bonsai-page.

Photo: James Wilkins, thank you!

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November 18, 2014

Ginkgo trees Mungwang-myeon reservoir, S.Korea


Mungwang-myeon reservoir, Goesan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.
Many beautiful Ginkgo trees in fall, thick mist over the reservoir.

Below a video taken by a drone:



Video by Jonghun Kim on YouTube
Photo: Doopedia 
 
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November 10, 2014

Updates of my website The Ginkgo Pages

* Two new supersized photos on my Photospecial page: Buddha and two Ginkgo trees, Artis Zoo, Amsterdam.

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November 05, 2014

Great Ginkgo in fall, Kingenji Temple, Japan



Video of Great Ginkgo (Oicho), height 33 m, girth 6.5 m, planted ca. 1620.
Location: Kingenji Temple, Okuizumo City, Shimane Prefecture in Japan.
The harmony between the “Kayabuki" (thatched roof) house and yellow leaves and  the reflection of the leaves in the pond is stunning.

Another video of this beautiful Ginkgo tree:



Videos by Nimo5 on YouTube.

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