But he is a wonderful colony of living beings!!
It's so original and wonderfully shown, Rosalyne!
The PIP(s) are also very interesting!

Thank you very much Judite.
Sunday greetings.

Very old ! An impressive tree, Rosa !

I wonder how much longer it will remain there Ulrich. :)
Thank you for your kind comment.

A fantastic find! It looks like mostly ivy growing out of the trunk. We recently had a report on something similar in our daily paper, only here it was an elder tree growing inside the trunk of an old linden tree:-)
I also love the old phone and letter box, beer and hymns- haha!

Thank you Gudrun. Yes a lot of ivy. I seem to remember something about a tree growing inside another. Maybe it was the same one! A shame the old post office was no longer there, but it's a very small village.

ABSOLUMENT magnifique et d'une beauté fascinante et rarissime. A première vue une étonnante impression se dégage tellement c'est fantastique. Admirable partage.
Bonne et agréable journée dominicale.

Thank you very much Malik. I love coming across unexpected things like this, and I'm pleased that you also like it.
Sunday greetings.

What a interesting set of finds Rosa, particularly the old oak trunk and to find a working red telephone box next to an old post box ~~~ Wow ~ All the best ~ Nick

I had never been to the village before Nick and I was following my daughter's directions through some very narrow roads! I was also amazed to see a working phone box :-) Great comments, thank you.
All the best and a good new week, Rosa.

Das ist ja ein schöner Anblick,wie da oben auch wieder was gewachsen ist liebe Rosa und auch alle Käfer und Insekten eine Freude damit haben,ich finde auch diese rote Telefonzelle und Briefkasten richtig schön,da ich ja selber auch Briefzusteller in meiner Stadt war,nur sowas sieht man bei uns leider nicht :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you for your kind comment dear Günter. There were actually two post boxes from the same era in the village, so I guess they are both still in use. My middle brother was also a postman after he was made redundant from the printing industry, and he loved it. Kept him super fit until he was promoted to a van! ;-))

Best wishes & a good new week, Rosa.

A rare beautiful find.

May be something like this evoked Tennyson to express "Nature is red in tooth and claw"

Superbe image de ce gros tronc chevelu ! :-)
Bon dimanche. Amitiés

I watched a piece on television recently about an old oak tree and the number of species of animals, insects and plants it supports.......and there were thousands over the period of a year!!

This is a fantastic capture Rosa.............the oak may be on its last legs, but it seems it'g going to have a presence there for a long time yet! It looks amazing with all that greenery growing from it............and that's just the stuff we can see! Such a pleasant looking location too.

Two nice PiPs..........I'm with Hobby Togger on the first one and I really like the second one. Both the post box and the telephone box are becoming more and more of a rarity and to get both in one photo is great!

I hope you've had a decent weekend.........and are looking forward to the week ahead :-)