What a fun discovery. My favorite photo is the padlocked hut. I imagine Bilbo Baggins from the Hobbit and Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons live there together.
This is a fascinating place! I appreciate that you brought it to us in prose and photos. While the upside-down stumps are uniquely interesting, the sculpted flowers on the bench caught my eye. I love small details, so that explains it!
I imagine feeling very at home in The Stumpery. For some reasons the upside down trees do not look that unusual to me, maybe because the roots make their own kind of canopy. What is an Ent?
Ent are forest managers in Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” books. Basically, they are ancient walking (and talking) trees. In the movies, they are beautifully imagined.
How wonderfully strange! Thank you for sharing this find.
Thanks Debra. It is strange.
What a fun discovery. My favorite photo is the padlocked hut. I imagine Bilbo Baggins from the Hobbit and Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons live there together.
Ha! What a great image, Isabella.
This is a fascinating place! I appreciate that you brought it to us in prose and photos. While the upside-down stumps are uniquely interesting, the sculpted flowers on the bench caught my eye. I love small details, so that explains it!
Glad you liked it, Candy. I love those metal flowers, too. They are lovely.
Magical! Thank you for showing us this secret upside-down forest, Jim.
(Ps: I thought "ents" must be "ants" as pronounced by Charles II. As in, "he has ents in his pents." Thank you for straightening me out!)
I think more than a few people might miss the ents reference, Franny. Not everyone is a Lord of the Rings nut like me.
Huh.
I imagine feeling very at home in The Stumpery. For some reasons the upside down trees do not look that unusual to me, maybe because the roots make their own kind of canopy. What is an Ent?
Ent are forest managers in Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” books. Basically, they are ancient walking (and talking) trees. In the movies, they are beautifully imagined.
Ok now I’ve seen it all.
It’s different, that’s for sure!
Thanks for the excellent discovery, Jim. I look forward to checking it out next time I am in the neighborhood.
I think you will really like it, Mike.