This particular southern live oak lives in Airlie Gardens near the coast of North Carolina.
The grounds keepers were just starting to decorate for the holidays, but nature has already decorated with Spanish Moss catching the afternoon sunlight.
My favorite work of human art in the gardens is this bottle house which also catches the sunlight.
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December 11, 2020 at 2:04 am
Wow, these are phenomenal!! Thanks!
December 11, 2020 at 9:02 pm
So glad you like them!
December 11, 2020 at 4:43 am
I’d never heard of Spanish moss so I googled it. Thanks a lot.
December 11, 2020 at 9:23 pm
You’re welcome! It’s very common here. Many years ago, I got some Spanish moss to put on a pith helmet for a Halloween costume and discovered tiny bugs in it so had to wash it first. I think I got an honorable mention for that “Swamp Witch” costume.
December 12, 2020 at 1:35 am
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December 11, 2020 at 7:12 am
The tree with the Spanish moss is beautiful.
December 11, 2020 at 9:25 pm
Thanks! I’m glad you like it. We have a lot of Spanish moss here, but the way the sunlight made it gleam on this tree drew special attention.
December 11, 2020 at 7:56 am
That’s a lovely find! And I love nature’s way of decorating…
December 11, 2020 at 9:42 pm
Thank you! Nature is a great decorator!
December 11, 2020 at 11:36 am
Marvellous tree.
December 11, 2020 at 10:06 pm
Glad you like it!
December 11, 2020 at 1:55 pm
Majestic!
December 11, 2020 at 10:09 pm
Yes, they are! The live oaks’ curving open arms give me a feeling of feminine, benevolent majesty.
December 12, 2020 at 12:43 pm
Love that description 🙂
December 12, 2020 at 9:22 pm
You inspired me.
December 13, 2020 at 11:09 pm
It’s a lovely, welcoming, lush looking tree.
December 14, 2020 at 9:21 pm
Thank you for seeing that! It is welcoming!
December 17, 2020 at 5:28 am
WOnderful! Spanish Moss looks absolutely ethereal!!
December 17, 2020 at 10:16 pm
Thank you! I’m glad you see that in the Spanish moss, too.
December 20, 2020 at 9:29 am
Wow. Never seen anything like that. Nature is a magician. Isn’t it? That bottle house is also so pretty. So glad you joined. I hope to see you around on the 24th. It’s the 100th edition and I would love to see you around. I am so grateful to have you around and join the blog hop. Means so much to me. ❤
December 20, 2020 at 8:06 pm
Glad you like the Spanish moss. It’s fairly common, but still magical. I’m glad to be part of Thursday Tree Love. Thanks for the reminder of the 100th edition!
December 20, 2020 at 10:21 am
We took streetcar a tour of downtown Savannah, Georgia once and one of the first things the tour guide said was “don’t touch Spanish moss! It has chiggers in it and you will get bitten up”. (Those bites ITCH.) But it looks so good on the live oaks – I’d like to visit this garden one day. Enjoyed the glass bottle house picture, too.
December 20, 2020 at 8:09 pm
Yikes! I’m glad I washed that Spanish moss all those years ago for my Halloween costume! Glad you liked the bottle house.
December 24, 2020 at 1:31 pm
Wow that’s beautiful, had never seen anything like this ever. thanks for sharing this lovely picture.
December 24, 2020 at 8:43 pm
You are very welcome! I’m so glad to enjoyed it.
December 25, 2020 at 1:40 am
Such a beautiful and large tree. We don’t have these kinds of trees here in this part of the world.
December 25, 2020 at 9:51 pm
That’s one of the things I love about Thursday Tree Love – seeing trees from all over the world. Glad you liked the Live Oak.
December 26, 2020 at 2:33 am
Same thoughts, JoAnna 🙂
January 28, 2021 at 12:52 am
Goodness, that’s a lovely tree! Did the Spanish moss survive the winter?
January 28, 2021 at 5:48 pm
Yes! The Spanish moss is here year round. Maybe less abundant in the winter.