A barber or a woodcutters dream
When you have once make the decision to pollard the willow you have to do this every 3-4 years. In the past the farmers did this for the branches , to day mostly by volunteers or municipal works . Why ? We love them , they belong to Holland as a windmill or wooden shoe. and think it`s a pity when they are/get lost.
Toen kwam de boerenkapper aan,
Die had een lange schaar-
En knipte met een grote hap,
Zo maar op éénmaal: knip-knip-knap,
Door àl dat wilgenhaar!
Zij schrokken zelf verbazend,
Maar de andren lachten razend,
En riepen allemaal brutaal:
"Wat bennen jullie nou weer kaal!"
So beautiful. I think the shapes of the pollarded trees are very interesting. Love the perspective of your shot too, with the road curving away and fading into the distance.
Your shot really brings the concept of pollarded trees alive to me. The government forester's son nicknamed the trees this because he thought these trees looked like stalks of broccoli. There is controversy here about pruned (pollarded) trees. Heavy pruning can damage the trees and make them asymmetrical and quite ugly. Without pruning, the branches fall on the utility lines and knock out the electricity and TV cable and land phone lines during bad weather and ice storms.
Toen kwam de boerenkapper aan,
Die had een lange schaar-
En knipte met een grote hap,
Zo maar op éénmaal: knip-knip-knap,
Door àl dat wilgenhaar!
Zij schrokken zelf verbazend,
Maar de andren lachten razend,
En riepen allemaal brutaal:
"Wat bennen jullie nou weer kaal!"
I like your knotwilgen shots!