Thursday, October 26, 2023

The warden tree

The City Hall Oak
The oak standing in the courtyard at Stockholm City Hall was planted to function as a "warden tree". According to Nordic cultural tradition, "warden trees" serves as a dwelling for friendly protective spirits and grants the farm prosperity. I copied that sentence from the City Hall Facebook site. I took this photo a few days ago as I thought the Autumn colors looked great.

3 comments:

RedPat said...

The colours in this shot are beautiful. The oaks haven't changed yet here.

roentare said...

That tree is a true treasure. Love the stance and atmosphere.

William Kendall said...

Beautiful!