καιρός remembered

Weeping Beech

More than 50 years ago, in 1972, the Floriade world horticulture exhibition opened in Amsterdam. One of the young trees in what is now called Amstelpark has grown into this beautiful weeping beech.
From the very beginning, individuals and couples in love have carved arrows and hearts with their names or initials into the trunk of the tree. Their love may be long gone, but over the years, the marks have grown with the trunk and stretched into scars.
You have to penetrate the green stream of tears to see them.

Photos of the week: Weeping Beech and its trunk, Amstelpark, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2025