AMAZING Olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemane

My friend sent me these two stunning pictures he took on his last visit there. Amazing!!!!!





Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
Sam

My photo of the same tree in March of 2011.

Amazing!
And so very much touching also, considering which This Place is and Who has prayed there under those trees....
Thank you both for sharing!

my nellie wrote:Amazing!
And so very much touching also, considering which This Place is and Who has prayed there under those trees....
Thank you both for sharing!

I completely agree!!! It'd be awesome to have seen in person. Hopefully one day.

Thank you for posting the color shot Billy. It's even more impressive in color.

Have a great weekend!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!
Sam

Amazing tree.
Is there a photo with a person next to it?.

Kind regards yvonne

The best I can do is with people in the background.

Hi Billy

Nice big tree , thanks.....

Kind regards Yvonne

Billy M. Rhodes wrote:The best I can do is with people in the background.

Hey Billy, by any chance do you have a close up of what's blooming at the base of that tree? I'd love to know.

R

Those are the only two shots I have of the tree.

Russell Coker wrote:... ... Hey Billy, by any chance do you have a close up of what's blooming at the base of that tree? I'd love to know.
R

Russel, I would dare say that they look like cyclamens....

After I thought about it, I realized I could probably enlarge that area and show the flowers.

I was there last year when the tree gave an enormouus crop of olives.It was 47 degrees and the only shade was in the church.

my nellie wrote:

Russell Coker wrote:... ... Hey Billy, by any chance do you have a close up of what's blooming at the base of that tree? I'd love to know.
R

Russel, I would dare say that they look like cyclamens....

Alexandra, that's what I was thinking too. And I'm certain after Billy's close-up! Thanks!

Spidercrab wrote:I was there last year when the tree gave an enormouus crop of olives.It was 47 degrees and the only shade was in the church.

He means 47 C not 47 F. I went in March, the weather was great.

Yes, Russel those are Cyclamens, they occur there Naturally in the Desert in Israel!!
Ist almost the first thing that appears after the first winter rain. I've seen masses of them in the Nature reserve near Gad Nes, where my Dad lives, all the colours...Amazing.

Here is a picture of me with an Olive lower down in the Garden, It is quite an awsome place, and you dont even have to be a Christian to feel the surreal age an awe of the trees, it is pretty magical.
They still harvest these trees!! almost after much more than 2000 years!!!!

Hi Andre

Nice to see your face, and thanks for sharing the photo of this fantastic tree.

Kind regards Yvonne