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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">=***********=***********= </span></b></i></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span></b></i></span></span></span> </span></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b></span><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-90431679034135372122022-11-26T14:37:00.000+01:002022-11-26T14:37:01.627+01:00The sound of falling Ginkgo leaves<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XmJoEdCm6ZY" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">The sound of falling Ginkgo leaves at <a href="http://www.unmunsa.or.kr/?m=bbs&bid=0801&uid=28505">Unmunsa Temple</a> (557 AD), </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, </span></span><span style="color: #444444;">South Korea. </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">This Ginkgo tree is about 500 years old.<br /></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">It is a Buddhist temple and has a training center for nuns.</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>Visit my Twitter account</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/theginkgopages" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>The Ginkgo Tweets</i></span></a> <b>: many photos/videos/news about the Ginkgo tree in fall!</b></span></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Video by Missing Hertz on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJoEdCm6ZY">YouTube</a>.</i><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-34692354013840226972022-09-08T13:18:00.000+02:002022-09-08T13:18:05.933+02:00Origami Ginkgo leaves art by JeeYoung Lee<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhpE9wJ6LcnRVSVGxUd1FYZoVBDyKbiEZbpBQFuwI71_Cf67tygdZy13O-MKQ-oMu_0MX1kOKW7LYqKNSy-H3RY__6pD6TsV8WiHi5UbBr2mYOl90NRSFPJF715qXMVVOYhwar_VQQNhpDeMKXZQRI4ubpHHnyCGUhyAWdIqhmnU8X6Z2P84/s524/JeeYoungLee_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhpE9wJ6LcnRVSVGxUd1FYZoVBDyKbiEZbpBQFuwI71_Cf67tygdZy13O-MKQ-oMu_0MX1kOKW7LYqKNSy-H3RY__6pD6TsV8WiHi5UbBr2mYOl90NRSFPJF715qXMVVOYhwar_VQQNhpDeMKXZQRI4ubpHHnyCGUhyAWdIqhmnU8X6Z2P84/s16000/JeeYoungLee_blog.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Ginkgo leaf sea "Maiden Voyage" </span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Origami objects by South Korean artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JeeYoung_Lee">JeeYoung Lee</a>.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> The objects draw on her childhood observing the autumn Ginkgo
leaves in the streets of Korea. Also known as “living fossils” ginkgo
leaves date back over 270 million years and was a way for Lee to convey
the passage of time: "I compare life to a voyage". <br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Read more about the exhibition at <a href="https://nowgallery.co.uk/exhibitions/maiden-voyage">Now Gallery</a>, London (with videos). </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Photo: <a href="https://twitter.com/NOWGallery/status/1564935061132173313?cxt=HHwWgoCz9bGJ4rcrAAAA">Now Gallery.</a></b></span></i></span><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-21118522170317590102022-07-28T22:47:00.000+02:002022-07-28T22:47:00.907+02:00Update of my website The Ginkgo Pages<p><b><span style="color: #444444;"> <b><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">*
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- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">el periódico global en Español:
July 2022 Article <a href="https://elpais.com/estilo-de-vida/2022-07-23/el-ginkgo-el-arbol-que-sobrevivio-a-los-dinosaurios-y-a-la-bomba-atomica.html">"El ginkgo, el árbol que sobrevivió a los
dinosaurios y a la bomba atómica"</a> with mentioning of my website
<i>The Ginkgo Pages</i>.</span></span></span></b> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"> <br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"><span><span style="color: black;">*
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</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/lit.htm">Literature-</a></span><span style="color: #660000;">and
</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/awards.htm">Awards-pages
</a></span><span style="color: #660000;">with
article by International Biological Flora: <a href="https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2745.13856">Ginkgo biloba</a> (with references
to my website <i>The Ginkgo Pages</i>), 2022.</span></span></span></b> <br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJOKNCHAyLmn9BJyrx8gzSyyQxLyDR7_mplWZb_UMYzfZrCbrRPfjB-iCfk4TNFOE6TiFvjOvtJjrMJGGHUlsjDpDYNylvu8dq4nNcNI1ecg0Qw9OgJOZ8WmnUGgIEH2ONh4trWa2jct5XS199PPK6dEGo9eqeSrf9E3X3hRY9dbsx_DSMpQ/s441/Huanggang_Boeri_blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJOKNCHAyLmn9BJyrx8gzSyyQxLyDR7_mplWZb_UMYzfZrCbrRPfjB-iCfk4TNFOE6TiFvjOvtJjrMJGGHUlsjDpDYNylvu8dq4nNcNI1ecg0Qw9OgJOZ8WmnUGgIEH2ONh4trWa2jct5XS199PPK6dEGo9eqeSrf9E3X3hRY9dbsx_DSMpQ/s16000/Huanggang_Boeri_blog.jpg" /></a></div> </span></span></span></h6><h6 align="left" class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/easyhome-huanggang-vertical-forest-city-complex/">StefanoBoeri Architetti’s Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex</a>,
located in the city of Huanggang in Hubei province, eastern China.
</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></h6><h6 align="left" class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Boeri
is best-known for the Bosco Verticale</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
in Milan.The 4.5ha site contains five towers, two of which are residential "vertical forests" that combine open and closed balconies.</span></span></h6><h6 align="left" class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The greenery of the Vertical Forest is made up of 404 trees, the main trees are Ginkgo biloba, also Osmanthus, Acer, Ligustrum etc., 4620 shrubs, perennial grass, flowers and climbing plants. </span></span>
</h6><b></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Boeri:</b>
<i>“The inhabitants of the residential towers have the opportunity to
experience the urban space from a different perspective while fully
enjoying the comfort of being surrounded by nature."</i></span></span><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Video:</span></span></p>
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</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-2035822996425603892022-03-08T14:25:00.011+01:002022-03-08T22:43:16.478+01:00Confuciusornis birds and Ginkgo <p>
<b><span style="color: #444444;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYUhfFzHBsMFPzVkgo7YofhYgA9_dDXzY1MayhG--RNYPXajCG5CB4q0HQLMGW9eyPo8JNRjPKdZhvF-sYNv1i04CZpir1oa75eg6LuHCAU2vc5wQJXZEuGnCZc0TQ-38VmSvLdVYzA4L8QqobsYzcaZoS-GxIaSo9goAsraFxUy2-I2BavTg=s420" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYUhfFzHBsMFPzVkgo7YofhYgA9_dDXzY1MayhG--RNYPXajCG5CB4q0HQLMGW9eyPo8JNRjPKdZhvF-sYNv1i04CZpir1oa75eg6LuHCAU2vc5wQJXZEuGnCZc0TQ-38VmSvLdVYzA4L8QqobsYzcaZoS-GxIaSo9goAsraFxUy2-I2BavTg=s16000" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confuciusornis">Confuciusornis</a></i> birds sitting on <i>Ginkgo</i> tree branches. It was a feathered small dinosaur and could have eaten <i>Ginkgo</i> seeds.<br /></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Early Cretaceous Period; many fossils have been found in the rocks of Liaoning, China. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Confuciusornis</i> is considered to be both the oldest beaked as well as the most primitive bird after<i> <a href="https://ginkgopages.blogspot.com/2012/01/archaeopteryx-and-ginkgo.html">Archaeopteryx</a></i>.</b></span> <br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Its name is a combination of the Chinese philosopher <i>Confucius</i> and the Greek word for <i>bird</i>. <br /></b></span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Picture: <a href="https://baike.sogou.com/PicBooklet.v?imageGroupId=3499759&relateImageGroupIds=3499758,3499758,3499759,3499760,3499761,3499762&lemmaId=17010#3499759_0">Sogou.com</a></span></i> <br /></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-70862474743022705672022-01-31T15:03:00.000+01:002022-01-31T15:03:12.301+01:00Famous ancient Ginkgo tree, Guanyin Temple, Xi'an<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DpoLkKDMP-4" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1,400-year-old Ginkgo tree <span style="font-size: 1.2em;">on the grounds of the </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Guanyin Temple in Luohandong village in the city of </span> Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.</span><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This ancient Ginkgo tree is thought to be planted for Emperor Li Shimin, founding father of the Tang Dynasty, ruling from 629 to 649.</span><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It has become a tourist attraction because of its many golden leaves. The video also gives an impression of a visit to the temple.<br /></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Bus: Take the No. 916 bus in Xi’an, get off at Nanshicun Station, go
straight to Sanchakou for about 10 minutes (walking),
“<a href="https://www.chinaxiantour.com/xian-travel-blog/autumn-ginkgo-in-shaanxi.html">Guanyin Temple</a>” is on the left. </span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Video by </span></span></i></b></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>going走走looking看看 on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpoLkKDMP-4">YouTube</a>.</i></b></span><br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
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</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-25188834365443570352021-11-22T23:13:00.010+01:002021-11-22T23:20:40.332+01:00Old Ginkgo dropping its leaves in Gregg Park, Vincennes<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7kT9gKAzRFg" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Old Ginkgo tree is dropping its leaves all at once. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">This great tree is located in a historic place: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Park">Gregg Park</a> (1931), Vincennes, Knox County in Indiana, U.S. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Video on YouTube by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kT9gKAzRFg">John Stangle</a>. </i><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">More fall photos and videos of the Ginkgo leaves on my <a href="https://twitter.com/theginkgopages">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/leavesfall.htm">website</a>: <br /></span></b><a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/leavesfall.htm"><b><span style="color: #006600;"><span>Ginkgorain: leaves all fall at the same time.</span></span></b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #006600;"><span> </span></span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-3317052806846018062021-10-20T14:19:00.003+02:002021-10-20T14:19:55.521+02:00Ginkgo love symbol : song and dance<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MBYOLX9qIAc" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">The Ginkgo leaf is a symbol of love in this Chinese song.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Singers Cao Fu Jia, Tang Zi Xing.<br />The Ginkgo is the national tree of China.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Below you can see a girls group dance performance on this song (followed by a dance lesson):</span></b></span></p><p><b><spanstyle color:=""> </spanstyle></b></p> <p><b><span style="color: #444444;">
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</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More about the Ginkgo as a symbol on <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/usage.htm">my website</a>.</span><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-50443881602428901412021-08-28T22:42:00.001+02:002021-08-28T22:42:17.336+02:00Ginkgo seed with and without its coat<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b><img alt="Afbeelding" class="css-9pa8cd" draggable="true" height="320" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E83IX2SWYAgQHfY?format=jpg&name=small" width="400" /></p></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Ginkgo seed with and without its fleshy coat.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Cleaning of the seed: video on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-fDpyBRbzg">YouTube channel</a>:</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">
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<br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">More info on my website: <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/propagation.htm">Propagation-page</a>.</span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-70377615627346049102021-07-26T23:11:00.000+02:002021-07-26T23:11:22.434+02:00Old female tree in Japan<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DSGv6ZuiNfg" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Japan: Female Ginkgo tree of about 300 years old still bearing many seeds!</span></b><b><span style="color: #444444;"> <br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Girth 10.1 meters</span></b><b><span style="color: #444444;">, height 23 meters.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Location: <a href="https://www.google.co.jp/maps/place/%E5%A4%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6%EF%BC%88%E6%9C%AC%E9%83%B7%EF%BC%89/@35.3424736,140.1474591,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6022a5e772ef2405:0xaa29beaa00534158!8m2!3d35.3413502!4d140.1502274?hl=en" target="_blank">Hongo, Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture</a> (next to Kamo Athletic park).</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by Tree Film Production on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSGv6ZuiNfg" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><br /></span></span></b></div><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
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</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-21868523811471707902021-04-26T23:34:00.000+02:002021-04-26T23:34:05.468+02:00Jurassic: Pterosaur Monkeydactyl and Ginkgo<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="caption-text"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVat2uzc29CeRmIF3b81wytvM8_l2flLXqa_eTQmUXDsWjs5GA61S96Dranl2oE84mfIyI57tnpl456vb0vbOmpfZ8ln-wCVomzK-5aXYXGqE1NgBQwvJTrvLasuihjVEa-JQcA/s464/Monkeydactyl_Ginkgo-blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVat2uzc29CeRmIF3b81wytvM8_l2flLXqa_eTQmUXDsWjs5GA61S96Dranl2oE84mfIyI57tnpl456vb0vbOmpfZ8ln-wCVomzK-5aXYXGqE1NgBQwvJTrvLasuihjVEa-JQcA/s16000/Monkeydactyl_Ginkgo-blog.jpg" /></a></div><b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text">Illustration of two 'Monkeydactyls' climbing in the boughs of a Ginkgo tree.</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text"> </span> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Newly described flying reptile 'Monkeydactyl' <i> Kunpengopterus antipollicatus</i> (opposite thumbed) is thought to have lived in the Jurassic period.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text">This pterosaur lived its life among the trees, hunting for bugs and climbing
with the help of its two opposable thumbs — one on each of its
three-fingered hands. </span><span class="caption-text"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text">It is the first known pterosaur found in China with an opposed thumb.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>More about Ginkgo in the Jurassic period on my website: <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/fossils.htm">Fossils-page</a>.</b></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text">Article and illustration: <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00369-9">Current Biology</a>.</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="caption-text"> </span></span> </span></div><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidBeardMusic/about">David Beard</a> shows a wonderful video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pun2Bh6gwk0">YouTube</a> of the germination of a Ginkgo seed.</span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="nl" data-phrase-index="0"><span>He made his video over a period of two months and recorded on a daily basis.</span></span></span></span> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
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</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-83194358252402836742020-11-14T13:15:00.000+01:002020-11-14T13:15:13.844+01:002020 Ginkgo trees in fall on my Twitter<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Visit my Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/theginkgopages"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>The Ginkgo Tweets</i></span></a> : many photos/videos/news about the Ginkgo tree in fall, for instance: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span></span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Check out the stunning view of two 1,300-year-old ginkgo trees whose leaves turn luminous golden yellow in China's Shaanxi. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmazingChina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmazingChina</a> <a href="https://t.co/7h3TAt1HYt">pic.twitter.com/7h3TAt1HYt</a></span></p><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1324270248955031552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2020</a></span></blockquote><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today I was attacked by a cluster of ginkgo leaves. <a href="https://t.co/Pd5mBgRQ5n">pic.twitter.com/Pd5mBgRQ5n</a></p>— geronimo (@geronim76006585) <a href="https://twitter.com/geronim76006585/status/1326425548554457088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Howard Nemerov - poem 'The Consent' <a href="https://t.co/9gkCpAQsWS">https://t.co/9gkCpAQsWS</a> <a href="https://t.co/8yb0GVAnzO">pic.twitter.com/8yb0GVAnzO</a></p>— The Ginkgo Tweets (@theginkgopages) <a href="https://twitter.com/theginkgopages/status/1327564682065043458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChinaStory?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChinaStory</a> The metro in Chengdu, Sichuan province is full of ginkgo biloba. Is your subway commute this beautiful? <a href="https://t.co/BpB8RN8xGW">pic.twitter.com/BpB8RN8xGW</a></p>— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChinaDaily/status/1326540193734643715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A gingko tree shedding its leaves. Fukuoka, Japan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gingko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gingko</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/autumnleaves?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#autumnleaves</a> <a href="https://t.co/AlUd0giKRd">pic.twitter.com/AlUd0giKRd</a></p>— Cami H (@trulycami) <a href="https://twitter.com/trulycami/status/937864529177751552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-13899236119353199912020-10-17T15:39:00.001+02:002020-10-17T15:39:09.981+02:00Ginkgo tree - 800 years - in South Korea<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tnwPMmI3MlA" width="420"></iframe> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginkgo tree of about 800 years old is growing in South Korea, address 779, Ungok-ri, Seoha-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Height c. 38 m, girth c. 8.75 m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was planted when the village was settled and is the symbol of this village. It is also called "ginkgo tree arbor" and "ginkgo tree village".<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://english.cha.go.kr/chaen/search/selectGeneralSearchDetail.do;jsessionid=vHgMk8Te2kNNvv4TGaa0ecaJViILjUZup6PYTw3Hfn50ZN2t4dcdQHyAT0MrHnPU.cha-was02_servlet_engine4?mn=EN_02_02&sCcebKdcd=16&ccebAsno=04060000&sCcebCtcd=38&pageIndex=32&region=&canAsset=&ccebPcd1=&searchWrd=&startNum=&endNum=&stCcebAsdt=&enCcebAsdt=&canceled=&ccebKdcd=16&ccebCtcd=" target="_blank">Natural monument no. 406</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Video by MBC on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwPMmI3MlA">YouTube.</a></i></span><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
</p><p></p>Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-9653730336572974132020-09-27T22:50:00.001+02:002020-09-27T22:50:51.078+02:00Naomi Berrill plays "Ginkgo biloba"<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HebjqYCqkvQ" width="420"></iframe>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Naomi Berrill plays "Ginkgo biloba"</span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://musicforgalway.ie/profile/naomi-berrill/" target="_blank">Naomi</a> is an Irish cellist and singer, now living in Italy.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"> "<a href="https://www.shockwavemagazine.it/news/naomi-berrill-ginko-biloba/" target="_blank">Ginkgo biloba</a>" is </span></b><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">inspired by the <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/goethe.htm" target="_blank">poem by the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a> (on my website)</span>. <br /></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">Like the leaves of this tree - made up of different parts - the piece also consists of different elements, combining music, poetry and nature.</span></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""> </span></span></span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Picture by <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianAtkinology/status/1271454877558943744">Brian Atkinson</a>. </span></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i> Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-60863403597848868212020-07-03T17:46:00.001+02:002020-07-03T17:46:32.105+02:00Update of my website The Ginkgo Pages<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span>*
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i> Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-20073932589668398222020-06-18T23:33:00.003+02:002020-06-18T23:33:43.465+02:00Art Nouveau Pharmacie du Ginkgo, Nancy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"><span style="color: #660000;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Art Nouveau</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"> Ginkgo mosaic</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"> on floor of Pharmacie du Ginkgo, Nancy</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Interior decoration by Louis Majorelle, architect Paul Charbonnier</span></b> <br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">38 Rue des Dominicans, Nancy, France</span></b> <br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">1915</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">This is one of my photos of Ginkgo and Art Nouveau. Enlargement of this photo and many more photos of this Pharmacie du Ginkgo <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/nancy7.htm">here</a>. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">More info and photos of Ginkgo and Art Nouveau in l'Ecole de Nancy <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/nancy.htm">here</a>. </span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i> Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999353.post-30255146762437651772020-05-20T23:00:00.001+02:002020-05-20T23:00:20.929+02:00Unfolding Ginkgo leaves<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lpj_IOIas7I" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">It is spring, beautiful timelapse video of unfolding Ginkgo leaves.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Ginkgo trees </span></b><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="st">come into leaf later than most other trees</span>.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">More about the leaves on my website: <a href="https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/thetree.htm">Tree-page</a>. </span></b></span><br />
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</span></b></span> <b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpj_IOIas7I">YouTube</a>.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">Visit my website <a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/">The Ginkgo Pages.</a></span></b><i><a href="http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/"> </a></i> Cor Kwanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00882720993529764400noreply@blogger.com0