Feast of fruit #nature

Posted by on Sep 1, 2017 in 2017, August, Bramble, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, August 2017

 

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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‘I love to see the summer beaming forth’ #nature

Posted by on Aug 30, 2017 in 2017, Ash, August, Crack Willow, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, nature, August 2017

 

From ‘Sonnet’ by John Clare. (more…)

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Elder #trees

Posted by on Aug 24, 2017 in 2017, August, Elder, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Elder, August 2017

 

Sambucus nigra. (more…)

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‘The flower that smiles to-day tomorrow dies …’ #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 23, 2017 in 2017, August, Flowers, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistle, August 2017

 

From ‘Mutability’ – often known as ‘The flower that smiles to-day’ – by Percy Bysshe Shelley. (more…)

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Dedicated to St James #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 22, 2017 in 2017, August, Common Ragwort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Ragwort, August 2017

 

Common Ragwort is said to flower on July 25, St James’s Day, says Stevens. (more…)

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‘… in ash-tree shadows …’ #trees

Posted by on Aug 20, 2017 in 2017, Ash, August, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Ash, August 2017

 

From ‘Ireland With Emily’ by John Betjeman (more…)

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Fighting on #trees

Posted by on Aug 19, 2017 in 2017, August, Guelder Rose, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Guelder Rose, August 2017

 

This Guelder Rose is still fruiting despite being attacked by pests, probably the Vibernum Bettle. (more…)

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Common Knapweed #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 17, 2017 in 2017, August, Common Knapweed, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, August 2017

 

With thanks to Kingfisher on Twitter who identified Centaurea nigra. (more…)

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Water Mint #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 14, 2017 in 2017, August, Summer, Water Mint | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Water Mint, August 2017

 

Mentha aquatica. (more…)

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Elizabethan ruff stiffener #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 12, 2017 in 2017, August, Lords and Ladies, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lords and Ladies, August 2017

 

The starch element of Lords and Ladies, Arum maculatum, was used. (more…)

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‘Joe Pye weed’ #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 10, 2017 in 2017, August, Hemp Agrimony, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Hemp Agrimony, August 2017

 

A US name for Hemp Agrimony, named after a Native American medicine man who used it to treat typhus. (more…)

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Gone pickin’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 9, 2017 in 2017, August, Bramble, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Plants, Bramble, August 2017
 

First August visit and very grateful for first Blackberry crop of the year. (more…)

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