A shade different #wildflowers

Posted by on Mar 27, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, March, Plants, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primroses, March 2017

 

Every year in the same place, a small group of pinkish-purplish Primroses appear. (more…)

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‘How doth his patient strength the rude March wind … #trees

Posted by on Mar 22, 2017 in 2017, March, Oak, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, March 2017

 

‘Persuade to seem glad breaths of summer breeze.’ (more…)

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Forest of moss #nature

Posted by on Mar 21, 2017 in 2017, March, Moss, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Moss, unidentified, March 2017

 

Perhaps Creeping Feather Moss, Amblystegium serpens. (more…)

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How to avoid long teeth #plants #wildflowers

Posted by on Mar 20, 2017 in 2017, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Dog-violet, March 2017

 

Eat Common Dog-Violet, Viola riviniana, according to Plant Lore. (more…)

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An emetic and purgative #plants

Posted by on Mar 17, 2017 in 2017, Dog's Mercury, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dog's Mercury, March 2017

 

Among the qualities of Mercurialis perennis, according to The Poison Garden website. (more…)

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Primrose #wildflowers

Posted by on Mar 14, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, March 2017

 

Lovely to see Primula vulgaris back on the rides. (more…)

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‘Overhead The Tree-Tops Meet’ #plants

Posted by on Mar 12, 2017 in 2017, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, nature, March 2017

 

The opening line from the poem of the same name by Robert Browning. (more…)

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Spring has sprung #nature

Posted by on Mar 11, 2017 in 2017, Hawthorn, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, March 2017

 

A beautiful day, butterflies, buzzards, frogs, bees, wood mice, Spring flowers and budding trees. (more…)

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The art of trees #nature

Posted by on Mar 9, 2017 in 2017, February, Spruce, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, plants, February 2017

 

Felled tree in the clearing, from memory a Spruce, Picea abies. (more…)

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‘Welcome are lands of pine and oak’ #trees

Posted by on Mar 8, 2017 in 2017, February, Oak, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, February 2017

 

From Song of the Broad-Axe by Walt Whitman (more…)

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Ash #trees

Posted by on Mar 7, 2017 in 2017, Ash, February, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Trees, Ash, February 2017

 

Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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‘Nature is what we know’ #trees

Posted by on Mar 6, 2017 in 2017, February, Rides, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

East ride, nature, February 2017

 

From ‘”Nature” Is What We See’ by Emily Dickinson (more…)

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