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Selection of cheery yellows from our botanical art collection by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2021-04-12

Walking boots; retired! Photographed beside the Sidhe. Sketched once upon a time, holding aconites, snowdrops and catkins. Now, soft mosses walk them; aconites, snowdrops, primroses and wild daffodils flourish, fairy footsteps away. Happily ever after journeys on.

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2021-02-22

Autumnal hedgerow fruits from our collection of botanical watercolours by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2020-10-05

Spear thistle at Middlehaven, ageing very beautifully - the seed heads will be great food for the birds (May need a click for full image)

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2020-09-28

Chamomile is still around ,the national flower of Russia. Possibly from the Greek word Akamai-melon meaning ground apple🍎 .In The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, Peter is given chamomile tea after being chased by Mr McGregor ☕️ 🐰

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2020-09-24

Some beautiful heathland plants from our botanical art collection by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)#BotanicMonday

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2020-09-22

Lords & ladies, Arum maculatum, cuckoo pint & cuckoo’s penis to name a few. The tubers of this plant created a starch which in the 16thC was used to create stiff ruffs. Attached Cicely Mary Barker’s fairy pole dancing 😮🧚‍♀️ little minx!

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2020-09-20

Found this at Allonby Beach yesterday Wormwood, artemisia absinthium.Used in the 16thC to counteract poison from hemlock,toadstools & sea dragon bites! More famously it contains absinthol which was used in French absinthe 🐉🍸

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2020-09-11

Got myself in a muddle trying to identify Redshank / Pale Persicaria for so here is a Vervian instead...

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2020-07-12

(#AdoxaMoschatellina) aka Unique 5 faced flowers & lime green colouring make it seem from a different world. Keep your eyes peeled, it loves the dark, damp places 👽

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2020-04-15

4 from my walk this afternoon, I'm not sure what the last one is though

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2020-04-13

Completely missed challenge, but here is what I think is apple blossom on my morning walk.

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2020-04-06

Was admiring some Primroses when I spotted this wee Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) staring at me from the bank.

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2020-04-05

Day 73 Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides not fully open? Plants downy, medium tall and unbranched. Stem and lanceolate lower leaves hairy & reddish; other leaves clustered at tip of stem. Forest of Dean near Littledean.

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2020-03-20

This week's challenge sent us in search of the graceful Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa). This charming comes from an album of paintings by author & Margaret Mary Plues (1828-1901) [73989-1001].

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2020-03-16