Good Morning
Emily Patrick
Timeless and beautiful.
1) Anemones and Blue Wall
2) From the 2020 exhibition
3) Lilac , Catkins and Apple Blossom Oil and Tempera on Panel
4) Two Bottles of Ink and Postcards
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According to Polish legend, a cat was crying as her kittens fell into the river chasing butterflies and a sympathetic willow tree rescued the drowning kittens with its long branches. Each Spring the willow sprouts catkins where the kittens clung to its branches

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Alder catkins now fully open, blowing in the wind.
The tiny cerise ovals of this year's flowers are gathered in sprays alongside last year's black cones🖤💗💛
This was always one of my favourite flower fairies as a child!

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Oh how delightful! I’ve been out and about in the woods today ‘stuffing my boots’! - figuratively speaking 😊 Seeing Snowdrops, Winter aconites, Catkins and other wild beauties coming through, raised me up to feel as flight of foot as a wood nymph! https://t.co/HHIPa0cAa1

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January 22nd

Today Squirrel found some lovely catkins on her walk. She took lots of photos before she happily found her way home.

Creatures of habit camera club 📸
Photography for mindfulness.

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“Dancing Catkins”
By Dee Nickerson

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Pussy willow (Salix sp. often goat willow Salix caprea in UK). Name is from appearance of unopened male catkins. Used as decoration around Easter time and in churches on Palm Sunday. For real palms see

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‘Kingfisher in Sallow’

gouache, 24 x 17 cms

The yellow catkins of the male Sallow are on display in early Spring. They provide pollen and nectar for bees and other insects, which in turn attracts birds. Often found beside water they may also provide a perch for a Kingfisher.

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Alder catkins now fully open, in all their saffron/cerise glory. As with hazels, small pink flowers are gathered above the catkins. These female flowers will become the trees distinctive black cones (usually last years are still visible, as in the Flower Fairy illustration).

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Day 49 The catkins and the blustery day.

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I'm gonna go ahead and drop my Kaiju OCs actually

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January 22nd

Today Squirrel found some lovely catkins on her wonder. She took lots of photos before she happily found her way home.

Creatures of habit camera club 📸
Photography for mindfulness.

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Let's honour w/ by remembering Sophia Armitt & her botanical drawings 🌳
1. Leaves & seeds of the spindle tree (1906)
2. Hazel & oak tree buds (1894)
3. Alder seeds & catkins (1907)
4. Photo of Sophia Armitt (undated)

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The Alder Fairy by Cicely Mary Baker

In alder trees are symbols of balance between male and female because they have both catkins on the same branch.

In Myths the first man was made of the 🌳 and it was protected by

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"Our A-Xu.
A righteous & just man with a body like flying catkins."

Reposted with permission.
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Cr: _赤昭
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