Regular Random: Five Minutes With Geranium ‘Havana Blues’
I’m fond of hardy geraniums (cranesbills), so was happy to see this new-to-me cultivar. Young ‘Havana Blues’ plants might appear a little on the straggly side until well established, when waving, wiry stems compete en mass to bear the most perfect, jewel-like flower. Continue reading “Regular Random: Five Minutes With Geranium ‘Havana Blues’”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Spaceship Earth
Spaceship Earth is a memorable experience, even if you just walk past it as we did. I later learned that the cladding is not just visually fascinating, it’s designed to collect any rainwater that falls on the globe so it can be recycled.
Shared for the weekly photo challenge: rounded (although you might say rounded is an understatement!)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows
These images would seem a mismatch, were it not for the weekly photo challenge. We were lucky to meet Todd Saunders earlier this year at his studio in Austin, Texas. He crafts neon artwork with a retro, pop art style. Todd also collects roadside iconography and fairground relics (if you have a clown phobia, don’t ask to go in the backyard). His studio has one of the most instantly recognisable walls in Austin. It is tempting to abandon thoughts of windows and post about Todd instead, but… (masters the impulse)… that’s best left for another day when I can do him justice.
For today, I’ll just point out the weird effect created by photographing the luchador mask through a window and superimposing power lines, blue sky, clouds and a tree. If we could see thoughts, they might look something like this. I love the distressed effect of the metal too. Continue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows”
Wordless Wednesday: Burgundy Leaves, Backlit
A Sense of Place: Wooden Beehives In Heather
The heather is flowering at the moment, turning green hillsides purple. While we have lots of heather on Darwen Moor, I haven’t seen it looking as pretty as in these two pictures, both taken in Scotland during a recent trip. The first shows the view looking outwards from Little Sparta, home of the late poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife, Sue. I highly recommend a visit.
Taking a long, but scenic detour on our way home, we happened upon these wooden beehives next to a stream in a Scottish valley. If it is true that the highest quality of honey comes from bees able to forage in unspoiled, natural surroundings, I would love to sample a jar from these hives.
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Susan Rushton 