I’m sharing this picture of a lacy dock leaf for Becky’s October Squares, but what is the connection? Her topic this month is kind, or words containing kind, to remind us that the world needs more kindness. Continue reading “Lacy Dock Leaf”
Wordless Wednesday: Botanical Plasterwork Ceiling
Wordless Wednesday: Actinidia Kolomikta
Four-Leaf Clovers To Share
When I’m out walking, I sometimes amuse myself by looking for four-leaf clovers. Ever since childhood, I have followed the custom of nominating a person or a reason before searching, so when I find the clover, I already know what it is for.
My eye enjoys patterns so will skim over the patches and highlight an anomaly that looks a bit four-leafy for further inspection. I just have to pause, retrace a step or two, and be willing to appear goofy to any fellow walkers. Nothing new there then. Often, as I tease the leaves apart, I discover that the spurious leaflet belongs to a neighbouring stalk, but once in a while it’s a four-leaf one. Continue reading “Four-Leaf Clovers To Share”
Backlit Leaves: All About The Light
This week HeyJude is looking for an image of the light through flowers or leaves, or one where the subject becomes a silhouette. My first is a leafy garden with structure: seating, plant supports, an obelisk and low fencing to keep out the rabbits. Continue reading “Backlit Leaves: All About The Light”
Trick Or Treat?
Having stored up some brownie points by offering you a virtual treat yesterday, I thought I might get away with tormenting some of you today.
I found this rose growing on the land surrounding an art park in Austin, Texas, with its leaves spray painted blue and red. I could imagine this as an alternative greeting card, but there’s something of plant cruelty about it, assuming you agree with my sweetheart that there is such a thing.
If the rose was wearing an expression, I imagine it would be like the one old Rusty had that made us laugh so helplessly when he came back from the dog groomer looking like the spaniel version of a Chinese crested dog, closely shorn in some places and fluffed up in others, crowned with a bow. Continue reading “Trick Or Treat?”
