Plants

Apr

Day 101 – Of weed and thistle

Macro / Plants / Spring / 2 Comments / 11/04/2018

“The life of the earth comes up with a rush in the springtime. All the wild seeds of weed and thistle, the sprouts of vine and bush and tree, are trying to take the fields. […]

Apr

Day 95 – Minutia of life

Macro / Plants / 0 Comment / 05/04/2018

“There’s something in the very small minutia of life that tells us something about the big, big picture that we see every day all over the place, and so I think the more specific and […]

Mar

Day 74 – Red berries

Plants / Winter / 2 Comments / 15/03/2018

“…the winter is kind and leaves red berries on the boughs for hungry sparrows…” ~ John J. Geddes

Mar

Day 64 – Cold March

Bokeh / Macro / Plants / Winter / 2 Comments / 05/03/2018

December days were brief and chill, The winds of March were wild and drear, And, nearing and receding still, Spring never would, we thought, be here. ~Arthur Hugh CloughJust when you think spring might be […]

Mar

Day 60 – Not growing

Flowers / Macro / Plants / 2 Comments / 01/03/2018

“Anything that is not growing is dead.” ~ Lauryn Hill

Feb

Day 50 – Catkins

Flowers / Plants / Spring / 2 Comments / 19/02/2018

“Still lie the sheltering snows, undimmed and white; And reigns the winter’s pregnant silence still; No sign of spring, save that the catkins fill, And willow stems grow daily red and bright. These are days […]

Feb

Day 49 – Has its season

Black and White / Plants / Winter / 4 Comments / 18/02/2018

“Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.” ~ Margaret J. Wheatley

Dec

Day 360 – Thistles

Plants / Winter / 8 Comments / 26/12/2017

“Gardens can be sharp and spiky as well as rose-embowered and honeysuckle-twined: there are corners and settings where thistles are not such an asinine taste after all.” ~ Robin Lane Fox

Nov