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Category Archives: Whimsy
Wordless Wednesday – Dripping red nectar
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Posted in Flowers, Plants, Whimsy
Tagged Campanulaceae, Chemistry, Gardening, Gecko pollinator, Nesocodon mauritianus, Photography, Red Nectar
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Orchidelirium and getting out of the cold
I’ve never been sure whether I like orchids or not, possibly because they look so artificial in all their frivolous splendour. In fact it took me several visits to my sister’s house before I realised that her glorious, perpetually-flowering specimen … Continue reading
Short Film Showcase* – Dancing flowers
If you’ve got a moment (OK 4 minutes), then you could hardly do better than to watch this beautiful, mesmerising short film by Jamie Scott, shot as time-lapse photography, which shows springtime flowers blooming and dancing. I loved it. Go … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Nature, Whimsy
Tagged National Geogaphic, Short Film Showcase, spring flowers, time-lapse photography
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Wordless Wednesday – Success! Let there be many baby Titans
Time to sow the seeds of success!
Posted in Flowers, Nature, Whimsy, Wordless
Tagged Amorphophallus titanum, Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Fertilisation, Gardening, Photography, seed sowing, seeds, Titan Arum
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Honfleur and the window displays
Last week we had our windows replaced and luckily the weather wasn’t too cold or wet, otherwise the dog and I would have been quite miserable, huddled in the one useable room. To prepare for the job, it took me … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Out and about, Whimsy
Tagged cheeses, Honfleur, Normandy, Patisserie, Photography, Salts, Window displays
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Wordless Wednesday – Wimpole Pumpkins
Posted in autumn, Whimsy, Wimpole Hall, Wordless
Tagged autumn, Gardening, gourds, Harvest, National Trust, Photography, Pumpkins, Squash
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