Decoupage & Double Takes

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Is that tree looking at you?

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Cuphea llavea is also known as the bat-faced cuphea …

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Snowdrop merged with ‘Woman with a Parasol’ (1875) by Claude Monet

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Oops! Too much nectar for this carder bumblebee

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Parrotia persica and red-legged hermit crabs are clearly related!!!

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Adele Bloch-Bauer I’s portrait by Gustav Klimt (1903-7) emerges from a very autumnal silver birch

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Ladies of the lake: The bent ‘knees’ of the swamp cypress in Cambridge Botanic Gardens evoke visions of ladies in wedding hijab.

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Does Bunny-tailed grass really look like a bunny’s tail?

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Two of the fungus Geastrum triplex or Collared Earthstars, complete with earthly bodies and stellar radiance

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Hedgehog coneflowers …Well, why do you think I got that common name?

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The Mk1A Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire with a hellebore flower superimposed

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Jurassic bracken

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‘Belle Epoque’ tulips with ‘The Political Lady’ (1885) by James Tissot

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Dopplegängers: Pikachu and Bee Orchid

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This view of the CUBG swamp cypress has a distinct meerkat vibe!

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Wintersweet mashed with ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’ (1886) by John Singer Sargent

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Alice in Wonderland at Madingley Hall

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Snake’s Head Fritillary fused with ‘Morning Walk’ (1888) by John Singer Sargent

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Waterlilies as huge radio telescopes

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Walnut leaf scars with monkey look-alikes

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Man Orchid with Hooded Man and Centurion faces

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Female walnut flower with hare superimposed

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Toadstools with Cicely Mary Barker Flower fairies

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This Fieldfare reminds me of Red from the game ‘Angry Birds’

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Couldn’t resist colouring up this year’s Strawberry (June’s full) moon

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Millbrook roundabout is a major gateway to Southampton city centre and is certainly one of the busiest (~36,000 vehicles each day). All of which means that it is especially important to watch out for heavy plants crossing!!!

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Teddy Bear sunflowers are cute!

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