Spirit of the Bee-Hive
Artist : Andreas Duncan Carse (1876-1938)
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Crataegus laevigata (English hawthorn, var: "Punicea" or maybe var: "Crimson Cloud")
When I was a six-year old kid in England, I used to climb a local hawthorn tree - as a challenge. Yes indeed, I know from experience, they have formidable thorns. But all the hawthorns growing in the countryside where I lived had plain, white flowers. However, just like it's wild cousin, in early summer this delightful, hot pink confection is always covered in bees.
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Santa Cruz do Sul, Brasil, 15 Dezembro 2023
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Masao Yamamoto ~ (unknown title) and AM # 34, Ambrotypes, printed 2023 | src Gallery 51
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Photography by Suzy Hazelwood
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Spring Fairy / La fée du renouveau
Artist : Guy Ribes (b. 1948)
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Aubrieta deltoidea (purple rock cress), Salvia nemorosa, (woodland sage) and Fragaria × ananassa (garden strawberry)
Escape artists
A few years ago, our local city council created a fancy boulevard sidewalk on the road leading down to the beach. The intention was to create a carefully-maintained, flower-laden, tourist route to endless fish and chips and ice cream cones.
Of course, one city council's 'pet project' is the next city council's 'waste of money' and that "carefully-maintained" part never happened. Unfortunately, the little flowerbeds soon went to wrack and ruin. On the other hand, it's interesting to see these successful garden escapees making a go of it in extremely poor soil. Now why doesn't my strawberry patch look this good?
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