Aren't plants amazing? April 2023 versus April 2022.

Why do I put myself through this every year??

This 10,000-Year-Old rock art is the BIGGEST Animal Rock Petroglyph In The World! 😮

Beds can often seem a little tired by late summer. Try some of these top 10 pick-me-up plants for your borders. theenglishgarden.co.uk/expert-advice/…

#garden ing #garden

Crotalaria cunninghamii, also known as green birdflower, is a plant of the legume family Fabaceae. Its flower strongly resembles a bird attached by its beak to the central stalk of the flowerhead [read more: buff.ly/2I1gzXS]

Feathers fly

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What better subject for early colour photography than the great Impressionist painter Claude Monet? Here he is in front of his house in Giverny, France, in 1921. I've colour-rebalanced this autochrome - which has a remarkable 3D effect to it - it is not colourised.

I've babelised a charming springtime scene to cheer you today: Flowers in the garden of a French house in 1920, photographer unknown - taken in colour 101 years ago, it has a beautiful three dimensional quality to it. It is original colour and not colourised 🌹

Plants thrive in a complex world by communicating, sharing resources and transforming their environments - Beronda L. Montgomery:

#plants #growth #biochemistry

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Every year I watch the cherry trees outside my house come in to blossom, at the right time I fill a bag with the fallen blossom and make one artwork. It's pretty much the only time I pre collect materials and why I only collect one bag and make one artwork. Annual rituals.

The Japanese technique called Daisugi, enables foresters to grow more wood using less land and consists in heavy pruning of a mother cedar tree, which encourages tall, thin saplings to shoot upwards. In other words, think of it as a bonsai on a large scale ow.ly/ukzy50B0MO5

Could these be the smallest daffodils in all the world...?

RT Ibrahim Jaradah: Commonwealth War Graves The task of preparing and distributing plants in the cemetery for cultivation them at borders.

Crocuses in the spring sunshine.

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Those are not flowers or snowflakes. These are a species of Planthopper Nymphs and they can spring quite quickly out of harm’s way [source and full video: buff.ly/3069ctY]

If you are going to take an early colour photograph, go for it 100% and capture as much colour as you can! That seems to be the motto of Wilhelm Tobien who took this stunningly vibrant photograph in a Baden garden in June 1928. It is original colour. 😍

The mild and settled spell of weather doesn't look to last very long now. Was hoping it'd last at least 5-7 days, but the mild and unsettled theme looks to continue for the rest of February. Temperatures also look to be above average making the cold spell a very distant memory.

Classic🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Very pretty, but...