One day these will be sloes ! ( Explored - thank you ! )
Often used to flavour gin - something has to !
Seen everywhere in hedgerows at this time of year, blackthorn blossom. Photographed in our nearest park, this afternoon. I think it's beautiful, but it hasn't always had such a good reputation !
Perhaps it is the thorns. Mythology views blackthorn with a dubious eye, casting it as a plant of ill omen, witches and doom. Witches and heretics were said to have been burned on blackthorn pyres, while English witches supposedly pricked people with the thorns.
In Germany, it was known as the wishing thorn, and used instead of hazel as a divining rod; in Irish mythology, winter begins when the Cailleach – the winter goddess – strikes the ground with a blackthorn staff.
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One day these will be sloes ! ( Explored - thank you ! )
Often used to flavour gin - something has to !
Seen everywhere in hedgerows at this time of year, blackthorn blossom. Photographed in our nearest park, this afternoon. I think it's beautiful, but it hasn't always had such a good reputation !
Perhaps it is the thorns. Mythology views blackthorn with a dubious eye, casting it as a plant of ill omen, witches and doom. Witches and heretics were said to have been burned on blackthorn pyres, while English witches supposedly pricked people with the thorns.
In Germany, it was known as the wishing thorn, and used instead of hazel as a divining rod; in Irish mythology, winter begins when the Cailleach – the winter goddess – strikes the ground with a blackthorn staff.
Hope you like it ! Thanks for every fave and comment, each is really appreciated !
Click twice for the best view please. Thanks !