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Fringed bluestar, Amsonia ciliata, seen on the trail...
"The blue star plant grows 15-24 inches tall. The leaves are borne singly, but very close together all the way up the stem to the flower cluster. They are 1/2 inch wide and 2 inches long, with one vein running lengthwise down the center and attached directly to the main stem (without a petiole). The leaves are smooth, soft, and slightly smaller toward the upper part of the stem. The narrow tube of the pale blue flower, 1/2 inch long, opens into 5 petal-like lobes in a star shape l/2 inch across, with a ring of white at the center. Several blossoms grow in a loose cluster at the tips of the stems."
Please do not ask for awards. I will get round to awarding every picture after mine, and in most cases many more before mine, until I post my picture in the next level the following day.
Rainbow Of Nature Level 1 (R) awards = 8
Rainbow Of Nature Level 2 (O) awards = 9
Rainbow Of Nature Level 3 (Y) awards = 18
Rainbow Of Nature Level 4 (G) awards = 10
Rainbow Of Nature Level 5 (B) awards = 18
Rainbow Of Nature Level 6 (P) awards = 14
Rainbow Of Nature Level 7 (P) awards = 18
Total Rainbow Of Nature awards = 95
Final Gallery awards = 6
taken from the front passenger seat - just seeing what the in-camera red s/c might do
Happy weekend!
Bluestar 6907 turning from Blechynden Terrace into Wyndham Place, Southampton. This is one of the vehicles transferred from Go-Ahead North East. Note that it is still carrying an advertisement for TUI holidays departing from Newcastle Airport.
As promised last week, here are the BlueStar photos from Southampton taken a month or so ago at the end of April.
First up, pictured along Above Bar St is ADL Enviro400MMC 1643, arriving in the city centre from Winchester. This route was the long-standing route 47 for many years before BlueStar's revamp, which, itself, is approaching twenty years.
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Bluestar 1129 (HF58 KCG) helping out on the Isle of Wight, seen ascending Dover Street, Ryde, with a 4 service to East Cowes.
Another one taken from last weekend now, with one of the former Unilink Enviro400s that BlueStar use primarily on route 2 and the 17. Fleet number 1559 is pictured at Lordshill on one of the raised gyratories pictured heading for Adanac Park on the latter - a route that was once First's prestigious route that connected Lordshill with Weston, but First have since removed the Lordshill to city centre part of the route, operating the Weston leg with the 11.
Whilst in Southampton for an event marking the demise of the red buses, I took the opportunity to snap some of the blue buses still operating in the city.
Today's Covid-19 offering comes from Millbrook at the weekend, when a sunny Saturday route 7 passes through the suburb en-route for Southampton city centre and Sholing in the east.
The '69 plate Enviros have gained clean air filters to promote green living and cleaning Southampton's air, which can be severely affected by the shipping in the city.
These latest Enviros were primarily allocated to the 19 until recently, when the route was summarily withdrawn without notice due to Covid-19 measures. It may be back, but in the meantime, these buses can be seen further afield and in less familiar places.
The Hythe town routes between Dibden Purlieu, Applemore and Hythe operate three days a week, utilising one of the BlueStar MPDs. Here is 3307 adding some variety to the monotony of the Citaros and Enviros!
One of the 2015-batch of Enviro200MMCs, 2742 is one of a number based at Eastleigh and branded for the cross-city route 18. Excluding the Unilink services, BlueStar will soon have the 7 and 18 as cross-city routes, along with the highly frequent 17 to the General Hospital and Lordshill.
Bluestar 1128 (HF58 KCE) a Scania Omnicity on loan to Southern Vectis, seen on Ryde Esplanade, operating route 37.
16th August 2021.