Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.

The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος (géranos) or γερανός (geranós) ‘crane’. The English name ‘cranesbill’ derives from the appearance of the fruit capsule of some of the species. Species in the Geranium genus have a distinctive mechanism for seed dispersal. This consists of a beak-like column which springs open when ripe and casts the seeds some distance. The fruit capsule consists of five cells, each containing one seed, joined to a column produced from the centre of the old flower. The common name ‘cranesbill’ comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane. However, many species in this genus do not have a long beak-like column.

Geraniums are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including brown-tail and mouse moth.

The species Geranium viscosissimum (sticky geranium) is considered to be protocarnivorous.

The term "hardy geranium" is often applied to geraniums to distinguish them from the pelargoniums. However, not all geranium species are winter-hardy (see below).

The shape of the flowers offers one way of distinguishing between the two genera Geranium and Pelargonium. Geranium flowers have five very similar petals, and are thus radially symmetrical (actinomorphic), whereas pelargonium flowers have two upper petals which are different from the three lower petals, so the flowers have a single plane of symmetry (zygomorphic).

A number of geranium species are cultivated for horticultural use and for pharmaceutical products. Some of the more commonly grown species include:

Geranium cinereum

Geranium clarkei (Clark's geranium)

Geranium dalmaticum

Geranium endressii (Endres's cranesbill)

Geranium erianthum (wooly geranium)

Geranium fremontii (Fremont's geranium)

Geranium himalayense, often sold under Geranium grandiflorum

Geranium ibericum (Caucasus geranium),

Geranium macrorrhizum (bigroot cranesbill or bigroot geranium)

Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)

Geranium maderense (giant herb robert)

Geranium × magnificum (showy geranium)

Geranium phaeum

Geranium platypetalum (broad-petaled geranium)

Geranium pratense (meadow cranesbill)

Geranium psilostemon (Armenian cranesbill)

Geranium renardii (Renard geranium)

Geranium sanguineum (bloody cranesbill)

Geranium subcaulescens (grey cranesbill)

Geranium sylvaticum (wood cranesbill)

All the above species are perennials and generally winter-hardy plants, grown for their attractive flowers and foliage. They are long-lived and most have a mounding habit, with palmately lobed foliage. Some species have spreading rhizomes. They are normally grown in part shade to full sun, in well-draining but moisture retentive soils, rich in humus. Other perennial species grown for their flowers and foliage include: G. argenteum, G. eriostemon, G. farreri, G. nodosum, G. procurrens, G. pylzowianum, G. renardii, G. traversii, G. tuberosum, G. versicolor, G. wallichianum and G. wlassovianum. Some of these are not winter-hardy in cold areas and are grown in specialized gardens like rock gardens. Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' is a hybrid between G. himalayense (southwestern China), with G. pratense (European meadow cranesbill).

The following hybrid cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (other cultivars are dealt with under their species name - see above).

'Ann Folkard'

'Dilys'

'Johnson's Blue'

'Mavis Simpson'

'Orion'

'Rozanne'

'A. T. Johnson' (G. × oxonianum)

'Wargrave pink' (G. × oxonianum)

For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium

As seen/used on BBC Springwatch Unsprung Episode 12 2015.

Orange Tip - Antharis Cadamines

Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.

The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος (géranos) or γερανός (geranós) ‘crane’. The English name ‘cranesbill’ derives from the appearance of the fruit capsule of some of the species. Species in the Geranium genus have a distinctive mechanism for seed dispersal. This consists of a beak-like column which springs open when ripe and casts the seeds some distance. The fruit capsule consists of five cells, each containing one seed, joined to a column produced from the centre of the old flower. The common name ‘cranesbill’ comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane. However, many species in this genus do not have a long beak-like column.

Geraniums are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including brown-tail and mouse moth.

The species Geranium viscosissimum (sticky geranium) is considered to be protocarnivorous.

The term "hardy geranium" is often applied to geraniums to distinguish them from the pelargoniums. However, not all geranium species are winter-hardy (see below).

The shape of the flowers offers one way of distinguishing between the two genera Geranium and Pelargonium. Geranium flowers have five very similar petals, and are thus radially symmetrical (actinomorphic), whereas pelargonium flowers have two upper petals which are different from the three lower petals, so the flowers have a single plane of symmetry (zygomorphic).

A number of geranium species are cultivated for horticultural use and for pharmaceutical products. Some of the more commonly grown species include:

Geranium cinereum

Geranium clarkei (Clark's geranium)

Geranium dalmaticum

Geranium endressii (Endres's cranesbill)

Geranium erianthum (wooly geranium)

Geranium fremontii (Fremont's geranium)

Geranium himalayense, often sold under Geranium grandiflorum

Geranium ibericum (Caucasus geranium),

Geranium macrorrhizum (bigroot cranesbill or bigroot geranium)

Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)

Geranium maderense (giant herb robert)

Geranium × magnificum (showy geranium)

Geranium phaeum

Geranium platypetalum (broad-petaled geranium)

Geranium pratense (meadow cranesbill)

Geranium psilostemon (Armenian cranesbill)

Geranium renardii (Renard geranium)

Geranium sanguineum (bloody cranesbill)

Geranium subcaulescens (grey cranesbill)

Geranium sylvaticum (wood cranesbill)

All the above species are perennials and generally winter-hardy plants, grown for their attractive flowers and foliage. They are long-lived and most have a mounding habit, with palmately lobed foliage. Some species have spreading rhizomes. They are normally grown in part shade to full sun, in well-draining but moisture retentive soils, rich in humus. Other perennial species grown for their flowers and foliage include: G. argenteum, G. eriostemon, G. farreri, G. nodosum, G. procurrens, G. pylzowianum, G. renardii, G. traversii, G. tuberosum, G. versicolor, G. wallichianum and G. wlassovianum. Some of these are not winter-hardy in cold areas and are grown in specialized gardens like rock gardens. Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' is a hybrid between G. himalayense (southwestern China), with G. pratense (European meadow cranesbill).

The following hybrid cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (other cultivars are dealt with under their species name - see above).

'Ann Folkard'

'Dilys'

'Johnson's Blue'

'Mavis Simpson'

'Orion'

'Rozanne'

'A. T. Johnson' (G. × oxonianum)

'Wargrave pink' (G. × oxonianum)

For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium

Sunrise this morning. A scene I'd been planning in my head for weeks and was just waiting for the mist and sunshine to show up at the same time on a Saturday or Sunday so I'd be home to shoot it. So I got lucky!! ;-)

Misty morning by the forest stream

My photo on the TV earlier this evening (05/11/15)! My fifth photo used on TV!! This photo was shown on BBC Autumnwatch Unsprung, Thursday 5th November 2015. This is a screen shot from the programme!

Very excited to get 2 photos on their 'best of' compilation!

This photo was much easier to spot than the fungi photo!!

I Got It

"I got it from my mama" - will.i.am

Everyday should be ya birthday hon'

You make the guys all dumb

Maybe cause your blessed with the beautiful buns

Maybe cause your beauty keep the dudes unsprung

Wonderin' just where you got that from....

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Nature - Flowers - The Beautiful Geranium Backlit from a Window.

Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.

The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος (géranos) or γερανός (geranós) ‘crane’. The English name ‘cranesbill’ derives from the appearance of the fruit capsule of some of the species. Species in the Geranium genus have a distinctive mechanism for seed dispersal. This consists of a beak-like column which springs open when ripe and casts the seeds some distance. The fruit capsule consists of five cells, each containing one seed, joined to a column produced from the centre of the old flower. The common name ‘cranesbill’ comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane. However, many species in this genus do not have a long beak-like column.

Last of the summer butterflies at sundown in Bedfordshire chalkhill downs.It was hard to tell which species as it was in golden light, but it would be one of the blue butterfly family, probably the Chalkhill Blue.

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Now on the October photo montage on BBC Nature. www.photoharvester.co.uk and click on the link on the News page.

First introduced into service in 1965 the class 86s arguably proved to be the most successful locomotive to work on the then recently electrified West Coast Mainline. In total 100 of the class were built at either BREL's Doncaster Works or at Vulcan Foundry's Newton-le-Willows plant, and they very soon took charge of almost all the WCML's main-line passenger services replacing the prototype classes 81-85.

They weren't without their problems however. The unsprung axle-hung traction motors (a contrast to earlier locomotive classes where they were bogie mounted) were notorious for causing damage to the track at high-speed and, as a result, class members were modified with large and very visible 'flexicoil' helical springs to provide better cushioning. Un-modified locomotives were reduced from the nominal 100mph speed limit to 80mph, and tended to be restricted to freight services.

This shot captures a typical scene at Stafford back in the mid-70s. Un-modifed class 86/0 unit 86022 is seen passing south on the through lines with a rake of Mk1 carriages - possibly on an empty stock move, or maybe a Footex special. On the left is an unidentified 4-car class 310 (AM10) unit that could more typically be seen working the longer distance semi-fast services between Birmingham and London Euston via the Northampton loop. On the right parked in the bay platform is a General Utility Van (GUV) typically used to carry parcels and, it appears in this case, BRUTE trollies loaded with same. Attached to it is a Mk1 carriage, almost certainly a parcels van - my guess is they would be seeing revenue earning use later one evening as part of a mail train.

First time I've shared this image but it kind of sums up for me the West Coast Mainline of the mid-70s that I knew and (almost!) loved. Of course the class 86s were a bit like the Brush 4's / class 47s of the day - ubiquitous, ever-present, extremely reliable, and usually accompanied by a groan from the spotter. It says much for the success of the base design however that a good number were still in revenue earning service working container trains until very recently having around 55 years of service on the clock.

In fact 86022 was one of those long-lived examples. Built by Vulcan Foundry and introduced to traffic as E3174 in August 1965, she would be renumbered several times under the TOPS system reflecting modifications of one sort or another, before finally ending up as 86622 under Freightliner ownership. Withdrawn in November 2020 at just over 55 years old she's now in store and on loan to the Crewe Heritage Centre.

Agfa CT18

Saturday, 4th March 1978

i got Spring Unsprung Kitty and she is so pretty! I love her long hair and darker makeup as well as all of her little details. <3

Or all's wellie that ends wellie

Mais uma das que adoram posar ao ar livre *-*

Taken at Rosendals Gardens. Rosendals Trädgård is a garden open to the public situated on Djurgården, west of Rosendal Palace, in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden.

Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region.

The common name ‘cranesbill’ comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane. However, many species in this genus do not have a long beak-like column.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium

"Going against the grain!"

on a rainy day with nothing better to do ,eureka i'll post a stoat shot :-0) makes a change from stags !!!

Der Typ 46 war ein großes Auto mit einem Gewicht von 1134 kg und einem Radstand von 3505 mm. Von Ende 1929 bis 1936 wurden 400 Exemplare hergestellt. Das Drei-Gang-Getriebe war mit der aktiven Hinterachse verbunden, was zu einem hohen ungefederten Gewicht und einer relativ harten Fahrt führte. Trotzdem war das Modell ein Favorit von Le Patron und blieb länger in der Produktion als erwartet.

The Type 46 was a large car with a weight of 1134 kg and a wheelbase of 3505 mm. From the end of 1929 to 1936 400 copies were made. The three-speed gearbox was connected to the active rear axle, which resulted in a high unsprung weight and a relatively hard ride. Nevertheless, the model was a Le Patron favorite and stayed in production longer than expected.

Finally i had some free time to take some photos of my new dolls. It was SO much fun after such a long time! Its been to long haha ♥

Spring Forward!!

A new Springtail for me today, this I think is Sminthurus viridis and what a pretty little thing. The only problem with this guy is what it was floating on, it was on a puddle on a cowpat, I think I must be crazy, firstly at spotting it and secondly at getting down on my hands and knee's and holding my camera over Cow poo, but I got a new species for my tick list LOL :)

VIEW ON BLACK

As seen on Autumnwatch Unsprung 2011 woooohoooo

Cocinella Septempuncata

This photo was shown on the BBC's Springwatch Unsprung on Monday 12 July 2017.

- At low tide as sun was setting upon one of the first hot spring days,

a distant haze held back the light in a beautiful way.

- Friday 18th of April, I got my "3rd Planet From The Sun" published in Outdoor Photographer online (favorite places)! See here: www.outdoorphotographer.com/content/yfp/place.php?page_id...

- And sunday 13 of April, "Coming To You"; an unsprung flower with a rain drop, was published in Sonntagzseitung (Switzerland) paper edition.

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- Fine art prints at: www.leeseungkye.com

- Blog: seungkyelee.wordpress.com/

Spring Unsprung! Love them! Can't wait till the movie pops up on Netflix. So go grab your fave fairy tale female, string some flowers in your hair and do a twirl while you add me on #Instagram @nevraforever

Thank you to all who take the time to comment etc...It is appreciated.

Orange Tip - Anthcaris Cadamines

As Seen On BBC's Springwatch Unsprung 11-06-2015.

"Beautiful yet untamed... Perfect!"

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This Red Kite thinks it's a Red Arrow!

Be sure to tune into Springwatch Unsprung at 1830hrs on BBC2.

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Our garden hedgehog on Autumnwatch Unsprung this year . Our local hedgehog regularly comes into our garden for a nightly snack. For this photo I've set up my infra red light beam so it fires the camera as the hedgehog passes by - the hedgehog is wild and free. My camera is positioned low on one of our Double bean bags and I have two flashes one each side of the camera about 50cm away from the camera to avoid red eye.

I got a fantastic e-mail from the BBC on Monday afternoon telling me that they were going to use one of my images on the Springwatch Unsprung program on Monday night.

It's not often you get Chris Packham to give critique on your photos, so when I got in from work that evening I eagerly watched.

I really liked it to start with and then said that the bird could do with being in the centre of the rising sun, If you look at the original I used the rule-of-thirds with the subject off centre to the left.

He gave it a mark of 6.1 out of ten, so I have posted a shot taken at the same time but re-composed with his suggestions, let me know what you think please.

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Monster High Honey Swamp

wearing spring unsprung fashion from eah's Briar Rose!

I thought this looked like notes on a music sheet the song could be "where have all the Waxwings gone"? lol

Dedicated to Carole (clc) who missed them

Taken at Chudleigh Knighton

I knew I should have bought GHDs

As I said in one of my last posts, I've been slowly buying EAH outfits for my basic dolls, but there was actually nothing slow about it. I spent like $150 in two weeks just buying clothes like crazy, and I didn't really realize how bad it was until I took this photo. :P There are two bars (one about 24" long, and the other 18") and they're both so full of outfits that I literally can't fit anymore on! I had to take the through the woods and some way too wonderland outfits off in order to squeeze Apple in there, but I still have no regrets. I still have three outfits on the way, so yeah...

I have just returned from a trip abroard (more of this at a later date) to find this flickr mail -

Thank you for adding your image to the BBC Springwatch Official Flickr group - I am writing to let you know that we selected your image for use in last night’s Unsprung programme.

If you weren’t able to catch the show live yesterday you can watch it on the BBC Springwatch website here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dx2t8

Best wishes

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BBC Springwatch Unsprung Production Team . .................................. What a nice thing to to find !!!!! . This popular nature programme was shown on U.K national television at eight in the evening on BBC 2 and the episode number is number 9 . The above picture is not a re post but two frames ahead of the featured image

86256 stands in Birmingham New Street having arrived with 1V82, 10:23 Manchester Piccadilly – Penzance, 27th May 1978.

Locomotive History

86256 was built in 1966 at Doncaster as E3135 and under the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme it became 86040. In the early years the locomotives became notorious for track damage, being fitted with axle-hung traction motors, in place of the bogie-frame-mounted motors of the earlier designs. This additional unsprung mass was causing damage at high speeds. In 1969 E3173, was fitted experimentally with the large helical 'flexicoil' springs. When trials proved successful the modification was applied gradually to the whole fleet. This modification was applied to 86040 in 1975 when it was renumbered 86256. After thirty six years pounding up and down the West Coast Main Line 86256 was stored in October 2002 initially at Longsight. It was then tripped to MOD Longtown (just north of Carlisle) at the end of November 2002 for secure storage. It made its last journey in February 2006 to Ron Hull’s yard at Rotherham where it was broken up a month later in March 2006.

Praktica LTL, Ektachrome 200