RHS Wisley

2nd August 2020

New Mini Challenge # 222 ~ The Award Tree ~

~ Mystical Light! ~ The Award Tree ~

Torbiere del Sebino

Peat bog of Sebino, Italy

Because of global warming bogs in the Midwest are all but gone. This one in NE Indiana is probably one of the most southern ones left. they are amazing things, I almost died in one in Michigan.

I think a better crop

Some more beasties from the last couple of days

Morning at Splinter Hill Bog.

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Arches with peak

Sunset near Hawkesbury Quebec

The Latin name of bog asphodel, ossifragum, literally translates as 'bone-breaker'. This unassuming plant acquired this violent name because it was believed that the livestock that grazed on it got brittle bones. However, it was actually the calcium-poor pastures that caused the problem.

Blutsee, Irtenberger Wald, Germany

Texture courtesy of Parée: www.flickr.com/photos/pareeerica/

an idea Ephran came up with ages back and we only managed to get photos just the other night.

its out of my norm of pretty faces ....but Ephran has a great eye for detail and a wonderful imagination, so i don't hesitate when he wants to dress me up !

He mostly played with the photography, but i did one shot of my own.

Thank you for a wonderful night of your company Eph.

<3

This looks like all solid land but it is actually a bog. It is so thick that I can walk on it without falling through. You can feel the squishy nature of it though. :D

I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D

Eurasian Dotterel.

walk in urban bog

Disclaimer: Not actually the moon, but I was at a bog.

Washi on gold leaf

Flower detail, New Forest, Hampshire

Our smallest orchid, the flowers are just a few millimetres across

New Forest, Hampshire

Our smallest orchid, these were little more than an inch high and incredibly hard to spot

Ferds Bog is located on the south edge of the Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area located in the southwestern corner of the Adirondack Park.

Ringoogparelmoervlinder (Boloria eunomia) Germany.

Not sure what these are but clumps of these large, yellow standouts abound in marshy areas. Eye-catching indeed. There was a time when I would have taken the time to research the species but I'm getting too for this kind of scholarship anymore...;-)

Welcome to my hoods! :)

walk in urban bog

Coastal explore

A 1 km boardwalk around Clara Bog Nature Reserve

Crumlyn Bog Swansea.

Discovering new trails in our backyard is awesomely fun.

Narthecium ossifragum (Moorlilie), New Forest

Happy Sliders Sunday!