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This member of UNESCO World Heritage List is located on top of a small Nereditsa hill, to the east from Rurik's Gorodische. From the hill one can see entire Novgorod, fields and meadows, the lake and the Volkhov river.
The church was built in 1198, to the order of Prince Yaroslav, after the demise of all his children. This last prince's building looked no different from modest churches of the late 12th c., which were financed by boyars, merchants and commoners. It has the form of a cube and one dome, and its interior is very simple. It was decorated with frescos in 1199, and the paintings gave the closest impression of the system of Russian temple frescos of the time.
The World War II turned this fabulous monument of architecture into hideous ruins. The building itself was reconstructed, thanks to the previous measurements, but the immense fresco ensemble was lost forever. All that remained are expressive fragments of «The Last Judgement», and a few saints and martyrs. They give one some impression of the peculiarities and depth of the former grand frescos.
Currently restoration works are in progress on the church.
description (c) - eng.tourism.velikiynovgorod.ru/
Taken at Hakone Shrine, along the banks of Lake Ashinoko, in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Hakone Shrine was founded sometime in the Nara period, and has been in its present location since 757 AD. It was an important place of worship in Japan's medieval period for samurai as well as for commoners traveling along the old Tōkaidō Road during the Edo period.
Ouzel is a lovely word isn't it? Sounds a bit like Woozles from Winnie the Pooh. Ouzel was originally the name for Blackbird which persisted until the 17th Century. So the Ring Ouzel was the Blackbird with a ring. Water Ouzel was also an old name for Dipper but Ring Ouzel is the only bird that has retained the name. There are close parallels with the name Chough, which was originally the name for Jackdaw, with Cornish Chough distinguishing the red-billed species. So Chough and Ouzel were both once the name of a commoner bird that has been retained for a rarer relative.
I photographed this female Ring Ouzel on a drystone wall in the Peak District this morning, freshly arrived from Morocco. She's facing away but you can just about see the pale gorget (sullied brown as it's a female). You can also see the pale edging to the flight feathers and the pale fringing to the belly feathers creating a hairnet effect. Both of these features distinguish it from the closely-related Blackbird.
The New Forest Drift takes place each year, from August to early November. It is when the Commoners of the New Forest National Park conduct The Drift and round up all the New Forest ponies.
We ran into the tail end of a Drift as we walked today. We hadn't seen any signs , so it was a bit of a surprise.
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Someday I'll be a weather-beaten skull resting on a grass pillow,
Serenaded by a stray bird or two.
Kings and commoners end up the same,
No more enduring than last night's dream.
~Ryokan
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One portion of the temple exterior is devoted to carvings of the kama sutra. Our temple guide explained this as pictoral sexual education for the illiterate commoner. The illiterate commoner was probably better informed of bedroom gymnastics than your average American.
I had a hard time trying to make this shot look interesting. The lack of contrast in the carvings was giving me a lot trouble. In the end, I settled for this rather cheesy shot with a shallow depth of field. This shot doesn't show a lot of the variety in the carvings, but I like it as cheesy as it is.
This solitary New Forest Pony was munching a gorse bush just down from our holiday cottage.
The New Forest pony is one of the recognised mountain and moorland or native pony breeds of the British Isles. Height varies from around 12 to 14.2 hands (48 to 58 inches, 122 to 147 cm); ponies of all heights should be strong, workmanlike, and of a good riding type. They are valued for hardiness, strength, and sure-footedness.
The breed is indigenous to the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England, where equines have lived since before the last Ice Age; remains dating back to 500,000 BC have been found within 50 miles (80 km) of the heart of the modern New Forest. DNA studies have shown ancient shared ancestry with the Celtic-type Asturcón and Pottok ponies. Many breeds have contributed to the foundation bloodstock of the New Forest pony, but today only ponies whose parents are both registered as purebred in the approved section of the stud book may be registered as purebred. The New Forest pony can be ridden by children and adults, can be driven in harness, and competes successfully against larger horses in horse show competition.
All ponies grazing on the New Forest are owned by New Forest commoners – people who have "rights of common of pasture" over the Forest lands. An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze. The population of ponies on the Forest has fluctuated in response to varying demand for young stock. Numbers fell to fewer than six hundred in 1945, but have since risen steadily, and thousands now run loose in semi-feral conditions. The welfare of ponies grazing on the Forest is monitored by five Agisters, employees of the Verderers of the New Forest. Each Agister takes responsibility for a different area of the Forest. The ponies are gathered annually in a series of drifts, to be checked for health, wormed, and they are tail-marked; each pony's tail is trimmed to the pattern of the Agister responsible for that pony. Purebred New Forest stallions approved by the Breed Society and by the New Forest Verderers run out on the Forest with the mares for a short period each year. Many of the foals bred on the Forest are sold through the Beaulieu Road pony sales, which are held several times each year.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest_pony and
www.newforestliving.co.uk/guides/new-forest-ponies
Like much of England, the site of the New Forest was once deciduous woodland, recolonised by birch and eventually beech and oak after the withdrawal of the ice sheets starting around 12,000 years ago. Some areas were cleared for cultivation from the Bronze Age onwards; the poor quality of the soil in the New Forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste", which may have been used even then as grazing land for horses.
There was still a significant amount of woodland in this part of Britain, but this was gradually reduced, particularly towards the end of the Middle Iron Age around 250–100 BC, and most importantly the 12th and 13th centuries, and of this essentially all that remains today is the New Forest.
There are around 250 round barrows within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. One such barrow in particular may represent the only known inhumation burial of the Early Iron Age and the only known Hallstatt culture burial in Britain; however, the acidity of the soil means that bone very rarely survives.
Following Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, according to Florence of Worcester (d. 1118), the area became the site of the Jutish kingdom of Ytene; this name was the genitive plural of Yt meaning "Jute", i.e. "of the Jutes". The Jutes were one of the early Anglo-Saxon tribal groups who colonised this area of southern Hampshire. The word ytene (or ettin) is also found locally as a synonym for giant, and features heavily in local folklore.
Following the Norman Conquest, the New Forest was proclaimed a royal forest, in about 1079, by William the Conqueror. It was used for royal hunts, mainly of deer. It was created at the expense of more than 20 small hamlets and isolated farmsteads; hence it was then 'new' as a single compact area.
The New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king's thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail. Twelfth-century chroniclers alleged that William had created the forest by evicting the inhabitants of 36 parishes, reducing a flourishing district to a wasteland; however, this account is thought dubious by most historians, as the poor soil in much of the area is believed to have been incapable of supporting large-scale agriculture, and significant areas appear to have always been uninhabited.
Two of William's sons died in the forest: Prince Richard sometime between 1069 and 1075, and King William II (William Rufus) in 1100. Local folklore asserted that this was punishment for the crimes committed by William when he created his New Forest; 17th-century writer Richard Blome provides exquisite detail:
In this County [Hantshire] is New-Forest, formerly called Ytene, being about 30 miles in compass; in which said tract William the Conqueror (for the making of the said Forest a harbour for Wild-beasts for his Game) caused 36 Parish Churches, with all the Houses thereto belonging, to be pulled down, and the poor Inhabitants left succourless of house or home. But this wicked act did not long go unpunished, for his Sons felt the smart thereof; Richard being blasted with a pestilent Air; Rufus shot through with an Arrow; and Henry his Grand-child, by Robert his eldest son, as he pursued his Game, was hanged among the boughs, and so dyed. This Forest at present affordeth great variety of Game, where his Majesty oft-times withdraws himself for his divertisement.
The reputed spot of Rufus's death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. John White, Bishop of Winchester, said of the forest:
From God and Saint King Rufus did Churches take, From Citizens town-court, and mercate place, From Farmer lands: New Forrest for to make, In Beaulew tract, where whiles the King in chase Pursues the hart, just vengeance comes apace, And King pursues. Tirrell him seing not, Unwares him flew with dint of arrow shot.
The common rights were confirmed by statute in 1698. The New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were created in the 18th century for this purpose. In the Great Storm of 1703, about 4000 oak trees were lost.
The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under the New Forest Act 1877, which confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and entrenched that the total of enclosures was henceforth not to exceed 65 km2 (25 sq mi) at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
As of 2005, roughly 90% of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923 and most of the Crown lands now fall inside the new National Park.
Felling of broadleaved trees, and their replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. Further encroachments were made during the Second World War. This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaved woodland. Rhododendron remains a problem.
During the Second World War, an area of the forest, Ashley Range, was used as a bombing range. During 1941-1945, the Beaulieu, Hampshire Estate of Lord Montagu in the New Forest was the site of group B finishing schools for agents[18] operated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) between 1941 and 1945. (One of the trainers was Kim Philby who was later found to be part of a spy ring passing information to the Soviets.) In 2005, a special exhibition was mounted at the Estate, with a video showing photographs from that era as well as voice recordings of former SOE trainers and agents.
Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the New Forest Heritage Area in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999, and it became a National Park in 2005.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest and www.thenewforest.co.uk/
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I was out this morning trying to photograph Emperor Dragonflies on the same moorland pool near Holmfirth where I saw them last week. There were also a few Common Hawkers flitting about, regularly scrapping with the Emperors, though it was usually the larger Emperors that returned to the beat after an altercation. I could usually tell when a Common Hawker came near as they were a lot noisier, clattering about among the vegetation. I found Common Hawkers a lot more difficult to photograph in flight as they did not habitually hover like the Emperors. I did manage a few flight shots though, including this one, which was taken with 420mm at 1/5000 f5.6 which has just about frozen the wings.
The name "Common" is rather misleading as there are several species of large dragonfly that are commoner than this. Common Hawkers inhabit moors and heaths but are pretty scarce away from these specialised habitats. I live in the Pennines near to the moors, yet I see Southern, Brown and Migrant Hawkers more frequently than I do Common Hawkers. It is sometimes known as the Moorland Hawker, which seems like a much better name. It occurs in suitable habitat throughout the Northern Hemisphere including North America, where it is known as the Sedge Darner.
Taimur, like all children likes cats. His favourite kitten has just lost somewhere and he is trying to find her.
A detail from a suit of retainer armour of a Kamon (Heraldic badge) in the form of the Japanese character KI, meaning 'Tree'. The KImura, Aoki, and Tagaki clans all used this mon,thus making it difficult to accurately determine the family heritage of this armour.JAPAN 1850.
Mon (紋?), also monshō (紋章?), mondokoro (紋所?), and kamon (家紋?), are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual or family. While mon is an encompassing term that may refer to any such device, kamon and mondokoro refer specifically to emblems used to identify a family.
The devices are similar to the badges and coats of arms in European heraldic tradition, which likewise are used to identify individuals and families. Mon are often referred to as crests in Western literature; another European heraldic device similar to the mon in function.
Mon may have originated as fabric patterns to be used on clothes in order to distinguish individuals or signify membership in a specific clan or organization. By the twelfth century, sources give a clear indication that heraldry had been implemented as a distinguishing feature, especially for use in battle. It is seen on flags, tents, and equipment.
Like European heraldry, mon were initially held only by aristocratic families, and were gradually adapted by commoners. On the battlefield, mon served as army standards, even though this usage was not universal and uniquely designed army standards were just as common as mon-based standards. (cf. sashimono, uma-jirushi) Mon were also adapted by various organizations, such as merchant and artisan guilds, temples and shrines, theater troupes and even criminal gangs. In an illiterate society, they served as useful symbols for recognition.
Japanese traditional formal attire generally displays the mon of the wearer. Commoners without mon often used those of their patron or the organization they belonged to. In cases when none of those were available, they sometimes used one of the few mon which were seen as "vulgar", or invented or adapted whatever mon they wished, passing it on to their descendants. It was not uncommon for shops, and therefore shop-owners, to develop mon to identify themselves.
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Himeiji-jo – UNESCO World Heritage site
Himeji Castle is also famous by its other name “Shirasagi-jo'' (White Heron Castle), because people associate the white castle with a white heron.
Himeji-jo was originally constructed in 1346. Throughout its history it was owned by thirteen warrior families, not the least of which was Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the commoner who rose to become the de facto military dictator of Japan during the Sengoku-jidai (Civil War Era).
Rocamadour is an important pilgrimage destination, and has been for 1000 years, for commoners and Kings alike.
Built on the site of a shrine to a Madonna, the shrine became famous for its healing powers, and soon became a stop on the pilgrimage path to Santiago de Campostela.
The medieval village with its four gates lies along the base of the cliff above the river from where the religious complex of buildings rise 120 metres, reached by 216 steps, once climbed by pilgrims on their knees.
France's most visited tourist attraction and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rocamadour is very touristy, but in late May was delightfully quiet. I think in peak season it must get unpleasantly busy.
Probably best visited early in the morning, not only to avoid the crowds but the buildings mostly face east, and most of the viewpoints for photographers mean shooting south into the sun.
Some of the best views are from the narrow minor road (D32) that twists down the opposite flank of the valley, seen here on the left. (With rather tight 'passing places' and small lay-bys to park but that may not be possible in high season without causing chaos)
Rode lijst soort en beschemd
Wetenschappelijk: Clavaria argillacea
Scientific name: Clavaria argillacea
Beschrijving
Vruchtlichaam knotsvormig, 3-8 cm x 2-8 mm. Bovenste deel met een stompe top, mat, bleek vuilgeel tot groenig-geel.
Steel glad, heldergeel.
Voorkomen
Op voedselarme, zure zandgrond, langs heidepaadjes, in verstuivingen en duinen.
Mogelijk saprofiet.
Status
Matig algemeen, Rode Lijst (Kwetsbaar).
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English
At the 2005 grassland fungi workshop
in Wales, Debbie Evans brought
along a specimen of a yellow clavarioid
fungus which she had identified as
Clavaria amoenoides Corner et al., a species
not previously known to be British but listed
in Nordic Macromycetes as occurring in Scandinavia. An
additional collection was made during the
workshop itself and further specimens were
collected at the 2006 upland foray in Wales,
in a pasture next to the foray centre.
It seems we now have three yellow or
yellowish Clavaria species in the British Isles,
all of them unbranched (tubular or clubshaped)
and distinctly pale or dull compared
with the much commoner and brighter
yellow Clavulinopsis species. As with the black
and brown Clavaria species),
the literature on these species is scattered, so
a brief key and descriptions follow. ‘Q’ is
spore length divided by breadth.
Perseved at Golra Railway heritage museum, this North Western Railway tea set is believed to be used by the last viceroy of India.
c. 900-1300 A.D.
Tens of thousands of stripped tree trunks were mounted to surround and intersect the Aztalan community. That was no small feat. These stockade fences, which have left round footprints in the ground, protected the residents of the town from outside invasion. It also seems to have separated gated elite sections from commoner neighborhoods within the settlement.
The innovators of Aztalan, c. 900-1300, a name that those of European ancestry gave to these ruins that partly incorporates the tourist-inviting name of Aztec, were among the first creators of the city and town living inventions of the Mississippian Culture communities. These innovators lived far to the north – in modern-day Wisconsin.
What happened to the entire civilization that dotted the eastern midwest and southeastern part of what would become the United States? It disappeared in a flash just as the first conquistadors reached the east coast of what would be the United States.
The advanced city and town life for the Mississippian Culture had a downside. Their interconnected settlements – the paths, waterways, and densely populated communities were perfect conduits and incubators of European disease when the first Europeans came. The few left living in their cities and townships finally fled for dear life.
The civilization was barely remembered among the North American tribes of nomad lifestyle in which their survivors assumedly fled. The record we have is from the ruins they left and the account from the south of conquistador Hernando de Soto, who battled against them (e.g. Coosa Cheifdom and others), dictated to their leaders, and lived in the homes of the Mississippian Culture elite. De Soto himself died of disease, described as a fever, near the western bank of the Mississippi River, near present-day Ferriday, Louisiana.
But Aztalan had long been abandoned by the time European disease devastated the Mississippian Culture. Had Aztalan farmers depleted the once-fertile soil here and so it was time to move on, build a new community elsewhere?
Slender-billed Gull
(Larus/Chroicocephalus genei) Photos taken in Andalucia, Spain.
A medium-sized gull with a long, slender bill.
Breeding adults have a clean white head and dark red bill, and frequently shows a strong rosy-pink flush to the underparts. Non-breeding adult similar, but may show slight smudge on the head.
Immature has orange bill with small brown patches on the wings, most readily seen in flight.
Compared to Black-headed Gull, Slender-billed has longer bill, sloping forehead, and "snouty" profile.
They breed in colonies in inland and coastal wetlands, but restricted to coastal wetlands when not breeding.
Away from it's main range it can be found singly or in pairs, at times in association with much commoner Black-headed Gull.
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I have seen very few Clark's Grebes and this is my first photo of one, though I have taken lots of its commoner cousin, the Western Grebe: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/53663667531/in/album-721... The two species are so similar, and often breed on the same lakes, that Clark's was long thought to be just a pale variety of Western Grebe. It was restored to a full species as recently as 1988. I found and photographed this Clark's Grebe among dozens of Western Grebes in San Diego harbour. This echoes my previous experience that Clark's is much rarer than Western. Its diagnostic features are white surrounding the eye and an orange tint to the bill (Western has black surrounding the eye and a yellow-green bill). Its scientific name is Aechmophorus clarkii, which translates as Clark's spear-bearer. John Henry Clark was a naturalist and surveyor who conducted the Texas Mexican Boundary Survey 1851-55 under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute. He was one of many collectors who sent specimens to Professor Baird at the Smithsonian, including the first Clark's Grebe that Clark himself collected in Chihuahua, Mexico. Surprisingly little is known about Clark, even his birth and death dates are estimates. He was born some time around 1830 and died around 1885.
I uploaded a frame-filler Tree Pipit earlier this week so here's a more artistic, in habitat shot. I prefer this shot to my frame-filler but I know it will not be as popular because it isn't eye-catching as a thumbnail, which is how most people view it. In habitat shots are also much harder to capture well. This Tree Pipit is singing, and it was the song that first alerted me to it. In fact the name Pipit comes from the Latin verb pipio meaning to chirp. They often deliver the song in a descending parachute flight, as do most pipits, especially the much commoner Meadow Pipit. Here's a recording from 2016 of a Tree Pipit song made by my friend David Pennington: xeno-canto.org/592484
This species was added to the Red List in 2009 due to a big decrease in the English population, plus a moderate decline in Wales, but oddly the population has increased in Scotland. Thirty years ago they were a relatively common summer visitor to my area but now I struggle to find any.
One final thing, if you look at the excellent BTO species information, I think they might have mistakenly used a Meadow Pipit photo: www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/tree-pipit I am not certain, and the bird does have quite fine flank streaks, but they don't look quite right, and the face pattern looks too bland, and the bill too slight, and there is no yellowish wash on the breast. The picture quality isn't good enough to see hind-claw detail, but it looks long to me. Here's a Meadow Pipit for comparison with quite fine flank streaks: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/41224993302/in/photolist
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/meadowpipit/
A small, brown, streaky bird, it is the commonest songbird in upland areas and its high, piping call is a familiar sound. In flight it shows white outer tail feathers and in the breeding season it has a fluttering 'parachute' display flight. In winter they are quite gregarious and gather in small flocks, often invisible among the vegetation, suddenly flying up with typical jerky flight.
Meadow pipit numbers in the UK have been declining since the mid-1970s, resulting in this species being included on the amber list of conservation concern.
Overview
Latin name
Anthus pratensis
Family
Pipits and wagtails (Motacillidae)
Where to see them
Found across the UK but commonest in the west and north. In winter it moves south, to more lowland areas and becomes much commoner in the southern half of the UK. Found in open country - upland moors to saltmarshes in summer, more agricultural land and marshes in winter. Will even come to suburban parks and playing fields.
When to see them
All year round. In summer most common in upland areas which become deserted in winter as birds move to more lowland habitats, some migrating to Continental Europe.
What they eat
Insects - flies, beetles and moths - and spiders
Population
UK Population
Here is another in-flight photograph of the Chough that has taken up residence in the Peak District. I liked this photograph because it showed the whole bird fully spread from above, and with a land background. I always think flying birds look better against a land, rather than a sky background.
In Britain, Choughs (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) are rather rare, and always have been reflected by the few English folk names for them. There are many ancient references to Chough but that is because this was the name originally applied to the Jackdaw. Shakespeare refers to Choughs in seven of his plays but at this date (c1600) he can have only meant Jackdaws. The name Cornish Chough was the real Chough's earliest name (Turner 1544) as it was literally the Cornish Jackdaw (also called Cornyssh daw in 1575). Thomas Bewick (1804) was the first to drop the epithet "Cornish" and just called it Chough as by this date the name was no longer used for Jackdaw. As Chough is a defunct onomatopoeic name for Jackdaw it is certain that it was originally pronounced "Chow" (similar to Bough being pronounced bow). But everyone now pronounces it "Chuff". Incidentally, the real Chough has a drawn out call "kiy-aaargh".
In Wales, where the Chough is commoner and more widespread it has at least two names; Brân big-goch (red-billed crow) and Brân goesgoch (red-legged crow). Its scientific name Pyrrhocorax translates as flame raven. It is likely that this bird has wandered from North Wales as the nearest regular breeding population. But most of those Welsh birds are ringed, and this bird is ringless.
Hackney, London
There were at least 12 burnt cars in the residential area near Hackney Central as the result of last night's riots.
I've seen few local commoners stealing goods from the already plundered grocery shop.
A group of youngsters as well as one individual looking like zombie tried to steal my camera.
There's been a real shortage of butterflies in my garden this summer so far, even my butterfly bush has failed to attract them so although
common, this small white was a welcome sight.
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No, our Beautiful Plant is not a native of Mexico, although it has today been naturalised - often as an environmental weed as for example in Australia - throughout (semi-)tropical climes. And: no! it was not discovered by Clas Alströmer (1736-1794) during a trip to Brazil in 1753; that worthy naturalist never travelled to the New World. Beware of these 'facts' parroted on the internet...
But: yes! Alstroemeria does hail from Brazil and Peru where it was first described - with a different name: e.g. Hemerocallis floribus purpurascentibus striatis - by a missionary-explorer and naturalist from the Provence, Louis Éconches Feuillée (1660-1732). Great Carolus Linnaeus refers to Feuillée's long description, published in 1714 (including a drawing). Feuillée enthuses: 'The flower of this plant by its beauty deserves a place in the Gardens of the Incas'. And a bit further on he declares that plants of this kind might bring the Incas to knowledge of the true God...
And: yes! Linnaeus named Alstroemeria for his onetime student and faithful correspondent Clas Alströmer. During his extended travel in Spain, Alströmer entertained a lively correspondence with Linnaeus. It seems that Clas had sent Carolus seeds or bulbs of Our Plant from Cadiz, and that the latter was much taken by its beautiful flowers. Linnaeus wrote Alströmer he'd name the plants for him. Alströmer was much honored but as a worthy Latinist he on February 16, 1761, warned Linnaeus to get the name right: it's to be 'Alstroemeria' and not 'Alstroemia', to avoid confusion with the common family name 'Alström'. "No, I am Baron Alströmer, not a mere commoner", he must have thought as he penned his grateful letter.
It wasn't until quite a while later that Curtis's Botanical Magazine got around to describing this Alstroemeria psittacina. It had been received in Britain in the the late 1820s from Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792-1826), well-known botanist of Hamburg. Soon it had flowered delightfully in the Green Houses of Edinburgh and Glasgow Botanical Gardens. Curtis's (1830) writes glowingly: 'It is said to be a native of Mexico, and is certainly well deserving a place in every collection from the singular colour of its flowers'.
Skippy wonders how anyone can fit down the chimney...
The little man created his universe with the following brilliant creations:
8f8's Storytellers Burrow Cottage, Granny's Winter Cottage Christmas Tree, Granny's Winter Cottage Armchair, Granny's Winter Cottage Carpet, and Storyteller's Burrow Lamp!
Apple Fall's Clifton Cast Iron Fireplace!
Zerkalo's Pile of Books, and Moscow Nights Frames!
Commoner's Monogram Stocking!
Ispachi's Ossory Hot Chocolate!
Remarkable Oblivion's Holiday Spirit Lantern!
Booger's Santa Bear!
Hoping everyone is having a wonder-full holiday season.
Needless to say, the little man loves winter holidays!
This is one of my images featured in LTD Magazine!
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A circular walk at Church Place inclosure reveals the peaceful beauty of the New Forest at its most charming. It follows tracks in mixed oak and beech woodland for which the forest is famous. These woods are the home of many wild creatures, including badgers and fallow deer. Dead trees and ant hills are the favourite haunts of woodpeckers - all three of our native species can be seen if you are lucky. Many rare species of plants flourish in the oak woods, including orchids and the wild gladiolus.
New Forest inclosures
Inclosures are parts of the Forest that are fenced to keep out the commoners' animals so that young trees can grow.
Inclosure is the statutory and legal form of the word "enclosure" in reference to the inclosure of land. Enclosure is the process.
Weekly Alphabet Challenge 'entrance' theme. 5/52
Hi everyone,
I'm sharing photo footage on high quality of the vanity build. I did plan on doing a whole bathroom but if you're interested in this video I'll do multiple parts in sections with each space of the bathroom so that you can follow through. This build is not a manual illustration or guide to real life design but simply explaining the process of design into a virtual world.
I defiantly recommend watching the video to see how I started and and step by step throughout.
www.flickr.com/photos/jackhanby_grandeurdecorsl/501022861...
JHI website; www.jackhanbyinteriors.com/
Credits;
The textures I've used are my own but someday I might do texture packs.
llorisen // menke duplex loft w/o curtains
Mithral * Tabletop Trio - *Now* available at Equal10 July round
Loft & Aria - Arion Floor Lamp
:neigeux: Electrical Outlet No.1[T2]High1
6. Minimalist Glass Bowl sink
BIGBULLY Thelma Wall Tap
Fancy Decor: Nannerl Bowl
Fancy Decor: Verona Towel Stack
Fancy Decor: Eagan Bowl
FD & Commoner: Modine Round Tray
[ARIA] Deloros Decorative Soap Dispenser
ARIA - Ava Sculpture
/ frag.ment's / Aromatherapy ( Woven Whites )
Skull Mask - inWorldLight
Fancy Decor: Minimal Art
Nutmeg. Attic Hideout Vase3
Loft & Aria - Turin Credenza
Fancy Decor: Prism Console