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Griff with his Grandpa who stayed with us this week and took us to Spur for dinner. Remember when you could eat out in your pyjamas?!
This is the last photo of a group that I haven't put any others up from but I think this is the funniest photo I've got when viewed in context.
Griff Hollows is an idyllic little place hidden away right next to a main road and suburban houses on the edge of Nuneaton. The natural wooded hollow with a brook running through it is full of native bluebells in springtime. The novelist George Eliot grew up near here and it appears in 'The Mill on the Floss' as 'Red Deeps' where the characters Maggie and Philip meet in secret.
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Diospyros argentea Griff. Ebenaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun petutut, Bedil lalat, Kerentah roy (Semelai)]. Habitat - lowland and hill forest up to ca 800 m. Understorey treelet up to ca tree to 11 m tall. Leaves thick, simple, alternate, oblong-mucronate, abaxial glabrous, adaxial pubescent with soft coppery hairs. Fruit velvety. The plant is burnt, especially the leaves to keep away flies. Leaves when burnt make crackling noises which keep away flies.
Ref. and suggested reading
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2769380
birg1.fbb.utm.my/jbiodi/page.php?pageid=s_found&s_id=...
A Field Guide to the Medicinal Plants of Tasek Bera, RAMSAR
For my 44th birthday, the crew at eBay took me to AsiaFX in San Francisco where I sorta kinda fell in love with a transvestite waitress. It passed.
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Durio oxleyanus Griff. Malvaceae. CN: [Malay and regonal vernacular names - Durian beludu, Durian daun, Kuripal, Durian kerantugab, Dian, Durian lai, Lai bengang, Kartungan, Kerantongan, Kerantungan, Ketungan, Kutongan, Sukang, Dalit, Ladyin tedak. Distribution - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan). Upper canopy tree up to 50 m tall and 90 cm dbh. Stipules present but soon falling. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, lower surface whitish, with hairs instead of scales. Flowers ca. 15 mm diameter, white-yellow, 2-3-lobed epicalyx, placed in cymes on the twigs behind the leaves. Fruits ca. 140 mm long, green, capsule with long spines, seeds completely enclosed by pale yellow, sweet, edible aril. Fruits are eaten and locally sold on markets. The timber is used for planks. The bark and seeds are used for medicinal purposes.
Synonym(s):
Durio gratissimus Becc.
Neesia griffithii Planch. ex Mast.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2779457
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316153
www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/...
Griff Hollows is an idyllic little place hidden away right next to a main road and suburban houses on the edge of Nuneaton. The natural wooded hollow with a brook running through it is full of native bluebells in springtime. The novelist George Eliot grew up near here and it appears in 'The Mill on the Floss' as 'Red Deeps' where the characters Maggie and Philip meet in secret.
Was gibt es da zu beschreiben? Sie sehen es ja selbst.
Der Dadaj einer der größten Seen im weiten Umkreis. Ein wunderschöner See, doch leider immer mehr zugebaut und eingezäunt. Es gibt kaum noch freizugängliche Seeteile. Alles voll im Griff der Businessmänni.
Und das Land drumherum? Das geht so: Interessante Ackerflächen werden im großen Stil aufgekauft und nicht mehr bewirtschaftet. Die EU gibt noch Prämie für die Stillegung. So sagt man vor Ort.