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String of pearls (Senecio rowleyanus, sometimes sold as Curio rowleyanus) is a sought-after hanging succulent house plant. Its trailing stems have pea-like leaves that look like beads – hence its common name. In spring, the plant may produce small white, cinnamon-scented flowers.
In the wild, in west Africa, string of pearls sprawls over gravelly, rocky terrain. In the home, it looks lovely hanging from a shelf or planter – it's fast growing and the tendrils can reach 1m long. It's a good choice for beginner or lazy indoor gardeners – the 'beads' store water, so the plant can cope with a bit of neglect and only needs watering every couple of weeks.
All parts of the plant are mildly toxic if ingested, so keep away from children and pets.
Afternoon sun hit the house cross the street, the reflection lights come through shrub in front of my house, creating opportunity for bokeh.
Under the right conditions, String Of Pearls will produce a flower. This one is 1cm diameter across. It also required over 20 images focus stacked.
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Day 2, because I completely overlooked that this started on Sunday.
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JunoCam image of Jupiter's southern hemisphere. This view captures the south polar region with numerous folded filamentary regions. It also captures a portion of the "string of pearls", a chain of white ovals located in the south south (repetition intentional) temperate belt.
This image was acquired during the Perijove 6 imaging campaign on May 19, 2017. When this image was taken, Juno was at an altitude of 47,000 km as it departed from the vicinity of Jupiter. This image is based on initial processing efforts by Gerald Eichstädt.
Image Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Justin Cowart
I'm looking through old pictures at the moment, since I've got very little time to take new ones this week. Thought this was a bit of a treasure on the bokeh front - especially since it's from the days when I didn't even know the term ;)
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Today the String Of Pearls only blossom opened up. I think it is most extraordinary. I've never seen a blossom like it before.
Even the temperatures have warmed up dramatically, Peanut is still not thrilled to be outside. I decided to do a trip picture outside. At first, she wouldn't put her paw down. Once she put her paw down I was able to get some shots.
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This is the lovely Pearl. She is a planter and sits on my windowsill in the kitchen. The green plant is called String Of Pearls.
I have this Shelack; it sounds like that on my pink horn Gramaphone too..................!!!!
habe diese Shelack, sie klingt auch so auf meinem rosa Trichter-Gramaphon...............!!!!
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I hope this is ok, I wasn't sure if the shadow needed to be projected from the object or if a shadow on the object would be ok.
This is my favourite planter. I love that it has a face.
SCOUT: “Now, Bogart, in this wooden box we have Daddy’s special beads and other dress-up treasures.”
BOGART: “Oh wow Scout! These are so pretty.” *Picks up necklace.* “May I try some on?”
SCOUT: “Oh yes Bogart! I like dressing up in Daddy’s special beads sometimes.” *Puts on pearl necklace.* “I feel very glamorous!”
BOGART: “You look beautiful, Scout!”
SCOUT: “Thank you!” *Blushes pink beneath woollen fur.* “So do you Bogart! They go so nicely with your plush fur!”
BOGART: “Thank you Scout! Mummy Kim has some beautiful beads that I and some of the other Alabama Bear Clan like to play with, but her beads are different and multi-coloured, like the ones that I looked after as a gift from her to give to Daddy on my journey here.”
SCOUT: “Well, we can play dress-ups with these beads together. Won’t that be fun? I hope you don’t mind that they are just plain white.”
BOGART: “Oh no, Scout. I don’t mind at all, and yes, I love playing with you! What characters shall we play?”
SCOUT: “Well, I can be a beautiful, but wicked queen, and you can…”
PADDY: “Scout! What are you doing? Those are Daddy’s special treasures! You and Bogart are wearing Daddy’s Grandmother’s jewellery!”
SCOUT: “It’s alright Paddy! Bogart was just talking about how back in Alabama, Mummy Kim has lots of pretty beads, and I was just showing him where Daddy keeps our dress-up beads.”
PADDY: “They aren’t really beads, Scout. They are actually Daddy’s Grandmother’s pearls. They are very old.”
SCOUT: “Don’t worry Paddy. We are playing very carefully with them, aren’t we Bogart?”
BOGART: “Yes we are Paddy.” *Nods enthusiastically.*
PADDY: “Did you ask Daddy’s permission first, Scout?”
SCOUT: “Yes!” *Blushes pink beneath woollen fur.”
PADDY: “Scout?”
SCOUT: “No!”
PADDY: *Gasps.* “Scout! You know that it’s naughty, not to ask first. What will Daddy say?”
DADDY: “Oh! Don’t you two look so cute in my Grandmother’s pearls!” *Claps hands and smiles.* “Let me go and get my camera, so I can take a picture!”
SCOUT: “Daddy will say, ‘Don’t you look…”
PADDY: “Yes, I heard what Daddy said, Scout!”
SCOUT and BOGART: *Giggle.*
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Bogart has only arrived in the last month. He has travelled all the way from Georgia, via Alabama as a gift to me from a friend. I look forward to getting to know his character, but I can already say that he has lovely Southern manners and seems to be a fun and gentle soul with an inquisitive nature.
“On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.” ― Alexandre Dumas...
An arching spray of elegant Dicentra. Pure white, heart-shaped flowers above fern-like, green leaves, look like a string of pearls glittering in spring sunshine…
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I bought this extraordinary plant for my eccentric cousin - she took one look and decided she couldn't live with it, so I brought it back home!
SCOUT and ROSIE: “Hullo Paddy! Hullo Daisy-Maud! Hullo Jago!”
JAGO, DAISY-MAUD and PADDY: “Hullo Scout! Hullo Rosie!”
DAISY-MAUD: “You two look very smartly dressed. Would you like to join us for some tea?”
ROSIE: “Oh thank you Daisy-Maud.” *Preens.* “I’m glad you think we look pretty.”
SCOUT: “Yes, thank you, Daisy-Maud.” *Preens more.* “It’s kind of you to offer, but we are busy at present.”
PADDY: “Why are you two dressed up so formally, Scout and Rosie?”
JAGO: “The Coronation of King Charles III is over, you know, Scout and Rosie.”
SCOUT: “Well of course we know the Coronation is over, Jago! We may be little bears, but we did stay awake until the end of the telecast. It was soooo exciting and beautiful!” *Trembles with excitement.*
PADDY: “Then why are you so dressed up, Scout and Rosie?”
JAGO: “Perhaps you are going to throw a party?”
DAISY-MAUD: “Or a ball, Jago. Look, Scout and Rosie are wearing long gowns.”
ROSIE: *Giggles.* “Oh no, Daisy-Maud and Jago, we aren’t throwing a party, or a ball, but we might be attending one.” *Giggles more.*
PADDY: “What do you mean, Rosie?”
SCOUT: “Well Paddy, you know mijn allerbeste vriend, Peter?”
ROSIE: “Who also happens to be mijn prins Peter.”
PADDY: “Yes, of course I know Peter, Scout and Rosie!”
JAGO and DAISY-MAUD: “We all do!”
SCOUT: “Well, mijn allerbeste vriend, Peter…”
ROSIE: “Who also happens to be mijn prins Peter!”
SCOUT: “Peter has found a beautiful castle for Rosie to live in!”
PADDY: “Oh really?”
ROSIE: “Yes, its called Vianden Castle in Luxembourg! Mijn prins Peter found it whilst he and Oleg were sightseeing when they were on holiday with Mummy Marian. It is sooooo beautiful!”
SCOUT: “And it’s also very, very big! It’s big enough for all of us to visit and stay, along with everybear from Mummy Marian’s house too!”
PADDY: “Oh how wonderful!”
DAISY-MAUD: “That is exciting!”
JAGO: “Positively thrilling!”
SCOUT: “So we are choosing outfits to wear to the castle for your very first ball!” *Trembles with excitement.* “I can’t wait!”
ROSIE: “I am going to waltz across the ballroom floor with mijn prins Peter, so I want to make sure I look very beautiful!”
PADDY: “Well, you both certainly look very grand and regal.”
SCOUT: “Oh thank you, Paddy!” *Preens.*
JAGO: “You look like a real princess, Rosie!”
ROSIE: “Oh thank you Jago!” *Preens.*
PADDY: “But how can Peter afford to buy a castle, Scout? I though he spent his allowance on sweets and chocolates.”
SCOUT: “What do you mean, afford, Paddy? He found a castle, Paddy, but that doesn’t mean he has to pay for it. Peter is a prins you know! He just commands his ownership.” *Nods seriously.*
ROSIE: *Nods seriously too.*
PADDY: “Oh dear!”
My bears Paddy and Scout have made very good friends with two bears in Holland called Peter and Oleg (www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/galleries/721577154558...) and their Mummy (www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/) . Peter and Scout are very similar and have become best friends. Peter loves Rosie and Rosie loves Peter, so they have become prince and princess to one another. Paddy and Oleg are very similar too and have become best friends as well. Peter and Oleg were on holiday in Luxembourg with Mummy Marian when they visited Vianden Castle. Peter thinks it is the perfect home for he and his princess Rosie. You can see it by clicking here www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/52943805113/in/gallery... or in the first comment below.
This beautiful nursery tea set is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features many cups and saucers for everyone as well as a teapot, coffee pot milk jugs and sugar bowls. Not all the set us being used today. Each piece is gilt and features different nursery rhymes including: "See Saw Margery Daw", "Jack and Jill", "This Little Pig Went to Market", "Taffy ws a Welshman", "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", "Little Jack Horner", “Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake”, "Old Mother Goose" and "I Saw a Ship a Sailing" amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces. There are also doll (bear) sized tea spoons which are sterling silver salt spoons, and Eighteenth Century sterling silver sugar nips in the “Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross” sugar bowl.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Rosie is Scout's cousin, because like Scout, she is a free trade knitted bear from Africa. She was made in Kenya by one of the Kenana Knitters, Martha Wanjira. She is made from home spun and dyed wool. She was a gift to me from two very dear friends, includng the one who gave Scout to Paddy.
Jago was a gift from a dear friend in England. He is made of English mohair with suede paw pads and glass eyes. He is a gentle bear, kind and patient who carries an air of calm about him. He is already fitting in with everyone else very nicely.
Daisy Maud is Jago's little sister and was made by the same friend in England who made him. She is made of German mohair with floral fabric cotton paw pads that match her pretty sunhat, and glass eyes. A sweet and loving little girl bear, she is happy to be reunited with her big brother, Jago, and enjoys being spoiled by her new Daddy.
This lovely portrait of Mrs. Glenny of "Knockeaton" in Tramore is today's offering and was specially chosen to celebrate this day, 6th January, also known as Nollaig na mBan. (Women's Christmas) She has clearly prepared very carefully for the event with her permanent wave, her string of pearls, and carefully applied makeup. It appears that the image was not to someone's satisfaction, as there appears to have been some photoshopping done at the sides. Who was Mrs. Glenny? Can we find Knockeaton in Tramore, and who is the mysterious Mrs. Bill?
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Collection, Waterford
Date: Between 1901-1954
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3447
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Water drops all lined up on a leaf after a rain like a string of pearls. This was taken in fairly deep shade, resulting in the vibrant green of the leaf and magenta of the stem.
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This is Pearl. I love having her sitting on my kitchen windowsill. I call her Pearl because the plant growing on her head is A String Of Pearls. We got rain last night and it is very dark and dingy today, but the sun will return this afternoon!
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Pearl is my lovely plant that sits on the windowsill in my kitchen. She has "String Of Pearls" growing as her hair.
I wish I knew the story behind these white roses. At 7.30am, I was sitting on this very rock on which I found them some 30 minutes later. The emotion was palpable. So I waited for the Manly ferry to pass on the way to Sydney city because I wanted it in the shot. In post-production I took the blues out of the water as they seemed so wrong, too strong, and made the roses the heroine – as they should be. I was also immediately reminded of Deborah Conway and Dorland Bray's wonderful song, White Roses, from her String of Pearls album. The lyrics are:
"You weren't the first to send me red roses/ And you weren't the first to give me away/ I'm not the only one to have my fingers burnt/ But that was a one-way conversation and you got the final word/ Forget-me-nots forgotten/ White roses/ Regrets and promises collide/ I'm still flying the flag for you/ Blue heart red eyes and white roses/ It's true/ Lovers swap red roses but white ones from you/ Spell the end of everything fine/ Yellow roses are for jealously but you/ Don't send me them/ You send the ones that say we're through/ You weren't to know that something was making me blue/ Keeping all the sunshine away/ you said forever and I took you at your word/ White roses make a lie of everything I've heard"
I wonder.
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Detail of a sculpture by Charles Auguste Fraikin (*Herentals 1817 ✝Schaerbeek 1893), "Le sommeil", 1857 (his younger wife, Sophie Devis?). The statue is part of a collection gathered by industrialist Raoul Waroqué (*Brussels 1870 ✝Brussels 1917), and is on display in the Royal Museum of Mariemont, Hainaut, Belgium.
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I think spider webs are one of the coolest, most brilliant and fascinating parts of the nature. The design and engineering of proteins by these little spinners are something us humans can't do, at least not yet.
Spider silk is super strong, elastic and resilient. Given its weight it is FIVE times stronger than steel. It is THREE times tougher than synthetic fibers like Kevlar and almost as elastic as rubber! Spider silk is also natural, biodegradable and antimicrobial.
There are four main types of webs used to identify spiders. This one is an orb, other three are funnel, tangled and sheet. Most spiders can produce multiple varieties of silk, using different spinnerets for different types of silk. There are seven types of spinneret glands and therefore seven different types of silk! Each type of silk is used for different purposes in one single web!
Safe to say, these creepy little arachnids are not most people's favorites. However, when we know more about them and how hard they work, usually hours during the night spinning that one web in hopes to have a meal, maybe we can have more compassion and understanding for them?
What a fierce ice storm we've had across the south! I have been viewing everyone's ice pictures with amazement, and been taking some of my own...this is so unusual, especially for Tennessee! This image is cropped quite close, and not as sharp focus as I would like, but I've never seen ice form like "pearls" before, it was something I thought you all might like to see! (I took this from my back door, as the ice storm was raging...I couldn't get outside in the storm, even a few steps were too slippery) (I couldn't actually see this ice formation when I took this, and was very suprised to see it when I downloaded my pictures!)
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I normally just add one picture to the pool every week, but this ice storm really created an exception! : )
Here is a song to go along with this image...Cold: by Annie Lenox
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Pearl is still sitting in my kitchen window enjoying the summer sun.
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Pearl lives on my windowsill. Her pearls have grown quite a bit since I planted them.
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One languishing on the hdd, Kirsty was the name of the model, cant make up my if the mono cuts the mustard over the colour....
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One misty and foggy morning, a bunch of spiderwebs captured the palpable moisture in the air and as the condensation formed on their intricate webs, a string of pearls appeared.
By the way, the fog was so thick that I actually captured some of the bits of mist in my photo. Look carefully for a few particles with a 1/125s streak across my exposure in various chaotic directions and with some sitting still in limbo. I didn't see this until I loaded the photo onto my computer. Bonus!
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