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Wordless Wednesday
Digital Flower Pictures.com | May 13th 2008 by Digital Flower
Brazilian JasmineMandevilla (man-de-VILL-uh)Hybrid ColumbineAquilegia 'Songbird Blue Jay'(a-kwi-LEE-jee-a) read more
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Digital Flower Pictures.com | May 12th 2008 by Digital Flower
Variegated Big PeriwinkleVinca major 'Variegata'(VIN-kuh) (MAY-jor)Synonyms: Greater Periwinkle, V. m. ‘Elegantissima’, Vinca VineI don’t think I have ever photographed this flower before. I have never grown a planting of it either, but used it read more
Pesky Vine Won’t Go Away
All In A Day | May 11th 2008 by Ellen
This pesky vine has been haunting me now for about 15 years. I’ve cut it back so many times and it still continues to grow. I’ve treated it with chemicals, I have kicked it, cursed it, tried to dig it out of the ground all to no avail. read more
My mahogany trees, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | May 9th 2008 by luccaa77
And here's our parasitic friend, erva de passarinho (bird's herb), having dinner at the expense of a tree next to the Bosque reception center. Note the root system of the plant on the branch of the tree. The genus is Phoradendron and it sports many read more
My mahogany trees, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | May 8th 2008 by luccaa77
This image provides a better view of the encroaching forest over the young trees planted along the road. The power line poles were being put up at this time and you can see some space between them and the reforestation project. Later a regional CEL read more
Leaves of Three - Let Them Be
Our Little Acre | May 7th 2008 by Kylee Baumle
I've got poison ivy. Bad. About a week ago, I noticed a small spot on my forearm that itched. Over the course of the next week, it started popping up all over both my arms and hands, and two days ago, it appeared on my face. Yes, that's right - t read more
Moved and Amazed...
Fiesty... Charlie... Writes | May 4th 2008 by CJ
Howdy Hi Readers!I know, I know... I know! I blogged earlier... Lump it!I have been on a mission today... and finally feel like I accomplished at least part of what I am setting out to do, and I needed to share it here.As a writer, I am very aware of read more
Ayahuasca tea, culture
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | May 3rd 2008 by luccaa77
My old friend down in Natal, Horacio Betcel, sent me an interesting Globo article on Gilberto Gil's promotion to make the use of ayahuasca tea official cultural patrimony. Most people in the world know Gilbert Gil as a famous Brazilian musician an read more
Austin Statesman Quotes Spring Flingers
Red Dirt Ramblings | April 28th 2008 by Dee
Over the weekend, the Spring Flingers were profiled by Robin Chotzinoff in the Austin Statesman. Check it out, and you’ll discover that Carol from May Dreams Gardens is a rock star among garden bloggers. (I thought we all just wanted her for read more
Strange looking palm
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | April 25th 2008 by luccaa77
Is it a strange looking palm, or isn't it? The local name of the palm is jacintara and the scientific name, Desmoncus sp. It's actually a native palm in vine form. At Bosque Santa Lúcia, I often find them climbing up into the lower levels of the read more
Vines by Supermaggie
Hide Your Arms | April 24th 2008
HYA reader Mary dropped me a note to say I should check out a shop called Supermaggie, and since almost I do anything that I’m told via e-mail (try me, you’ll be amazed!), I popped it in my browser, and was pretty happy with what I found. read more
What Is This Berry Looking Vine?
Bloomin' Blog - Flower Shop Network | April 24th 2008 by Steve Pellham
Ask the Expert: What blooms w/ raspberries but has white on leaves This looks like a ‘berry’ vine but is blooming with what looks like small white berries in a cluster. The leaves have white on them as well. Some of these are growing wit read more
Grape Vines are Greening up~
Child of the Sixties | April 11th 2008 by Susan
I woulda sworn they were dead. Gosh those vines do die right to nothing and all a sudden WAKE up and go wild. The grapes are one of the newer vines the Mr has added to the patio. Here right now vines ,vines every wheres a vine and it's blooming Right read more
Altura Maxima: High Altitude Viticulture in Argentina
Seeking Wisdom, Washing Dishes | March 30th 2008 by Jennifer in OR
Following Swiss mulitmillionaire Donald Hess as he grows grapes at an unheard of 9,849 feet. read more
Three Quarter Time
Myt | March 29th 2008 by Lynette Vought
I made this painting because I wanted explore the hangers theme that started in the piece called Off Season, posted earlier in this blog. Both pieces are (for me) about waiting and how we cope with it. I just figured out that I have been posting inco read more
Pergolas, Arbors & Woodwork in Greensboro Landscapes
Diana Digs Dirt | March 23rd 2008 by giftsforloss
Pergolas are outdoor structures providing beautiful overheads or roofs for shade, vines, low-level lighting or outdoor ceiling fans constructed of wood, steel, iron or pipe creating intimacy. An arbor is smaller in size usually designed as an entrywa read more
Tapestry
Myt | March 21st 2008 by Lynette Vought
This is one of only a few non-figurative paintings that I have done. It had figures to begin with, but I painted them out. You can tell where they were because I left the weaving dark where the figures had been. This painting was in response to the m read more
Caratinga, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | March 7th 2008 by luccaa77
Another image of caratinga (Dioscorea dodecaneura). read more
Caratinga
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | March 7th 2008 by luccaa77
Another plant that Valdely Kinupp identified for me is caratinga (Dioscorea dodecaneura) from the sweet potato family. I've been watering at the mouth for a long time wanting to know the name of this beautiful plant. I took this picture last year, b read more
Living Motion of Vines
Creovino! | March 4th 2008 by James DeRosa
Browsing around last night I came across a fascinating video on the twining motion of vines. The plant shown in the video is a morning glory. Although I still believe young grape vines perform much the same way in order to find a suitable support on read more
Rouge-Bleu: A Newbie Vine Farmer in Provence
Seeking Wisdom, Washing Dishes | March 2nd 2008 by Jennifer in OR
Follow the trail of Jean-Marc as he works organically, praying for Mistral and sun in beautiful Provence in the South of France. read more
Clematis Center
Digital Flower Pictures.com | February 21st 2008 by Digital Flower
Clematis CenterClematis sp.I think that almost every botanical photographer sooner or later turn their lens’s eye towards the center of a Clematis. I find them a very photogenic group of plants. I am not sure of the cultivar of this Clematis but it read more
Quel beau jour
Raven's Range | February 8th 2008 by Linda R. Moore
It’s patently obvious that I should take more time offline. I’ve managed to finish many tasks today that I’d long procrastinated on, and have suddenly gained the enthusiasm to do more. That whole “do it now” attitude is read more
Little faces
Raven's Roads | February 7th 2008 by Linda R. Moore
In the grounds of the old theatre I noticed a bunch of sculptures. Apparently, the theatre, on the National Register of Historic Places, is now an iron foundry. Aha! Now I know where the little robot came from. I loved the juxtaposition of the smi read more
Closest vineyard
Raven's Roads | February 1st 2008 by Linda R. Moore
On one of my first walks, I walked past our nearest vineyard. Just at the back of the campground, the bare vines are getting ready for spring. A stormy sky hung over all. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ravensroads.com%2Fclosest-vineyard%2F' read more
Photo Hunt - Delicious
Expat Travels | January 5th 2008
This weeks Photohunt Theme is Delicious.Don't these grapes look Delicious?Taken while on Vacation in Napa, California. read more
Colorful Vines
shifting pixel | December 4th 2007
Outside of Old Main ƒ/1.4, 1/500 s, 200 ISO Autumn is, without a doubt, my favorite time of the year in Minnesota. Maybe I’m feeling nostalgic for warmer times–I just wish it weren’t so cold and snowy here right now. This is a read more
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