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A chalk garden

Chalk Garden (part of Japan exhibition) in Temperate House, Kew Gardens,London, October 2021   Copyright Debbie Smyth, 1 November 2021 Posted as part of Cee’s FOTD …
A chalk garden

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A small world

A wander around Kew Gardens always feels like a wander around the world, with their fascinating displays of plants from across the planet. So it seemed very appropriate to see […]
A small world

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Hair Trees

Cryptomeria japonica Yoshino, Kew Gardens, London, June 2021 The Cryptomeria japonica Yoshino is known as the Japanese Cedar or Japanese Redwood in English. In Japanese it has a more descriptive […]

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Dreaming of flying away

Palm-tree: single-legged giant,  topping other trees,  peering at the firmament –  It longs to pierce the black cloud-ceiling  and fly away, away, … – from Palm Tree by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 […]

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Ponder

Plenty to ponder when Chihuly came to the Waterlily House pond at Kew Gardens, London, September 2019 Close to St Paul’s Cathedral, London, June 2021 Sackler Crossing, Kew Gardens, London, […]
Ponder

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Nature in its simplicity

“Nature” is what we see— …. Nature is what we hear— …. Nature is what we know—  Yet have no art to say— So impotent Our Wisdom is  To her Simplicity. – […]

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Withered petals

‘Maybe a breath of politic words  Has withered our Rose Tree;  Or maybe but a wind that blows  Across the bitter sea.’  – from The Rose Tree by William Butler […]
Withered petals