As noted by sabfish and ad9rr, foxglove, so beautifully photographed here, is the original source for digitalis and related medicines. It has been used since antiquity to treat various conditions, and for centuries for heart related illnesses. Often grown in English gardens, English housewives would brew a tea of it as a remedy for "dropsy". This was a term for swollen feet and lower legs, often due to heart failure. Who knows how many people may have died from overdoses of this herbal tea, especially since it must have been so difficult to done it correctly?
As a dahlia lover and grower, I enjoyed your lovely photos very much. I especially loved the rhythms captured in the close-up.
Bee-eautiful shot! Great color, composition and detail. Looks like there is a sac of pollen on the bee's underside.
Excellent shot! Good eye and well executed!
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Out of an abundance of caution
I've really enjoyed this series. Thanks fo posting!
Excellent examples of urban art. very well captured!
I love these. Intsting m lighting and they all seem to be paying attention to you or your dogs.
I heartily agree with all the positive comments. I.too.especially like the last one with the diagonal composition and the bird looking ahead into the wild orange (mauve?) yonder.
Excellent story-telling capture.
There is a weekly column in our local (San Francisco) bird-cage liner that is usually worth reading. Today the author.
Kevin Fisher-Paulson. draws from his 37 years of marriage and watching "Jeopardy" on TV to offer these lessons.
! Stay with the category you know best
2 The answers are not nearly as important as the questions.
3 No matter how badly you guess. you will probably never achieve the benchmark of Stephanie Hull. who scored
-$6.800 in 2015. If you're gonna fail. fail stupendously.
4 Sometimes. there are no answers and you still have to live with the questions.
5 When in doubt. BET IT ALL!