This photo shows a group of tall teasels in late winter with a plantation of young native trees behind (for the context see Atheism 1). Teasel is the name of the plant as well as the flower head/seed head, these in the past harvested for use in the woollen cloth making industry, these days more […]
This photo, following the theme set out in Atheism 1, shows a cluster of daisies, ground cover perennials, with one root in flower. Take in March it is not so surprising to see one in flower, but it is quite early; the day was frosty but the sun was shining as evidenced by the open
The photo shows a relatively young alder (not elder) tree in the location and date explained in Atheism 1. Alder is a tree that flourishes in damp, even waterlogged, ground. It is deciduous so in winter its seedpods and catkins are more visible than later in the year. It is a native species (see explanation
The blog of 28th September explains the changes seen here and the context of the photo. This photo. shows a section of a public footpath somewhat behind the cement works at South Ferriby (see 28th Sept.). This section of the path that leads to either a circular route back to the River Ancholme or continues
The credit for this photo reads ‘By Robin van Mourik – Flickr: Sycamore Gap, CC(?)’. I have never walked Hadrian’s Wall and was not aware of the film notoriety the tree had. Also I had not seen photos of the tree before but clearly it was famous. It seems that it was the one remaining
Having taken my ‘official’ two weeks off, of which the first was a holiday based at Sleights near Whitby, and a bit of extra time off I have decided to be more relaxed about content and not strive so hard to devise regional content from the Humberside area for a given theme. If one comes