An old, bent Hawthorn and a young, unbent sheep – click for a larger version.
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A Diary In Photographs
An old, bent Hawthorn and a young, unbent sheep – click for a larger version.
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Love how the cute sheep is looking straight into the camera 🙂
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Now that is one TOUGH Hawthorn!
D’you know about Hawthorn, David?
It’s a blood pressure regulator; listed in the Physicians’ Desk Reference…
If this one doesn’t look like yours, there are three pages of listings at the bottom of the page to choose from 😉
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Oops! Well, if the link didn’t appear this time, please see Crataegus monogyna at pfaf(dot)org
http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Crataegus+monogyna
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Got it, thanks 🙂
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Yes, hawthorn is one of my favourites with its twisty branches and characterful trunk. They have been planted in hedges in the UK for centuries and there are superstitions about them – like never bringing the May blossom indoors and not changing to summer clothing until the blossom is out.
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They are such a wonderful host species… A fortress for nesting birds: )
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Fortress is a good word, with the thorns 🙂
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Yes, physically; but also metaphorically speaking – the way they’re often the lone species standing in an open pasture…
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Yes, it is so.
I put another post up – another Hawthorn – one for Deb Weyrich-Cody. 🙂
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Really!? Hmm…
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Yes, it was your appreciation of the hawthorn that led me to find and post the hawthorn image in the next post. 🙂
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I did look, but it hadn’t loaded yet…
But, I shall look again as soon as I get a another chance; ). Thanks David!: )
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This is quite delightful-I like the interplay of twisted and textures and light and darks-
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