Over the sea and far away

The weirdest thing – Scadoxus multiflorus

vasculum — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:22:51 +0000

Botany Photo of the Day does it again with this extraordinary red porcupine of a plant. Apparently it's lethally poisonous so do give it wide berth is you come across it in the field.

For more see: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2011/01/scadoxus_multiflorus.php

Nemophila menziesii

vasculum — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:02:27 +0000

Thanks again to Botany Photo of the Day (http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/ ) for this lovely image: colour and delicacy floating in ether.

Mountain Cranberry

vasculum — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:17:02 +0000

Thanks once again to Botany Photo of the Day for this

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/

Castle Rising

vasculum — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:29:13 +0000

OK, it wasn't this strange colour. But apart from that, this conjures up the forthright solidity of the Norman keep pretty well. It's definitely worth a visit if you find your self near King's Lynn. Castle Rising village is also really pretty – with a lovely church and great cake in the tearooms.

Peonies triumphant

vasculum — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:22:22 +0000

Not a mosaic at all

vasculum — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:02:13 +0000

Once again, thanks to Botony Photo of the Day for this one. You can read their full explanation at http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2010/07/rosa_sp.php

Poppyland

vasculum — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:35:42 +0000

Modern agriculture has made a big dent in the number of poppies you see around the countryside at this time of year. This is what it must have been like: a field in Lord Melchett's organic Courtyard Farm, near Ringstead in north Norfolk, snapped last week as I cycled by.

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Hindringham Hall

vasculum — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:22:33 +0000

I visited this magical place in north Norfolk recently when the gardens were open to the public under the NGS. The house was built around 1500, while the moat is 12th Century. It was one of those really heavy, humid days after overnight rain which lent an extra dimension of atmosphere to an already atmospheric site and you had this almost palpable sense of past centuries hanging all around.

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Andrew Midgley – Norfolk photographer

vasculum — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:14:28 +0000

For truly wonderful photography of North Norfolk look no further than Andrew Midgley. You can buy his work at the Photographers Gallery in Holt - http://www.photographersgallery-holt.com/ - and see a selection on his website - http://andrewmidgley.photography.com/. The salt marshes, the beaches, the wide open fields and the big blue sky… they are all here.

If you buy only one photograph of Norfolk this year, make it a Midgely.

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Burningwell.org

vasculum — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:23:17 +0000

Burningwell.org is a source of public domain images I haven’t come across before so delighted to give them a plug. This is one of theirs.

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