Blossom darkly #gothic #flowerphotography #macrophotography

Snippets of autumn

Borage is also known as the “starflower”, “herb of gladness”, and “bee bread” because the bees adore it. Some say the name borage comes from “barrach”, a Celtic word meaning ‘’man of courage”, and hence in the Language of Flowers it symbolises strength of heart. #FolkloreThursday

#InsectThursday

Bee on Thistle for #InsectThursday 📷 #Bees #Flowers #Nature #Photography

Beautiful Banksias 😍 #flowersonfriday #wildflowerhour #flowers

Heading for the hills

Aurora borealis at the Fairy Tree, Knockbridge, Louth late last night.

Beautiful Buff-tailed Bumblebee on my ivy hedge. #bees #ivy

Milky way rising over the Fairy Tree, Knockbridge, Louth last night.

Bonne soirée Something very different from my usual forest tonight. My daughter who is hiking in Utah sent me this photo and I think it's beautiful 💚💜

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Came across this stunning male Phasia hemiptera nectaring on Water Mint at Castor Hanglands NNR this evening. The females lay their eggs on larger shield bugs and the larvae develop inside the living host. NE West Anglia Team #diptera

Busy week but now it is #HotStickSaturday

The ‘Calendar of Flowers’ dedicates the passion flower to Holy Cross Day, 14th September. When early Jesuit missionaries came across this plant in South America, they believed each part of its exotic blooms to symbolise an element of the ‘Passion of Christ’. See thread for more.

First duck orchid of the spring starting to take flight near Genoa, VIC. These large duck orchids (Caleana major) are fairly common around Mallacoota most years but usually more into Oct. Only saw the one early flower on the one plant this trip. #inthefield #orchids #ozplants

Get your hot pretzels! #HotStickSaturday

Drop those stick pics! #HotStickSaturday

Passion flower in my garden. Remarkable flowers symbolising Christ's crucifixion. Ten petals for the loyal apostles, five anthers represent the wounds, the style is for the three nails and the filaments represent the crown of thorns. #flowers #gardening

#Passiflora late summer/autumn colour is always amazing. This year is proving especially good. P. ‘Pura Vida’ P. x violacea P. x violacea ‘Victoria’ P. ‘Di Scansano’ (an open pollinated hybrid of P. ‘La Morellina)