Thursday 31 July 2014

OVER THE WALL

The top of a plant growing on a wall partly obscured by the wall itself.

Between offices.
Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola) ?

Wednesday 30 July 2014

SYCAMORE KEYS (OR ARE THEY MAPLE?)

Pale sycamore keys and green leaves against mottled blue and white sky.

This week on my other blog - Loose and Leafy
What is a 'Stuck Foot Post'?

Tuesday 29 July 2014

FRIEZE

Frieze on wall in Southampton

Southampton


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Monday 28 July 2014

BEE AND ALEXANDERS

A bee on the flower of Alexanders plant - Smyrnium olusatrum
April 10th 2014

Smyrnium olusatrum

Sunday 27 July 2014

FLOWER AND BIRD

Unknown bird flies high above drooping Clematis armandii

Clematis armandii
Pigeon?

Saturday 26 July 2014

TABLE UMBRELLA

Looking up through the umbrella shading the table in an outdoor cafe

Ice-cream!

Thursday 24 July 2014

BARLEY GRASS SEEDS

Barley grass seeds caught in water meter cover in tarmac pavement

Water meter

Wednesday 23 July 2014

SILVER TREE TRUNK WITH BROWN BAND

Trunk of tree with silver bark peeling back to show brown below

Wrapping
 

Tuesday 22 July 2014

PLANT BY UNDERPASS

Dandelion (?) at top of pedestrian underpass with traffic in view

With bus.

This picture is from the Loose and Leafy Post
(Even though it wasn't in Southampton High Street but round the block.)

DASHBOARD

Grey dashboard of car showing time at 2:45

Numbers and dials

Monday 21 July 2014

PLANTS ON TOP OF WALL

Plants growing on top of wall against blue sky

In Lymington, Hampshire.
 

Sunday 20 July 2014

MIDSUMMER FIELDS

Mown fields of different colours (stubble) hedges, horse jumps and grass

Horse jumps?

Saturday 19 July 2014

IVY AND WALL

Ivy growing from mortar in old brick wall

Bricks and moss.

Friday 18 July 2014

WHITE AND FLUFFY

Large white, fluffy seedheads on brown stalks

Soft drumsticks?
 

Thursday 17 July 2014

BUS PASSING

White, double decker bus zooming by with now passengers aboard

Empty.

Wednesday 16 July 2014

WOODEN HEAD

Head of wooden bird. Cormorant?

At the entrance to the bridge by Chesil Beach

Monday 14 July 2014

BINDWEED AND BUDDLEIA

Purple buddleia flowers and white bindweed flowers with bramble stems and blue sky

I rarely show pictures of flowers but as this is how the hedgerows are just now I'd have to go to great lengths to avoid them.

Saying this reminds me of the song 'I Only Bought You Flowers' by 'The Other Guys' so I'll put a YouTube link below. It simultaneously makes me smile and tearful. If you'd like your heart to be lifted in a sunny day kind of way, try it.


P.S. This was scheduled for tomorrow but something's gone wrong! It'll probably pop up again then. Sorry.

FALLEN OAK LEAVES

Cluster of oak leaves fallen to earth.

In June.

Sunday 13 July 2014

WHITE BARK

Lines in bark of white trunked tree.

Furzey Gardens, Hampshire.

Saturday 12 July 2014

THATCH AND VINE

Young vine leaves below thatched roof.

Looking up.

Friday 11 July 2014

ENTRANCE



Welcome?

TREE FLARE

Huge flare at base of very tall tree.


This photo is from a post about redwood trees in the New Forest on my other blog, Loose and Leafy. There's a frog too! I hadn't meant to put it here as well but since I have - I'll leave it.

Thursday 10 July 2014

THATCH

Close up of the reeds in a thatched roof.
On a roof.

Wednesday 9 July 2014

STAIRS

Landing at the top of stairs with solid banister.

Landing

Tuesday 8 July 2014

REDWOOD BARK

Close up of fibrous bark of redwood tree showing variety of colours and textures.

This picture was first used in a post about Redwood Trees in the New Forest on my blog Loose and Leafy.

Monday 7 July 2014

LICHEN ON TREE

Lichen in v shaped crook of tree.
 June 21st 2014

Common Greenshield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperata
With thanks to iSpot for help with ID.

Sunday 6 July 2014

SUN SHINES THROUGH GIANT LEAF

The underside of giant leaf with prickly lines. Gunnera.

Gunnera. Furzey Gardens.
People who read my other blog, Loose and Leafy, might like to be reminded that the link box for Tree Following posts will be opening at 7am (UK time) tomorrow (7th July).


Saturday 5 July 2014

WINDOW

Looking through window with small panes and metal catch. Yellow flowers and green leaves beyond.

With cobwebs!

Thursday 3 July 2014

HOSTA LEAVES

Silver and green patterns on hosta leaves.

Silver and green leaves.


Wednesday 2 July 2014

FALLEN CONES

Ground scattered with cones and twigs in mixed light and shade.

Tall Trees Trail. New Forest.

Tuesday 1 July 2014

PLANTS, SKY AND GULL

White, umbelliferous flowers turning to seed against a clear blue sky with a single gull


Each plant's autumn begins as soon as it flowers.
My other blog is Loose and Leafy.