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Plant
Fuchsia
Fuchsia
Fruit Tree
Tamarind
Tamarind is a popular fruit in the Philippines.
It has many uses. It can be used as a souring agent in cooking, it can also be cooked as candy.
Magnolia buds, photo by PH Morton
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
– Eccleisates Chapter 3, Verses 1- 11 – King James Version
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
2019
2oth of March is not only the official start of spring in the UK, Canada and the US, but today is also a celebration of International Happiness Day.
Are you happy? Have you got spring in your steps?
Me too 🙁
Not a happy bunny! Woke up this morning tired from lack of sleep to a greyish gloomy day.
It was so dark at 8:00 am I had to turn the lights on.
Come on spring……
2025
It was a glorious day today. Spring has come. It was actually warmer outside in the garden than inside the house🤣. Long this fine weather continues!
Our beautiful Yew Tree lit up at night with Christmas lights, photo by PH Morton
We have got a lovely yew tree in our front garden which we dress up with lights on Christmas. It is now about 8 feet tall and still growing.
But did you know that the yew tree has a not quite a nice superstition attached to it?!!!
Yew (Taxus baccata) is a characteristic tree of churchyards, where some are estimated to be well over 1,000 years old.:
It is believed that ever since people arrived upon UK shores, they planted yew trees in acts of sanctification, close to where they eventually hoped to be laid to rest.
And, according to a label on a yew tree at Kew Gardens in 1993:
The Druids regarded yew as sacred and planted it close to their temples. As early Christians often built their churches on these consecrated sites, the association of yew trees with churchyards was perpetuated
Apparently, if you bring in a yew (as part of a bundle of greenery for decoration) inside the house at Christmas, there will be a death in the family before the year out. It is also advised not to take yew inside the house because it is very unlucky!!!
Oh no, our yew tree is so beautiful to be a source of such malevolent superstition.
And all parts of the yew tree are poisonous, the hidden seeds inside the berries are extremely poisonous.