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Posted on February 3, 2019February 3, 2019

From Heiton Buckley : the Top 8 Native Irish Plants That You Really Should Know

From the perhaps not entirely expected source of the website of Heiton Buckley builders’ providers, here is a rather humbling test of knowledge of native Irish planets. Below is the…

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Posted on September 17, 2018September 3, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 17th, Pheasant’s Eye (Adonis annua)

Another pretty flower with a pretty name – pretty names, indeed, as Adonis annua has a pleasingly alliterative ring. And extinct in Ireland. I came across this elegy for Adonis…

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Posted on August 2, 2018July 27, 2018

“it is the August-blooming ling that covers the hills with amethyst”

from “The Living Mountain” by Nan Shepherd (previous Nan Shepherd posts here  and here: Lower on the mountain, on all the slopes and shoulders and ridges and on the moors below, the…

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Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

Some personal highlights of #Inktober

#inktober #inktober2017 #inktober17 #underwater #anchor pic.twitter.com/yuk43puTk2 — Ricky Millar (@Rickrickboom) October 4, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Inktober is a … well, here is the inevitable video: So there you go – a…

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