First Snow
16 Dec 2020 02:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wayfaringwordhack A few outdoor photos to take my mind off the pain of impending infection blow-up.*
The potager is sleeping, but we have food out for our garden bird helpers:
The pond's first winter:
Lunaria (Honesty) pods:
Aren't those spindle berries gorgeous?
Deck the halls, or the hedges:
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* Yeah I think Dentist Optimist did not call it, and I will probably end up having to go on antibiotics to kick the infection.
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Date: 16 Dec 2020 02:36 pm (UTC)The photos are beautiful. I love lunaria, have loved it since I was a kid. And the spindleberries and holly are marvelous.
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Date: 17 Dec 2020 09:13 am (UTC)Do you know in French it is commonly called "la monnaie du pape" (The pope's money/coins"). :D A lady who lived here about 15 years ago loved it and had it growing it everywhere. It has self-seeded itself around the wild hedge by the garden, and I collect seeds and try to spread the love even farther. :) Have you eaten it before? It is part of the brassica family, and everything from root to seeds is edible, albeit unusual in taste.
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Date: 17 Dec 2020 09:09 am (UTC)And the robin card arrived the other day! Just as gorgeous and cheerful in person. I kept meaning to write and let you know. :P
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