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This is growing wild in a hedgerow along the lane. I have never seen one before, seems to be a Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba) or close relative. Having looked it up it has many uses in herbal medicine and it is also poisonous.
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This is growing wild in a hedgerow along the lane. I have never seen one before, seems to be a Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba) or close relative. Having looked it up it has many uses in herbal medicine and it is also poisonous.
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The colorful Haitian tree snail...
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The giant 16th-Century ‘Colossus’ Sculpture In Florence, Italy has hidden rooms inside...
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The Australian Pink Robin...
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At 377 feet (115 meters), the hyperion is the tallest tree in the world: Redwood National Park, California...
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"The Gates of Hell" in Turkmenistan is a 230 feet wide hole that's been burning since 1971 after a Soviet drilling accident...
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Ceylon frogmouth...
Hopefully it won't be destroyed by the wildfires raging through western North America.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomcat
Paraglider, Tha Mai airport (Royal Thai Navy planes, and cloud-seeding planes based here) , Chanthaburi
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A rare early 19th-century photo of the Great Sphinx from a hot air balloon before it was excavated and restored...
Caption?Quote:
Originally Posted by tomcat
...*cough*..."Ceylon frogmouth"...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cujo
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Workers building a mountain road in China...
Walk through new Winery behind my parents house in Saint Helena, Older Vines loaded with grapes. These will be a Merlot I believe. Next month will be the beginning of the harvest.
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Nice pix, JPPR2.
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...colorful python...
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Originally Posted by JPPR2
there's just something about vineyard country
...anticipation for the product, I imagine...Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRealKW
Makes me remember hard work but good times.
Looks like the terrain of France but with the care and attention of Switzerland. :D
Crush time... Always a little extra money for the kids who came up from Marin to work.. The old days, now most of the labor is Mexican..
I am guessing you are not in the middle of the South Atlantic.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPPR2
Somewhere in the US?
...northern California wine country...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shutree
Thank you. I probably should have known that, I have visited Napa area. Some of my memories are a little vague after enthusiastic sampling of the local products.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomcat
^^^ JP, I see the vineyard is surrounded by flowers... is that deliberate to attract insects and encourage pollination?
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Marie Curie's radioactive laboratory notebook from 1899-1902. It won't be safe to handle for another 11,200 years...