Tag Archives: flowers

Turn a flower into a bird

Posted on 29th July 2018 by NomadWarMachine

A great daily create today, imo (disclaimer: I submitted the idea). I took a photo of a daffodil that I took a couple of months ago and put it through an online app that turns photos into drawings, and messed … Continue reading →

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Clematis

Posted on 2nd June 2018 by NomadWarMachine

I cannot improve ‘pon the glory of these blooms Shining in the sun

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Pretty gardening

Posted on 24th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Off to lunch with Niall’s family today, so I tried to cram as much into the morning as I could. First I made raspberry ice cream with some of the berries from our garden. Yum – it’s lovely (will have … Continue reading →

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Leading Lines

Posted on 26th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Uncertain days following the Brexit fiasco, but as ever my surroundings soothe me and I am happy to be up here. Selfish worries about the possibility of rising mortgage payments, losses to my future pension and all of that mean … Continue reading →

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Here

Posted on 22nd May 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Sun, then a quick burst of rain, then sun again this morning. After some messing around on the internet (research!) I put on a pan of soup for work lunches and then headed out into the garden and planted my … Continue reading →

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Bursting

Posted on 26th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day – blue skies and weather almost warm enough to start thinking about barbecues. Niall started cleaning off the patio slabs and I grabbed my camera and took a couple of pics. Here’s our forsythia … Continue reading →

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Along the way, take time to smell the flowers

Posted on 22nd January 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I love gardening, and I am also fond of gardening metaphors.  It’s one of the many things I like about Deleuze and Guattari’s metaphor (?) of the rhizome and  Dave Cormier’s rhizomatic learning – the botanical themes that run through and … Continue reading →

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