#gorses

[blogbirdfeather]

Common Gorse - Tojo-arnal (Ulex europaeus)

Lisboa/Portugal (14/02/2024)

[Nikon Coolpix P900; 50mm; 1/80s; F6,3; 100 ISO]

[transtundras-fr]

Saw the original image and couldn’t resist.

Banksy (Everlux) was kind enough to let Gorse (tundra) use himself as an ambassador so bug-fearing librarians wouldn’t get scared of the now public ancient breed.

(Ref below the cut)

[velo-cats]

Gorsestar

[edinburgh-by-the-sea]

early summer gorse

[rowan--photography]

gorse flowering in the mist

December 2022

[plasmapop]

03/04/23 • experiment with parataxis / beetle facts of dubious veracity / help! there’s private language in my beetles / who would put a poem back together if it exploded

[midzukishino]

My cards for the series "winter is…" and "spring is…" (like "love is…") For the vk wc group

[22ratonthestreet]

👍 well

[adventuresofalgy]

It was a braw, bright October morning, but with a keen, penetrating wind from the north-east: a day which was undeniably lovely to look at, but not quite so delightful to be out and about in, with the temperature allowing for wind chill only around a raw 5 or 6 degrees celsius…

But if there is one thing that any resident of the Highlands – or indeed the bitter east coast of Scotland – learns before anything else, it is to find themselves a nice wee sheltered spot out of the wind on a day such as this. So Algy did exactly that, tucking himself down comfortably among the fading clumps of heather on the banks of the burn, in the shelter of a gorse thicket which had grown to a consdierable size since he last visited this spot, no doubt owing to an abundance of rain throughout the summer.

Having solved the problem of how to convey the water to those of his friends overseas who were suffering excessive heat and drought, Algy turned his thoughts to other friends, who today were fleeing from the ravages of a hurricane. But alas, there was little that a fluffy bird could do in the face of the wind, as he knew only too well. And although the winds on the wild west coast of the Scottish Highlands were frequently much too strong for comfort, Algy knew that they were nevertheless mild compared with the ferocity of a tropical storm or hurricane which could tear apart any fluffy bird who attempted to stand in its way. He could only hope that the humans who were facing such winds today would manage to find a sheltered spot, just as he had done:

There came a Wind like a Bugle - It quivered through the Grass And a Green Chill upon the Heat So ominous did pass We barred the Windows and the Doors As from an Emerald Ghost - The Doom's electric Moccasin The very instant passed - On a strange Mob of panting Trees And Fences fled away And Rivers where the Houses ran Those looked that lived - that Day - The Bell within the steeple wild The flying tidings told - How much can come And much can go, And yet abide the World!

[Algy is quoting the poem There came a Wind like a Bugle by the 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson.]

[drawfee-quot3s]

a lot of people ask me why don't you just Not drag the children down and kill 'em, but. to that i say

sounds like someone wants to be dragged down and killed

- jacob + nathan

[fungitopia]

Yellow Brain, Tremella mesenterica on some Gorse on Dartmoor.

[rookflower]

i will say im a windclan moor >>> windclan prairie truther in my heart but i also think looking at "warrior cats is set in the new forest/england/the uk" and going "no it's not. it's actually set wherever i live" is awesome so whatever. whatever you think is right and whatever i think is right. 10 billion creative and inspired by personal experience warrior cats settings forever

[transtundras-fr]

Gorse in da shopping basket

[vox-anglosphere]

Scotland's Monarch of the Glen stands tall in the beauty of Glen Coe

[perfectlyscentedturtle-7]

Never ruin a good day by thinking about a bad yesterday...💚

-Unknown

(Something important I read today that I wanted to share!)

[rowan--photography]

nature's wall

August 2023