#orange-fringed orchid

[vandaliatraveler]

A hike in the Cheat River Canyon on a hazy, mid-summer day brings a great many rewards, both large and small.

From top: Fractured and pitted sandstone gives testimony to the canyon's ancient struggle with the elements; black cohosh (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa), whose towering flower spikes stalk the old woods like magical beings; the colorful rock harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens), an endangered fumitory that haunts the canyon's rocky outcrops; pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys), a parasitic plant closely related to Indian pipe; spotted St. John's wort (Hypericum punctatum), which is distinguished from the invasive St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) by the numerous black dots on its flowers and leaves; downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), a shade-tolerant terrestrial orchid that favors oak-hickory woods; shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum prolificum), a mounding, deciduous shrub of open, sandy woods; orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), a stunning late summer beauty of Appalachia's moist meadows and open woods; a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) visiting a late-blooming milkweed; a silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) drinking up the nectar of a butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa); an American green crab spider (Misumessus oblongus) stalking a black-eyed Susan for its next meal; a large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) being perfectly beautiful on a lazy summer day; and last but not least, a hulking patch of eastern Jack-0'-lanterns (Omphalotus illudens), which contrary to what field guides say have never glowed in the dark for me (I love the toxic little beauties nonetheless).

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #wildflowers #flora #summer #snake hill wildlife management area #cheat river canyon #chestnut ridge #fungi #insects #orchids #black cohosh #rock harlequin #pinesap #spotted st. john's wort #downy rattlesnake plantain #shrubby st. john's wort #orange-fringed orchid #hummingbird clearwing moth #silvery checkerspot #butterfly milkweed #american green crab spider #large milkweed bug #jack o' lantern #lepidoptera

[somediyprojects]

Paper Icelandic Poppies

Project by Kate Alarcón:

There’s a particular kind of lady-slipper orchid that I have made and remade and adjusted and readjusted.  I’ve probably made a hundred little green orchid slipper prototypes, and each try is more frustrating than the last. At this point, I suspect that the minute I finally do figure out this orchid, I’ll make it and then crumple it up, just to vent my irritation.

The Icelandic poppy is another flower that I feel like I’ve never completely nailed down. I’ve been tinkering with this version for over a year now. But unlike the lady-slipper, just about every attempt at this poppy has been really fun. I think it’s because poppies — with their wrinkled petals and hairy, spindly, crooked stems — are gloriously awkward. My practice poppies could carry off every little eccentricity I inflicted on them with rumpled panache.

I hope you’ll make your own awkwardly glorious bouquet of poppies and stick them in a vase and fuss with them as they tilt their blooms at weird angles, and lean all over the place, being disagreeable. And just when you’re about to throw up your hands, you’ll step back and realize that it’s all come together. You’ll want to make more.

The crinkle technique I describe below is adapted from Livia Cetti’s gorgeous and essential book, The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers.

Special thanks to the phenomenally talented Lynn Dolan (@lmdolan75 on Instagram) for her generous advice on this project! —Kate

Photography by Kate Alarcón

Supplies

-18 gauge cloth-covered floral wire -8mm wooden beads -white cosmetic wedge sponges for applying glue -sharp scissors –poppy templates

Crepe paper

This is what I used, but definitely feel free to mix it up and substitute.

From Castle in the Air:

-“Pale Yellow Green” heavy crepe for the frill at the top of the seed pod -“Lemon” heavy crepe for the stamen filaments -“Sunflower” fine crepe for the anthers at the end of the stamens -Fine crepe in “Red,” “Persian Pink,” “Pale Pink,” “Pink,” “Sunflower,” and “Vanilla” for the petals

From Paper Mart:

-“Moss Green” heavy crepe to cover the pod and wrap the stem, from Paper Mart

Optional:

Design Master Color Tool Spray in “Holiday Red,” “Perfect Pink,” “Coral,” “Orange,” and “Yellow”

PanPastel in “Permanent Red Tint 340.8,” “Permanent Red 340.5,” “Orange 280.5,” and “Hansa Yellow 220.5”

A note about grain:

The grain of the crepe paper runs parallel to the roll or fold.  You will almost always cut petals with the grain, placing the template so that the tiny wrinkles in the paper run up and down the template, not across. Each template includes an arrow to show the direction the grain should run.

Constructing the seed pod at the center of the flower:

The first step is to create the little frill at the top of the seedpod. Use template A to cut a frill piece from the pale green heavy crepe. Stretch the wider end of the piece all the way out, flattening all the little crinkles in the upper half inch of the frill piece.

Twist the frill piece, beginning about ½” below the top edge. The part of the frill that you stretched will form a little funnel. As I twist, I like to place my fingertip inside this funnel so that it stays open.

If this feels cumbersome, it’s fine to just twist and then use one end of your floral wire to reopen the funnel.

Insert the twisted bottom part of the frill piece into your wooden bead.

Dip the tip of your wire in the glue and scrape off any extra so that you have a thin coat that isn’t dripping all over the place. Insert this wire tip into the bottom of the bead, next to the bottom of the fringe that you’ve just inserted.

You don’t need to push this all the way up into the bead.  You’re mostly just trying to anchor the wire tip inside the bead. You’ll secure it in the next step.

Use template B to cut a rectangle from the medium green heavy crepe. Snip a very short fringe across the top of this rectangle (it’s fine to freehand this, but you can also use the lines drawn across the top of template B).

Use your sponge to swipe a thin layer of glue over this piece. Lay your bead on top of the rectangle, so that the top edge is slightly higher than the top of the bead.  Stretch the rectangle around the bead and press either side together.

Trim the excess rectangle.

Use your fingers to press the fringes of the green crepe down onto the top of the bead. Scrunch the green paper beneath the bead around the wire.

This will secure the pod to the wire.

For the stamens:

Use template C to cut a rectangle from the pale yellow, heavy crepe. Stretch this rectangle all the way out.  It should now be the same width as template D, but if it’s wider, trim any excess. The dotted line across template D shows how deep you should cut the fringe. (You’ll be cutting from the top). You can trace this line with a pencil or just fold along it and let the crease mark where your fringe should stop.

Without stressing out about it, cut the fringe as finely as you can.

Using the diagonal line on template D as a guide, cut away some of the excess paper beneath your fringe.  This will create less of a bump where you’ve applied your stamens, and also smooth the transition from stem to blossom.

Use your wedge sponge to apply glue to the area beneath the dotted line. Place your bead on this fringe piece, so that the bottom of the bead sits just above the dotted line. Roll the fringe around the bead loosely.

Don’t worry about what’s happening below the bead; just focus on making sure that the fringe at the top is even all the way around.

Scrunch the bottom of the fringe around the wire all the way up to the base of the pod.

Gently pinch the filaments between your thumb and forefinger and bend them away from the center, all the way around, creating a tidy ring of stamens.

Now you’ve got your stamen filaments ready to go!

Cut a 3”x 9” rectangle from the orange fine crepe (the short sides will run parallel to the grain.) Fold it in half vertically and in half vertically again.

Cut a fine fringe through all these layers, turn it 90 degrees, and cut across your fringe to create a fine “confetti.” Gently sweep this confetti into a little pile.

Squirt some glue onto a paper plate or disposable dish, and dip the ends of the yellow fringe into the glue.

To keep my seedpod frill clear of the glue, I prefer to hold the stem at a 45 degree angle and dip one section of the fringe at a time, slowly twirling it to glue all the way around.

Dip your fringe into the pile of confetti.  Now your filaments have anthers!

Adding color:

You can apply color before or after you cut your petals.

If I’m using the Color Tool spray, I prefer to color sheets of paper ahead of time. Though the odor fades after a couple of days, this stuff smells really intensely like bug spray when you first apply it, so I strongly recommend doing this outside, preferably with a mask on.

Shake the can well, and spray on a light coat.  If you’d like more intense color, let the first coat dry a little bit and then spray on another light coat.  I like to spray rows of color across the grain of my paper, spacing them a little bit farther apart than my petal height.

If I’m using PanPastels, I usually cut and then color my petals. Use your cosmetic sponge to swipe the pastel onto the petal, swiping with the grain of the paper.

I especially like to apply it so that the color is more intense toward the petal edges, fading toward the bottom, though you could also reverse that.

Clockwise from top: 1. “Vanilla” crepe with “Holiday Red” spray, 2. “Red” crepe with “Orange” PanPastel, 3. “Sunflower” crepe with “Holiday Red” spray, 4. “Vanilla” crepe with “Orange” spray, 5. “Light Pink” crepe with “Yellow” spray, 6. “Vanilla” fine crepe with “Perfect Pink” spray, 7. “Persian Pink” crepe with “Coral” spray, and “Persian Pink” crepe with “Holiday Red” spray.

For the petals:

Each poppy will have six petals: two from template E, two from template F, and two from template G.  Templates E through F are actually half a petal, so you’ll need to fold your fine crepe parallel to the grain and place the dotted line along the fold.

Lay the petal on a smooth surface.  Place your fingertips about an inch in from the edge of the petal closest to you. Place your thumbs right on the edge, behind your fingers. Use your thumbs to drag or inch the paper toward your fingers. When your thumbs and fingers touch, leave your thumb where it is, lift your fingertips and set them down about an inch forward. Repeat until you’ve gathered the whole petal into pleats.

Pick up your gathered petal and pinch up and down it to set the pleats.

Holding the pleats in place, twist the petal as though you were gently wringing water out of a rag. You’ll twist them pretty firmly, but I find it works better to use a lot of little twisting motions than to try to do everything all in one big twist. Untwist and gently spread the petal, taking care not to smooth the tiny pleats and wrinkles very much.

You can curl your petal at this point or after you glue your pleats.

Curling the petals is a lot like curling ribbon for giftwrap: you can scrape the petal with the blade of your scissors, a skewer, or just your fingers, moving from the base of the petal to the upper edge as you scrape.

Spread the bottom half inch of the template most of the way out and use your sponge to dab glue all the way across the bottom of the petal.

Pinch the bottom edge to gather it back up. Let the glue dry for a few minutes.

Snip off the excess bulk at the bottom of the petal.

Attaching the petals:

You’ll apply the petals in pairs. Start with the template E’s, and place them on opposite sides of the pod.  Apply a little bit of glue to the base of the petal and press it right up under the bead.

The second set of petals, the F’s, come next. Working clockwise, place each F beside each E, so that each F overlaps each E by about 30 percent.

Finally, apply each template G petal beside your template F petals, again overlapping by about 30 percent.

Finishing your flower:

Cut a few ¼” x 8” strips across the grain of the medium green heavy crepe. Dab glue on the first two or three inches of the strip and tightly wrap the section of the stem just beneath the flower to secure the petals and hide the petal bottoms. Apply a small amount of glue to one side of the stem wire. (I usually glue four or five inches of the stem at a time so I don’t get as much glue on my hands.)

Hold the strip at a 45-degree angle to the stem and gently stretch the strip as you twirl the stem, spinning the strip all the way to the bottom. If your strip breaks or runs out, just begin with a new strip right above the place on the stem where your previous strip ended.

Once the glue is dry, take some time to straighten your stamens and arrange your petals. You might want to curl some a little bit more, or gently tug a petal’s edge to straighten out crumpled pleats, or press some of the petals down where the petal meets the center to separate the layers.

Sources for supplies:

Michaels: 18 gauge floral wire, Design Master spray, wooden beads, glue

Castle in the Air: Crepe paper, glue, wire

Paper Mart: Crepe paper

Blick: PanPastels

#diy #crafts #paper #x

[styleofdiamandis]

              PHOTOSHOOT: PHOENIX MAGAZINE

Marina graced the cover of Phoenix Magazine’s “Holiday” Summer 2019 issue! The high fashion photoshoot was photographed by Uzo Oleh and shows our girl in front of a simple grey backdrop.

Styling by Natalie Read. Glam by Maria Asadi using M·A·C Cosmetics, and hair by Lewis Pallett.

The cover look displays Marina dressed in a rose-printed silk shirt with oversized cut and short sleeves from UK designer Richard Quinn’s Spring/Summer 2019 collection!

Her textured silver ring with large oval-cut orange stone is signed by Giovanni Raspini.

How epic is this money shot?! Marina is a big fan of designer Malan Breton so his design just had to be part oft his editorial. Here, she wears his multi-colored orchid print ruffle gown with extra(aaaaa) long train from the Spring/Summer 2019 presentation.

The extravagant look was completed with a pair of Charlotte Olympia’s Vreeland black velvet knot sandals with metallic gold platform.

From Malan Breton’s Fall/Winter 2019 collection, hails this metallic floral jacquard cape coat with self-tie neck. Above, you can see a similar design with the same print.

Underneath, she wore the CAMILLA Friend in Flora long-sleeved paddlesuit, inspired by the lush Turkish boudoirs and women’s quarters throughout Versailles.

She completed the look with these Sophia Webster Spring/Summer 2019 Frida knee-high sandals featuring a stunning flower motif in suede.

Next, the Welsh singer poses for the camera in a Richard Quinn purple & blue cloud-printed plush velvet turtleneck top with built-in gloves which she combined with silver & black metallic jacquard wide-leg pants with self-tie waist from Malan Breton’s Spring/Summer 2019 collection.

The black wool blouson jacket with slit sleeves and leg-o’-mutton sleeves, and pleated white poplin blouse with elongated cuffs and organza train both belong to 2011 Fashion Fringe finalists Syria-born, Sheffield-raised Nabil Nayal‘s Spring/Summer 2018 collection titled “Elizabethan Sportswear Part V��.

Nabil studied at the Manchester School of Art, where he gained a First Class Honours degree in Fashion.

After graduating in 2008, he went on to win many prestigious fashion awards including the Royal Society of Arts Award, the GFW Best Womenswear Award and the BFC MA Scholarship Award, enabling him to study at the Royal College of Art.

#CAMILLA #Bodysuits #Richard Quinn #Tops #Dresses #Malan Breton #Outerwear #Pants #Nabil Nayal #Jackets #Giovanni Raspini #Jewelry #Sophia Webster #Sandals #Charlotte Olympia #Pumps #MAC Cosmetics

[scriptflorist]

Hey! I love your blog so much, and I'm so happy that I found it (it's helped a lot)! I was wondering if you could do a list of flowers that mean (or fall into the category of/are similar to): Obsession, Obsessive love, 'til death do us part, I want your attention, I belong to you, you belong to me, etc., etc. Along with this, I'd also like to know what flowers are native to New Jersey (And also which ones bloom in the fall, if any?) Thank you, and have a lovely day!

That should be possible with some creativity given that obsession and bonding don’t exist as meanings themselves, but it leans well enough into the Victorian flower language to get something out of it still. Hope there’s something in here that works for your story.

arbor vitae – live for me, unchanging friendship

baby’s breath – everlasting love, innocence, pure of heart

bay leaf – I change but in death/dying

broom-rape – union

carnation (pink) – I will/I’ll never forget you, women’s love

cedar leaf – I live for thee

clover (white) – think of me

columbine – I cannot give thee up, folly, desertion

columbine (purple) – resolved to win

cowslip (american) – divine beauty, you are my angel, you are my divinity

currant – thy frown will kill me, thankfulness

daisy (double) – affection, I reciprocate your affection

daphane (rose) – I desire to please

eschscholzia – do not refuse me

euphorbia – persistence

fleur-de-lis – I burn, flame

foxglove – I am not ambitious for myself but for you, a wish, stateliness, occupation, insincerity, youth

furze – love for all seasons/occasions

gladiolus – you pierce my heart, generosity, I’m sincere, flower of the gladiators

heart’s ease – you occupy my thoughts, forget me not, think of me, thoughts

heart’s ease (purple) – you occupy my thoughts

hemlock – you will be my death

honeysuckle – generous and devoted affection, bonds of love, the bond of love, devotion, I would not answer hastily, fidelity

honeysuckle (coral) – the colour of my fate

honeysuckle (wild) – generous and devoted love

japonica – sincerity, symbol of love

jasmine (indian) – I attach myself to you, attachment, separation

laurestine – a token, I die if neglected, delicate attention

mallow (syrian) – consumed by love, persuasion

rose (carolina) – love is dangerous

shepherd’s purse – I offer you my all

spindle tree – your charms are engraven on my heart

tulip – (a) declaration of love, perfect lover, fame, beautiful eyes

tulip (red) – declaration of love

virginia creeper – I cling to you both in sunshine and in shade

Plants native to New Jersey that bloom in fall/autumn:

allegheny monkey flower

american angelica

american arrowhead

american blue vervain

american lotus

american water-willow

ashy sunflower

bigleaf aster

black-eyed susan

bluebell

blue bead lily

blue cohosh

blue mistflower

blue star

blue wood aster

bottle gentian

bowman’s root

brown-eyed susan

bunchberry

bushy aster

canada goldenrod

canada wild ginger

canadian violet

cardinal flower

carolina geranium

caroline redroot

closed bottle gentian

coastal plain joe-pye weed

common boneset

common evening primrose

cow parsnip

crooked aster

cutleaf coneflower

cup plant

downy skullcap

early goldenrod

false aster

false sunflower

field thistle

flat-topped white aster

foam flower

fringed bleeding heart

fringed loosestrife

gayfeather

golden crownbeard

grass-leaved goldenrod

grassy arrowhead

gray goldenrod

great blue lobelia

hairy aster

hardy hibiscus

heath aster

hoary vervain

horizontal calico aster

jerusalem artichoke

joe-pye weed

late boneset

marsh betony

maryland golden aster

maximilian sunflower

meadow phlox

narrowleaf mountain mint

new england aster

new york aster

new york ironweed

nodding lady’s tresses

orange fringed orchid

orange jewelweed

patridge pea

pearly everlasting

pink tickseed

prairie sagebush

purple-head sneezeweed

purple mountain saxifrage

red baneberry

rock harlequin

rough goldenrod

salt heliotrope

sawtooth sunflower

scarlet bee balm

seashore mallow

seaside goldenrod

selfheal

showy black-eyed susan

showy goldeneye

showy goldenrod

showy tick trefoil

slender buch clover

slender dayflower

smooth beggartick

smooth blue aster

sneezeweed

spotted joe-pye weed

stiff goldenrod

stiff sunflower

swamp sunflower

swamp thistle

sweet goldenrod

sweetscent

sweet-scented joe-pye weed

tall boneset

tall cinquefoil

tall goldenrod

ten-petaled sunflower

threadleaf coreopsis

tickseed

virginia meadow beauty

water arum

western sunflower

wild bergamot

wild cucumber

wild potato vine

wild senna

wingstem

white baneberry

white goldenrod

white panicle aster

white snakeroot

white turtlehead

white wood aster

whorled milkweed

woodland sunflower

wreath goldenrod

yellow jewelweed

yellow pond lily

This website gives a breakdown by county in form of excel lists, albeit it doesn’t say whether the plants bloom in fall or not.

https://npsnj.org/native-plants/where-to-buy-natives/plant-lists/

– Mod Jana

Disclaimer

This blog is intended as writing advice only. This blog and its mods are not responsible for accidents, injuries or other consequences of using this advice for real world situations or in any way that said advice was not intended.

https://www.gardenia.net/native-plants/new-jersey

#flower language #gardening #writing advice #victorian flower language #obession #obessive love #feelings of love #attention #you belong to me #I belong to you #mod jana #ask answered

[dansnaturepictures]

17/06/2022-Lakeside and home: Bee orchids, butterflies, Great Crested Grebes and more

Just one target of something I wanted to see before the week was out at Lakeside remained as I set off for Lakeside at lunch time on a scorching and sunny day, a bee orchid. A flower I was just starting to wonder if I’d see this year I had seen them by this point the last couple of years with the spots I’d seen them at Lakeside then not having one so far this year. But that all changed early on today on my perimeter walk around Lakeside as I checked an area in the eastern meadows when I was elated to spot a bee orchid. I then spent a gleeful few minutes of sheer fixation as I looked at and drunk in this flamboyant flower, the third of my favourites I’m happy to have now seen all three this year. The bee orchids give me such a buzz and I have a relationship like no other with them for flowers. This was the moment I’d been waiting for, I did it just before the week ended and I’m so happy I saw it. It was so mindful and peaceful to just watch these flowers as well as taking pictures with my macro lens in these hot and sunny conditions. It was extraordinary to be so zoomed in to this and tuned into it, I had seen the first plant had two flowers on but then I noticed there was a second plant. Then a third, and I saw as many as six individual plants all with flowers out to varying degrees it was like the more I looked the more I noticed. It was so wonderful to witness them, and this area of Lakeside that I saw bee orchid after the initial one along the northern path proved the spot for me to see them first this year and I could not be prouder of my local country park that they’re here and I feel so lucky to see them. I took the fourth picture in this photoset of one. 

Its been an amazing couple of weeks for me ticking off insects for my year lists and seeing flowers for the first time this year at Lakeside, its been so good to see the list of things I felt I could see right now trickle down one by one. And with many of them bee orchid included I’ve been out there and thought of the species or sort of imagined seeing it then I saw it straight away after. Which feels like something so special and it can perhaps be explained by with this being my third year of Lakeside lunch time walks during working from home, albeit less frequent now with two days working in the office too but these now usually involve a shortcut through Lakeside on my commute in these months when the ground is drier that said, I am used to the area so much and what’s going to be there and where it might be. It feels so good. 

Other flowers I loved seeing on my walk were more stunning pyramidal and spotted orchids the former I got the fifth picture in this photoset of, my first ragwort out at Lakeside this year, lovely yellow St. John’s-wort, bird’s-foot trefoil there was so much of this today and agrimony, thistle as pink/purple and yellow were flower colour themes of my day, meadow crane’s-bill and oxeye daisy including together in the meadow by the woods I took a photo of them both together as is becoming a tradition for this time of year for me, more white clover and broad-leaved clover still going well, a nice set of flowers at the flower bed on the green out the front with red and orange poppies looking nice again with cornflower like the pink one in the second picture in this photoset which stands out from afar, and self-heal now about there and on the fringes which was great there’s so many wonderful flowers here, scarlet pimpernel in the front garden, hedge woundwort, dog roses like the one in the third picture I took today in this photoset, bird vetch, carrot, hogweed and a stitchwort type flower. 

It was sensational walk of butterflies with six species seen, rustic Ringlets dancing through the air, Small Skippers spinning through the air, marvelous Marbled Whites and Meadow Browns such a symbol of summer for me, Speckled Woods well again this year and a colourful Common Blue. Some of the most butterfly species I’d seen in one day at Lakeside this year so fittingly for a day like this. I also saw a lovely little moth possibly a Light Brown Apple moth and a Blue-tailed Damselfly on the walk, and I also got the interesting sight of a Swollen-thighed beetle on the dog rose in the third picture but without the thick thighs that give it its name which is interesting I think I saw this once before. 

It was a good birdwatching walk too with a great view of a Green Woodpecker in the eastern meadows dashing into trees possibly the young one I heard in a tree on Monday as I have heard that fledged and I got probably my closest views since they’ve been out on the lakes of the Great Crested Grebe chicks with the parents. Some stunning views, there are only three now, it was great to see them having grown and interacting well on the lake. Such precious moments with them to end the week. I took the seventh picture in this photoset of them and eighth of a Mallard I had an intimate moment with having an intimate moment with a Moorhen too by this same lake Concorde lake. I also enjoyed seeing Swallow and Swift well on this hot day again.

It was so nice to be out for a walk on this hot and sunny day, seeing blue lakes and bright green leaves on trees sparkling in the sunlight, and admiring rich green and very long grass as well as all the trees I enjoyed taking in these sights today with photos I took across the day conveying the heat I feel. I took the sixth and ninth pictures in this photoset of views here today. 

It was a good day for wildlife and photos at home with the buddleia, roses out the back and front, steeplebush out again looking great in the sun adding to today’s pink theme and other flowers looking lovely. I took the first picture in this photoset of roses out the back with yellow flowers looking nice in the back garden too and tenth and final picture in this photoset of buddleia out the back with one bush in flower and the other not so a nice contrast. It was great to see Goldfinches, House Sparrows and Starling from home today with Collared Doves seen well too and Woodpigeons especially in the bright light of the lowering sun tonight. A jumping spider made a great sight in my room today too nice to see after hearing about them on BBC Springwatch. I hope you all have a nice weekend. 

Wildlife Sightings Summary: Two of my favourite birds the Green Woodpecker and Great Crested Grebe, one of my favourite butterflies the Marbled White, Moorhen, Mallard, Herring Gulls seen well I heard gulls well today too making great wailing noises evocative of the coast, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Jackdaw well from home too, Starling, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Swift, Swallow, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, Speckled Wood, Common Blue butterfly, Common Blue damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, jumping spider and moth.

#photography #birds #birdwatching #butterfly #butterflies #flower #flowers #bee orchid #swift #swallow #photos #happy #sunny #hot #green #blue #lakes #lakeside country park #hampshire #england #uk #world #earth #small skipper #jumping spider #st. john's-wort #ragwort #great crested grebe #green woodpecker #damselfly

[debunkshy]

Orange Fringed Orchid Platanthera ciliaris Red River Gorge, KY 21 July 2021

#orange fringed orchid #wildflower #platanthera ciliaris #imiging #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #nature photography

[basket-of-loquats]

~rainbow bangtan~

[Image ID: The first image is a digital drawing of the seven members of BTS. Each member can be seen from roughly the waist up and poses in front of pastel rectangle background, each color matching their hair respective hair colors.

The first is Yoongi. His hair is dyed mint green and styled somewhat messily. He wears a white shirt with the Rolling Stones symbol on it under an unzipped black leather jacket decorated with multicolored pins. He wears two small silver necklaces, one with a small round black ornament. He wears a small black hoop earring in each ear. He is facing the viewer and glancing down and to the right. Text in the upper left hand corner of his rectangle reads “Mint + Yoongi”.

The second is Taehyung. His hair is dyed bright blue and is somewhat curly. On top of his head is a flower crown with clusters of miniature pink roses and various greenery. He wears a simple white shirt and a white button down overtop with the top buttons undone. His left hand is raised next to his face and slightly covering it. He is using the sign language for “I love you”. He wears several small cord bracelets of various colors. He faces the viewer but looks down  and to the left slightly with a smile. Text in the upper left hand corner of his rectangle reads “Ocean + Taehyung”.

The third is Seokjin. His hair is dyed purple and is styled neatly off his face. He wears a loose white button down shirt with a small purple BTS symbol on the chest. The first button is undone. He is smiling lightly and facing the viewer as he looks slightly to the right. Text in the upper left hand corner of his rectangle reads “Violet + Seokjin”.

The fourth is Namjoon. His hair is dyed light purple and and slightly grown out. He wears a black shirt and black pants. Overtop he wears a gray-brown trenchcoat decorated with simple criss-crossing beige lines and golden-brown trim. It has three black buttons, all of which are undone. He wears a silver necklace with a small pendant and simple silver hoop earrings.He is grinning broadly and he holds his arms in the shape of a heart above his head. His text is obscured by his pose, but would read “Orchid + Namjoon” if shown clearer.

The fifth is Jimin. His hair is dyed pink. His body is turned in profile with his right arm held loosely in front of him, and Jimin’s face is turned towards the viewer. He smirks ever so slightly. He wears a white shirt and a black leather jacket with silver and purple sequins on the back. The jacket is shrugged off his shoulders but stays on his arms. He wears a silver earring, necklace, and bracelet. Text in the upper left hand corner of his rectangle reads “Bubblegum + Jimin”.

The sixth is Jungkook. His hair is dyed a pinkish-red and styled asymmetrically. He faces the viewer and poses with his left hand in front of his chest showing a peace sign. He winks while glancing to the right, smiling. He wears his outfit from the IDOL music video, a white shirt under a yellow patterned suit jacket. He wears silver hoops in each ear. Text in the upper left hand corner of his rectangle reads “Cherry + Jungkook”.

The seventh is Hoseok.  His hair is dyed orange and the fringe falls across his forehead. He faces the viewer with his left hand held next to his face showing a peace sign. His right hand is in his jacket pocket. He grins widely, looking to the right slightly. He wears a black shirt, pants, and belt. On top he was a wine red jacket with a golden peacock designed on the right side.Text in the upper left hand corner of his rectangle reads “Sunset + Hoseok”.

The following images are closeups of each individual member. End ID.]

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HM Queen Elisabeth I I wedding dress and jewelry .

For her wedding dress, Elizabeth still required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown, designed by Norman Hartnell. The dress was "a duchesse satin bridal gown with motifs of star lilies and orange blossoms." Elizabeth's wedding shoes were made out of satin and were trimmed with silver and seed pearl. Elizabeth did her own makeup for the wedding. Her wedding bouquet was prepared by the florist M. H. Longman, and consisted of "white orchids with a sprig of myrtle". The myrtle was taken from "the bush grown from the original myrtle in Queen Victoria's wedding bouquet". The bouquet was returned to the abbey the day after the service to be laid on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior, following a tradition started by Elizabeth's mother at her wedding in 1923

Prince Philip turned to his mother, Princess Alice of Battenburg, for help when creating the ring. She gave him her royal wedding tiara, The prince used a 3-carat diamond from the storied tiara to create the famous engagement ring for Elizabeth

Other diamonds from Alice’s dismantled tiara were also used to make Philip’s wedding present to his bride , an elaborate diamond and platinum bracelet also made by the jewelers at Philip Antrobus . The tiara had Romanov roots — it was Alice’s wedding gift from Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra of Russia — so both the Queen’s engagement ring and the Edinburgh Wedding Bracelet feature diamonds with Russian imperial heritage and was designed from the Prince himself.Today, the bracelet is worn by the Duchess of Cambridge.

Queen Mary had given the fringe tiara to her daughter-in-law, Queen Elizabeth (better known to us as the Queen Mother), in 1936. The Queen Mum is the one who loaned the tiara to Princess Elizabeth for her wedding in 1947. (Queen Elizabeth II didn’t inherit the tiara until her mother’s death in 2002.) There was a bit of an infamous mishap with the tiara on the wedding day: as the princess was getting ready, the tiara frame suddenly snapped. Garrard was able to repair it, but you can see a gap in the tiara from the quick fix in the portraits from the wedding.

Since 1947, the tiara has been worn by two more British royal brides. The Queen Mum loaned it to Princess Anne for her first wedding in 1973. Earlier this year, the Queen loaned the tiara to Princess Beatrice for her wedding as well

The Queen Anne and Queen Caroline Pearl Necklaces

Pearls are a staple in Queen Elizabeth II’s jewelry wardrobe today, so it’s no surprise that she wore a two-stranded pearl necklace on her wedding day. These pearls, though, are particularly special. They’re actually two separate pearl necklaces, always worn together, that have been in the family for generations. If family tradition is correct, they’re among the oldest pieces of British royal jewelry still worn by the Queen. The smaller strand, made of 46 pearls, is said to have been worn by Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch. The longer strand, which includes 50 pearls, is attributed to Caroline of Ansbach, the queen consort of George II. Queen Victoria’s jewel inventory of 1896, made by Garrard, notes the pearl necklaces and is the first recorded statement of their Stuart/Hanoverian provenance

The Duchess of Gloucester’s Diamond and Pearl Earrings

Like the rest of the jewels worn by Princess Elizabeth on her wedding day, her diamond and pearl cluster earrings were also family heirlooms. The earrings date to the first half of the nineteenth century; they were originally owned by Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, one of the daughters of King George III. She bequeathed them to her niece, Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck in 1857; in turn, the Duchess of Teck bequeathed them to her daughter, Queen Mary, in 1897. The earrings originally included detachable diamond and pearl pendants, but those were made into a separate pair of earrings by Queen Mary .

The cluster earrings were relatively new to Princess Elizabeth’s collection. Queen Mary had given them to her granddaughter less than a year earlier, in January 1947, on the day that the royal family left for their tour of South Africa

Νυφικό και κοσμήματα Της ΑΜ Βασίλισσας Ελισαβετ Β’

Για το νυφικό της, η Ελισάβετ χρειαζόταν ακόμα κουπόνια για να αγοράσει το υλικό για το νυφικό της, σχεδιασμένο από τον Norman Hartnell. Το φόρεμα ήταν «ένα σατέν νυφικό με μοτίβα από αστεράκια και άνθη πορτοκαλιάς». Τα νυφικά παπούτσια της Ελισάβετ ήταν φτιαγμένα από σατέν και ήταν διακοσμημένα με ασήμι και μαργαριτάρια. Η Ελισάβετ έκανε το δικό της μακιγιάζ για τον γάμο. Η γαμήλια ανθοδέσμη της ετοίμασε ο ανθοπώλης M. H. Longman, και αποτελούνταν από «λευκές ορχιδέες με ένα κλωνάρι μυρτιάς». Το κλωνάρι μυρτιάς ηταν από την αρχική μυρτιά που φυτεύτηκε για την γαμήλια ανθοδέσμη της Βασίλισσας Βικτώριας». Η ανθοδέσμη επιστράφηκε στο αβαείο την επομένη της λειτουργίας για να κατατεθεί στον τάφο του Άγνωστου Πολεμιστή, σύμφωνα με μια παράδοση που ξεκίνησε η μητέρα της Ελισάβετ στο γάμο της το 1923

Ο πρίγκιπας Φίλιππος στράφηκε στη μητέρα του, την πριγκίπισσα Αλίκη της Ελλάδας Δανίας και Μπατενμπεργκ , για βοήθεια για τη δημιουργία του δαχτυλιδιού. Η Πριγκίπισσα Αλικη Του έδωσε τη βασιλική γαμήλια τιάρα της ως γαμήλιο δώρο και έτσι ο πρίγκιπας χρησιμοποίησε ένα διαμάντι 3 καρατίων από την περίφημη τιάρα για να δημιουργήσει το διάσημο δαχτυλίδι αρραβώνων για την Ελισάβετ

Άλλα διαμάντια από την αποσυναρμολογημένη τιάρα της Αλίκης χρησιμοποιήθηκαν επίσης για να κάνει το γαμήλιο δώρο του Φίλιππου στη νύφη του, ένα περίτεχνο βραχιόλι από διαμάντια και πλατίνα, φτιαγμένο επίσης από τους κοσμηματοπώλες του Philip Antrobus. Η τιάρα είχε ρίζες απο τους Ρομανόφ διότι ήταν το γαμήλιο δώρο στην Αλίκη από τον αυτοκράτορα Νικόλαο Β' και την αυτοκράτειρα Αλεξάνδρα της Ρωσίας - έτσι τόσο το δαχτυλίδι αρραβώνων της Βασίλισσας όσο και το γαμήλιο βραχιόλι του Δούκα του Εδιμβούργου διαθέτουν διαμάντια με ρωσική αυτοκρατορική κληρονομιά και σχεδιάστηκαν από τον ίδιο τον Πρίγκιπα. Σήμερα, το βραχιόλι φοράει και η Δούκισσα του Κέμπριτζ Καθριν .

Η Βασίλισσα Μαίρη είχε δώσει την διαμαντενια τιάρα στη νύφη της, Βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ (γνωστή σε εμάς ως Βασίλισσα Μητέρα), το 1936. Η βασίλισσα μαμά είναι αυτή που δάνεισε την τιάρα στην πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ για τον γάμο της το 1947. (Η Βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ II δεν κληρονόμησε την τιάρα μέχρι τον θάνατο της μητέρας της το 2002.) Υπήρξε ένα περιβόητο ατύχημα με την τιάρα την ημέρα του γάμου: καθώς η πριγκίπισσα ετοιμαζόταν, το πλαίσιο της τιάρας έσπασε ξαφνικά. Ο Garrard μπόρεσε να το επισκευάσει, αλλά μπορείτε να δείτε ένα κενό στην τιάρα από τη γρήγορη επιδιόρθωση στα πορτρέτα του γάμου.

Από το 1947, η τιάρα φορέθηκε από δύο ακόμη βρετανικές βασιλικές νύφες. Η βασίλισσα μαμά το δάνεισε στην πριγκίπισσα Άννα για τον πρώτο της γάμο το 1973. Το 2020 η βασίλισσα δάνεισε την τιάρα στην εγγονή της πριγκίπισσα Βεατρίκη και για τον γάμο της

Τα μαργαριταρένια κολιέ της Βασιλισσας Αννας και Βασίλισσας Καρολίνας

Τα μαργαριτάρια είναι βασικό στοιχείο στη γκαρνταρόμπα κοσμημάτων της Βασίλισσας Ελισάβετ Β' σήμερα, επομένως δεν αποτελεί έκπληξη το γεγονός ότι φόρεσε ένα δίκλωνο μαργαριτάρι κολιέ την ημέρα του γάμου της. Αυτά τα μαργαριτάρια, όμως, είναι ιδιαίτερα ξεχωριστά. Στην πραγματικότητα είναι δύο ξεχωριστά μαργαριταρένια κολιέ, που φοριούνται πάντα μαζί, που υπάρχουν στην οικογένεια για γενιές. Αν η οικογενειακή παράδοση είναι σωστή, είναι από τα παλαιότερα βρετανικά βασιλικά κοσμήματα που φορούσε ακόμα η Βασίλισσα. Το μικρότερο κολιέ , φτι��γμένο από 46 μαργαριτάρια, λέγεται ότι φορέθηκε από τη βασίλισσα Άννα, την τελευταία μονάρχη των Στιούαρτ . Το μακρύτερο κολιέ , που περιλαμβάνει 50 μαργαριτάρια, αποδίδεται στην Καρολίνα του Άνσμπαχ, τη βασίλισσα σύζυγο του Γεωργίου Β'. Ο κατάλογος κοσμημάτων της Βασίλισσας Βικτώριας το 1896, που έγινε από τον Garrard, σημειώνει τα μαργαριταρένια περιδέραια και είναι η πρώτη καταγεγραμμένη δήλωση της προέλευσής τους από Stuart/Hanoverian

Τα σκουλαρίκια με διαμάντια και μαργαριτάρια της Δούκισσας του Γκλόστερ

Όπως και τα υπόλοιπα κοσμήματα που φορούσε η πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ την ημέρα του γάμου της, τα σκουλαρίκια της με διαμάντια και μαργαριτάρια ήταν επίσης οικογενειακά κειμήλια. Τα σκουλαρίκια χρονολογούνται στο πρώτο μισό του δέκατου ένατου αιώνα. ανήκαν αρχικά στην πριγκίπισσα Μαρία, Δούκισσα του Γκλόστερ, μία από τις κόρες του Βασιλιά Γεωργίου Γ'. Τα κληροδότησε στην ανιψιά της, πριγκίπισσα Μαρία, Δούκισσα του Τεκ το 1857. με τη σειρά της, η Δούκισσα του Τεκ τα κληροδότησε στην κόρη της, Βασίλισσα Μαρία, το 1897. Τα σκουλαρίκια αρχικά περιλάμβαναν αποσπώμενα μενταγιόν με διαμάντια και μαργαριτάρια, αλλά αυτά έγιναν ένα ξεχωριστό ζευγάρι σκουλαρίκια από τη Βασίλισσα Μαρία.

Τα σκουλαρίκια ήταν σχετικά νέα στη συλλογή της Πριγκίπισσας Ελισάβετ. Η βασίλισσα Μαρία τα είχε δώσει στην εγγονή της λιγότερο από ένα χρόνο νωρίτερα, τον Ιανουάριο του 1947, την ημέρα που η βασιλική οικογένεια έφυγε για την περιοδεία της στη Νότια Αφρική

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Allegiances

TimberClan

High Queen: Quickstar-  Lithe, strong bengal molly with reddish fur, light paws, and bright amber eyes.

Healer: Palemist- Longhaired silvery tom with tabby stripes on his forelegs, haunches, tail, and face, white paws, and very pale green eyes.

Warriors:

Copperstep- A tall brown and white tom with yellow eyes.

Amberblaze- A tall slender molly with a shock of white on her chest and sharp pale green eyes. (Apprentice: Applepaw)

Umberswoop- A large, long-legged russet molly with a white chest and amber eyes.

Antlerstrike- Strong fawn spotted tabby tom with light blue eyes.

Wolfheart- A large black grey and brown molly with piercing green eyes. Muscular and fluffy.

Leopardthorn- Ruddy, light brown Bengal tom with golden eyes. (Apprentice: Spiderpaw)

Quillflame- Pretty, long-furred torbie-and-white molly with sharp golden eyes.

Shrikeshade- Stocky black spotted molly with golden eyes.

Waspfire- A large, scarred dark ginger mackerel tabby with white markings and green eyes.

Elkdance- A rosy gray freckled cat with an overgrown darker fringe partially covering their eyes and a few scars.

Stormfallen- Long-furred blue tabby and white molly with pale blue eyes.

Cloudfall- A lean European shorthair with a silver pelt covered in dark markings.

Crabclaw- Short, stout, muscular dark brown tom with black spotted tabby markings, bright amber eyes, and a scarred pelt.

Apprentices:

Shufflepaw- An attractive, thick-furred, red-and-ginger tabby with pale yellow eyes.

Applepaw- A russet red somali cat with green eyes and a bushy tail.

Spiderpaw- A chocolate tortoiseshell molly with low white spotting, green eyes, and three legs.

Kit-Guardians:

Blazestorm- Large, broad-shouldered brown tabby tom with bright green-yellow eyes and heavy scarring.

Kits:

Cliffkit-  Dark brown classic tabby with orange-amber eyes.

Elders:

MarrowClan

Leader: A scrawny snowshoe cat with blue eyes.

Deputy: Bitter- A dark gray tabby cat with green eyes.

Spirit Guide: A ginger tom with black, leopard-like markings and green eyes.

Warriors:

Briar- Dark brown cat with amber eyes, a scarred flank and darker tail, paws and face.

Sky- Sleek tortoiseshell molly with deep green eyes.

Pine- Long-furred smoke grey tom with green eyes.

Nightshade- Black molly with a small white spot on her chest and yellow eyes.

Hazel- Scarred brown molly with a darker brown face, back, tail and amber eyes. (Apprentice: Ferret)

Ash- Well built blue ticked, long furred tabby with golden eyes.

Moonless- Slender dark black tom with one gold eye and a massive scar on the left side of his face, where an eye is missing.

Flutter- Smoke grey tabby cat with pale green eyes. (Apprentice: Sable)

Sharp- A gray tabby cat with green eyes.

Pipit- A pale molly with brown points and green eyes.

Shadow- Lanky tortoiseshell tom with mostly black fur, a red tail, white markings, and green-yellow eyes; the right one is narrow and constantly squinting.

Cinder- A tall chocolate smoke cat with amber eyes.

Rook- A stocky black tabby with green eyes.

Apprentices:

Ferret- A sleek and lanky molly with dark gray fur and olive eyes.

Sable-  A very thin, lanky black-and-gray tabby tom with gangly legs, big ears, and hazel-green eyes.

Corpse- A black and white tuxedo cat with green eyes.

Den-Parents:

Kits:

Elders: 

Shiver- A very slim, tall, and elegant tortoiseshell molly with sleek, glossy fur and olive eyes.

Smoke- A tall, skinny tom with short, patchy dark gray fur and sightless black eyes.

HoneyClan

Leader: Heart Branch- A thin and lithe soft-furred, snow-white molly with dark green eyes.

Council:

Dusty Rose- A scruffy chocolate smoke cat with olive-green eyes, going gray with age, and almost always covered in dirt or mud. (Apprentice: Raspberry Dazzle)

Chapter Brook- A small orange and white cat with amber eyes and a stubby tail.

Sugar Rush- A fawn tabby tom with white and cream markings and green eyes.

Druid: Spice Wish- A lanky black silver spotted tabby tom with white paws and yellowish-green eyes.

Warriors:

Flower Hop- A pale, long-haired, flame-point tom with a white splashed nose and blue eyes. (Apprentice: Merry River)

Sorrel Jig- Fluffy fawn-cream torbie with blue eyes.

Light Stream- A fluffy, dainty white molly with pale blue eyes and a pink nose. (Apprentice: Smokey Orchid)

Poetic Justice- Longhaired, mottled flamepoint-and-black chimera cat with white spotting and blue eyes.

Sycamore Whistle- Long-furred silver tortoiseshell bicolor with pale golden eyes and a scarred muzzle.

Ray Path- An off white with patches of calico markings and teal eyes.

Heath Blossom- Wispy-furred tuxedo cat with green eyes.

Morning Glory- A long-furred gray and white feline with bright red eyes. (Apprentice: Mellow Flame)

Vervain Vesper- Large, bulky lilac tabby molly with one pale blue eye.

Mushroom Song- A silver and red speckled cat with long, silky fur.

Frost Shine- A slim, pretty silver-and-white tom with long, feathery fur and sparkling blue eyes.

Milk Splash- Green-eyed, ginger tabby tom with white marks.

Rose Light- A cream-colored tabby molly with soft, silky fur, low white spotting, and pale blue eyes.

Wandering Breeze- A mostly white calico molly with very pale, cloudy-blue eyes.

Shadow Flower- A petite, long-furred black molly with bright yellow-gold eyes.

Song Catcher- Silver lynx-point tom with amber eyes and a vicious scar on his neck and face.

Flutter Shine- Fluffy, mink charcoal rosetted tabby with bright blue eyes.

Rain Song- A cream-and-white tom with some silvery markings, feathery, silky fur, and deep blue eyes.

Besotted Verity-  Longhaired flame tortie-point cat with soft blue eyes.

Apprentices:

Mellow Flame- A petite black smoke tortie and white cat with yellow eyes.

Merry River- A fluffy, lanky black smoke tabby with pale green eyes.

Raspberry Dazzle- Lithe tortoiseshell molly with white paws, big ears, and bright blue eyes.

Smokey Orchid- A stocky, black and silver grizzle coated cat with large golden eyes.

Monarchs:

Andante Noon- A yellow and cream colored molly with blue eyes.

Star Burst- A soft furred, black smoke molly with white markings, blue eyes, and some light scarring on the white half of her head.

Kits:

Elders:

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February 2020 Full Reveal

Any fairy tale can come true with the right yarn!!

We’re drifting off with this month’s theme, Once upon a yarn—a candy-coated world where deadlines don’t exist and there’s always more time to cast on for something new.

This year, each of our crates has been made in collaboration with some of your favorite Knit and Crochet influencers!

For February we partnered up with one of our favorite influencers, Glenda, of Creative Grandma.

Glenda launched Creative grandma in 2018 with her daughter. The brand’s goal has always been to connect members of the crochet community through endless inspiration, ideas, and the love of making. The designs and projects that Glenda has created as a professional crochet designer for over 40 years have been long loved by both beginners and experienced crocheters alike.

When planning this month’s Membership offerings, Glenda asked us for something special—something with speckles and a little shine. Together we created some dreamy crates for you all to enjoy, click the video below to watch the full reveal or scroll to check out what’s coming to your stash this month!

KnitCrate Membership Crates:

Audine Wools Shine Sport

This new base is a Sport weight with 80% Superwash Merino, 20% Tencel (350 yd / 320 m, 100 g), $26 USD each. You’ll receive two of the same color in your crate. (pictured from left to right)

Chill Out: Sky

Airy and light, this colorway features cobalt, purple, and sky blue on a natural cream background.

All Natural: Sprout

Like seedlings through snow, this yarn features sage, khaki and brown on a snowy cream base.

Energize Me: Flirt

We’re in love with this cream-based yarn with speckles in orchid, pink and orange.

Patterns:

The Knitting pattern is the Sand Dunes Hat & Handwarmers by Pipa Yarns & Knits. It is pictured here in our All Natural color vibe Sprout. The stretchy texture is created using a cable needle, but there are no stitches crossed. Thanks to the stretchiness of the pattern, the hat and hand warmers will fit a wide range of sizes.

The crochet pattern for this month is the Nora Toque & Fingerless Gloves by Carolyn Carleton. She wanted to create a pattern that would add dimension by including a beautifully textured piece. The alpine stitch is fun and, combined with the linen stitch, accent each other very well. Here we have it in our Chill Out color vibe, Sky.

We also have a very special bonus pattern this month designed by Glenda of Creative Grandma. She loved this yarn so much she created a beautiful crochet scarf in our Energize Me color vibe Flirt. The Dreamscape scarf is an excellent scarf with simple elegance for both men and women. This design uses beautifully textured stitches for a unique style. And don’t get us started on that fun fringe!

Sock Membership Crates: 

Audine Wools’ Luxury Sock

With 75% Superwash Merino, 15% Nylon, 10% Cashmere, (400 yd / 365 m, 100 g), this base makes a comeback in one of our softest Sock Crates this year, $28 USD each. You’ll receive a single color of one of these beautifully dyed skeins in your crate.  (From left to right)

Chill Out: Dew

The softest, whispering green, a promise of winter thaw.

All Natural: Peat

An earthy brown that reminds us that spring is ahead!

Energize Me: Peony

A bright, rosy pink, like cheeks in chilly weather.

Patterns:

The Knit pattern for this month was created by Vanessa Ewing with the Cloudchaser Socks shown here in Peat, our All Natural color vibe. Fluffy clouds of lace puff in-between structured arches of twisted stitches. A billowy textural assortment of delightful stitches will keep your toes cozy into the spring!

For the Crochet pattern, we have the Melon Sorbet Socks by Liz Salazar. They are shown here in the Chill Out color vibe, Dew. The perfect combination of puff and post stitches are intermingled with sturdy single crochet to create these soft and fluffy socks that are both beautiful and functional.

Malabrigo Partner Crate:

Who can resist the buttery softness of Malabrigo’s original yarn, Merino Worsted? This 100% Merino Wool comes from South America ready to be made into the most decadent accessories. With 210 yds / 192 m per 100 g skein, we’ve stuffed three into your crate so you‘ll have hours of Malabrigo enjoyment ahead. This month’s colorway is dreamy and soft, inspired by our mood board, and is called Rosalinda.  

Patterns:

First up we have the Chimera Scarf by our very own Joanna Rankin! Is it a scarfed hat, or a behatted scarf? Any way you look at it, this combo is soft, warm, and dreamily cozy—perfect for the coldest of days that winter might throw your way.

For the Crochet pattern, we have the Perihelion Shawl by Karen Whooly Designs.  This shawl is a one-weekend project! Using worsted weight yarn and a simple-to-learn pattern repeat, this shawl will be a go-to pattern for gifts and yourself. Pair it with jeans for a day of shopping or glam it up to keep those shoulders warm on a chilly night on the town. You will want to make this one over and over again!

This month is extra special and features an extra bonus crochet pattern with the Butterfly Shell Infinity Scarf by Claire Golden. This infinity scarf is long enough to wrap twice around your neck, and wide enough to keep you cozy in the cold. The stitch pattern features a column of eyelets and a column of shells with a shell edging that completes it. The sections of the double crochet allow the color of the yarn to shine. 

Starting this month, we will be keeping all of our extras a surprise! The surprise element of our crates was always our favorite part. Now that we show a sneak peek of the color vibes to give you the opportunity to choose your favorite, we lost that fun for a bit but wanted to bring a part of it back! Once you receive your crate, you’ll be able to enjoy your extra and you can see what others received on our Social Media outlets once the crates start to ship before the middle of the month. 

Let’s chat in the comments! Let us know which crate you’ll be receiving and which project you’re most excited to start up. We hope you love our crates this month as much as we do! <3

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[vandaliatraveler]

Hazy mid-summer day on the Sods, Part 1.

Photos are from the South Prong Trail, heading towards Roaring Plains. The pine barrens death camas (Stenanthium leimanthoides) growing in the bogs and seeps of the Plains is simply stunning this year. Such a toxic little beauty - death incarnate. Also, the mountain angelica (Angelica triquinata) is getting ready to bloom - I think of this tall, Appalachian endemic as the mid to late summer counterpart of cow parsnip. And how about that fabulous orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), which is just now reaching peak bloom in our high-elevation mountain bogs? The showy perennial is more commonly referred to as yellow-fringed orchid, but I have no clue why; every plant I've found in this neck of the woods has a hue similar to a Sunkist navel orange.

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[cedar-glade]

Eupatorium rotundifolium

Round Leaf Boneset, 

 The contrast of this incredibly cool species with the Orange Fringed Orchids never got tiring. This specific population is still under a bit of scrutiny as a potential variation of the normal species found in the rest of the midwest due to its slightly more arrow head shaped leaves with less of a rounded taper before connecting sessile to the stem. If you get a chance to fall in love with this group of asteraceae do so.

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[indefenseofplants]

The orange fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris). #orchids #flowers #plants #botany #botanical #botanizing #ecology #platanthera #platantheraciliaris #nature #naturepics #naturelover #summer #illinois #midwest #conservation #rareplants #nativeplants #plantoftheday

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[myorchidsjournal]

Cymbidium orchid Sunset Delight x Uluru Orange 

Our cooler weather brings with it anticipation seeing beautiful cymbidium orchids in flower. This  beautiful cymbidium just started it’s blooming cycle this season, it’s a cross of well known Sunset Delight x Uluru Orange. The flowers are large, showy and the colors are luminous, dreamy and hypnotic - as if painted by the brush of a painter, one can see so many shades of orange and yellow on the petals. The lip is large, fringed with red and the plant is robust and compact. I purchased couple of small seedlings way back because I liked the parentage and been patiently waiting for them to flower. This is a first season it bloomed, and so far I quite like this orchid. It would probably need a couple of more seasons of maturing to showcase its beauty in full.

My Orchids Journal

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[timelesspearl]

Fall Trends for 2017 Go Bold or Go Home

Is there anything more beautiful than a forest or a park full of trees that are in the process of changing color from green to vibrant yellow, brown, orange, and red? With the new season’s chill in the air, now is the time to unpack your fall clothes – or even to get a new outfit or two! Inspired by the lovely designs that we’ve seen on the runway, we bring you our take on our favorite fall trends for 2017 – paired with our exquisite real pearl jewelry of course.

Fall Trend #1: Fun Florals

Don’t be afraid to break away from the traditional fall color palette. Designers like Mary Katrantzou, Oscar de la Renta, Balenciaga, and Erdem agree. Stand out with vibrant yellows and greens, and complete your look with gold jewelry to add a splash of elegance, like our Golden Crown Pearl Earrings.

Fall Trend #2: Couch Florals

Vintage flowers and mixed patterns made a surprise appearance on the runway this year.  Designers like Vivienne Westwood, Balenciaga, Mulberry, and Ralph Lauren led the way. Choose a bold print in a vintage fit, and don’t be afraid to add more flowers and colors to your outfit real pearl jewelry through your accessories, like one of our Cornflower Pearl Brooches.

Fall Trend #3: Lady in Red

Red is back! (Was it ever gone?) The runway saw a lot of bold red designs this year, such as designs by Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Dolce and Gabbana, and Armani. Try an unusual combination of a print tee paired with a bright red satin skirt and top it off with our red Peony Flower Pearl Brooch.

Fall Trend #4: Unapologetically Red

Red is so prominent this year, thus earning the second entry in this blog. If you don’t want to go all red, adding just a splash still gets you the stamp of approval. Red pairs exceptionally well with denim. Complete your outfit with our exquisite Corsage Orchid Pearl Brooch.

Fall Trend #5: All-American Retro

Despite our differences, deep down we’re all proud to be American. And designers like Ashley Williams and Versace agree. Think 50s when choosing your pieces and pair your cute retro outfit with our American Rose Pearl Brooch. The American dream is back in style!

 Fall Trend #6: The Wild West

If you want to go back even further into American history, why not embrace the wild west? Crochet, fringed leather, and patchwork dresses were all the rage on the runway, and designers like Erdem and Public School showed us the way. Pair your outfit with our Superstar Earrings for a feminine touch.

 Fall Trend #7: Glittering Silver

If bold colors aren’t your thing, opt for sleek silver and metallic sparkles – mimicking a disco ball will earn you extra points. Designers like Saint Laurent, Michael Kors, Christopher Kane, and Alexander McQueen embraced glitter-and-glow this year. Pair your dazzling outfit with our Waterfall Drop Pearl Earrings for added pizazz.

  Fall Trend #8: Black Leather

From loose-fitting leather pants to models looking like they’ve just stepped off the set of The Matrix, black leather ruled. Designers like Proenza Schouler, Stella McCartney, Fendi, and Calvin Klein brought this trend to life this year. Add a touch of color to your outfits with accessories, like our Jade and Pearls Bracelet.

  Fall Trend #9: Bedtime Stories

Comfort was clearly high on the agenda: from loose-fitting, flannel-PJ-like designs, to silky slip dresses and lacy – almost lingerie-like – dresses. If you can kick off your shoes and get right into bed, you’re on the right track. Designers like Louis Vuitton, House of Holland, Francesca Liberatore, and Mulberry embraced the comfy look. Dress your PJs up with sexy leather boots and show-stopping jewelry, like our Pink Lady Pearl Earrings.

Fall Trend #10: Victorian Collars and Gold

Both Victorian collars and gold are huge trends. Designers like Jason Wu, Milly, and Tome showed us how to wear texture-heavy, rich-gold evening gowns, while Victorian-inspired collars made a comeback with designers Valentino, John Galliano, Lemaire, and Beaufille. We love the two trends combined. Complete your look with our Golden Fairy Edison Pearl Earrings.

 Fall Trend #11: Abundantly Denim

If all the denim outfits that featured in the collections highlighted above did not give it away yet, denim is a huge favourite this year. Pair your best-loved denims with your favorite top and accessories. We like this fall-leaves-colored top and chunky shoes paired with our Maple Leaf Pearl Brooch as a nod to our neighbors to the north. Designers who went head-to-toe in denim included Dior, Marc Jacobs, and Sacai, while Versace embraced embroidered denim.

Which of these 2017 fall trends are you going to embrace? If you have something else in mind, visit our shop to find the perfect piece of pearl jewelry to fit your fall fashion outfits.

Blog Resources: https://www.timelesspearl.com/fall-trends-2017/

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