Top Posts Tagged with #turnsole

The long-forgotten natural blue dye was called "folium."

An amazing restoration of medieval knowledge by these scientists in Portugal. The study itself: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz7772

The plant in question (Folium, aka Chrozophoridin): https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:340969-1

•18+ Adults Only

Watch Anya Live on Cam

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.

✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality

Anya is LIVE right now

FREE

Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming

The Sunflower 🌻 ( Helianthus annuus) is probably the first flower many of us drew as children due to its simple shape and cheerful appearance.

The sunflower was domesticated by the indigenous people of Mexico in prehistoric times for the seeds as a food source. Sunflower cultivation spread as far north as Canada in Precolumbian times. When they are young plants, sunflowers actively turn to face the sun. As mature plants they stay fixed in an East-facing position.

There is an often-repeated Greek myth about Apollo and is admirer Clytie who turned into a sunflower. Of course, the Ancient Greeks did not know about sunflowers, so the original flower in the story was a Turnsole (Heliotropium spp.) which is a native European wild flower.

Kenneth Noland – Turnsole, 1961

#Kenneth Noland #modern art #contemporary art #abstract painting #abstraction #abstract composition #circles #Turnsole #1960s

Turnsole

The gardener was digging in the walled garden when Louisa passed through the gate, tracing with her fingers its intricate metal work, oak leaves studded with acorns. The autumn sun was on his back and his muscles bulged in rolled-up shirt sleeves. She thought, ‘To be pretty for you I have dropped two seeds of turnsole in the dark of both eyes’. Indeed, she had picked a handful of Indian…

View On WordPress

#dverse Poets Pub #Garden #Isabel Duarte Gray #Prosery #Turnsole

《🌻🌻》

夏じゃなくても向日葵。