Botanica .. New Beginnings is a photograph by Connie Handscomb which was uploaded on July 6th, 2015.
Botanica .. New Beginnings
Life will go on. Creation is at work, has always been at work, will always be at work.... more
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Botanica .. New Beginnings
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
Life will go on. Creation is at work, has always been at work, will always be at work.
~ Daphne du Maurier
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While today, the Astrantias are now used primarily as garden ornamentals, centuries ago it was used medicinally. The botanist and herbalist, John Gerard, published a famous illustrated botany book in 1597 - 'Great Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes� (1480 pages!) - wherein the Masterwort is first described.
He describes the 'vertues' of the 'wilde Masterwort' this way:
"Herbe Gerard with his roots stamped and laid upon members that are troubled or vexed with the gout, swageth the paine, and taketh away the swelling and inflammations thereof, which occasioned the Germanes to give it the name Podagraria because of his vertues in curing the gout."
Sources:
Wikipedia ; also the blog: "Name That Plant"
Gerard's Herbal [John Gerard's Historie of Plants']; ed. Marcus Woodward
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Taken in natural light ; Undedited; Uncropped, : Nature in all its natural splendour.
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Falling in love with this photogenic plant was easy to do: a step backward, a slight turn, a play with the Light ... and another magical image emerged. There were no digital enhancements to these images, merely Light frolicking with this fantasy flora presenting us with an aura of delicate delights, a series of ever-changing colours.
This is a baby bloom ... just beginning to open .. :)
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July 6th, 2015