Personalised necklaces
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Lots of these personalised necklaces heading out the door for brides and bridesmaids, Christmas gifts and loved ones.
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Lots of these personalised necklaces heading out the door for brides and bridesmaids, Christmas gifts and loved ones.
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No, not a real snowflake, a super little sterling silver snowflake. A personalised sterling silver disc and this little snowflake make a delicate necklace for everyday wear, bridesmaids or a fab gift for Christmas. |
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Coquet Island, Northumberland Coast
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Los Lances, Andalucia, Spain
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Sunrise over Amble Marina
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Friday Finds
Today’s find is a Dandelion Clock – Taraxacum officinale On my way to the beach I walk along a straight road which is about ½ mile long, it has trees, bushes and grass and in the there are all sorts of flowers and one that stands out is the dandelion. |
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With it's bright yellow head composed of hundreds of smaller florets it definitely makes a statement. The flower heads mature into spherical seed heads called ‘clocks’, containing many single-seeded fruits called achenes. Each achene is attached to a pappus of fruit hairs, which enable wind-aided dispersal over very long distances. I know as a child we would ‘tell the time’ by counting the number of puffs it took to blow away all the fruits on their small parachutes and the grown-ups would complain that we were helping the plant to spread :) |
The resemblance of the sharp pointed lobes of the dandelion leaves to the tooth of a lion give the flower it’s common name which is a corruption of the French words ‘dent de lion’, or lion’s tooth. Because the dandelion was and still is used as a diuretic it led to it having many common names, here in Northumberland it is called Pittley Bed and around the country are many more names including Fairy Clock, Tiddle-beds, Jack-piss-the-bed and Pissey beds to name a few. I'd love to know what they're called in your neck of the woods! The flower heads and leaves can be added to salads for both colour and a bittersweet taste, the leaves are quite tart, but the flowers have a delicate honey flavour. I think it’s a beautiful plant especially when seen in the wild, maybe not so much when it’s in my garden :)
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