tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post6524499022646067346..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: Of sunsets, chickens and eggs...Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-36748345947176606592012-09-11T21:49:27.630+01:002012-09-11T21:49:27.630+01:00Like you, I'm not welcoming the turn of the se...Like you, I'm not welcoming the turn of the season yet. It seems too early this year, plus for the first time both my children are away at university and I'm not enjoying that either. Still, if we get some bright clear autumn days things will look better.<br /><br />And yes, you have an Eryngium. They are lovely dried and sprayed gold for Christmas.<br />Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-85022651830144493452012-09-10T00:17:07.546+01:002012-09-10T00:17:07.546+01:00Ooh, lovely sunsets, even if they are in their aut...Ooh, lovely sunsets, even if they are in their autumn position. I love your licheny wall too. My own garden is absolutely stuffed with 'amnesias' but I think I do recognise the thistley flower as eryngiums. Ours are coming out too - very striking (and probably chicken-proof!). Your egg photo made me chuckle: it reminded me of a photo which T took of you and me on our visit to Graemsay! I'd be the great big round one! ;)Dancing Beastiehttp://dancingbeastie.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-74282944972762674572012-09-09T13:17:24.287+01:002012-09-09T13:17:24.287+01:00Hi Sian. Lovely Blog and pictures, I am originally...Hi Sian. Lovely Blog and pictures, I am originally from Scotland and now really miss home so i'll be reading your blog now when I get the home blues :D **New Follower**<br />Bookishtimes.blogspot.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-17938983846734478472012-09-05T04:55:33.877+01:002012-09-05T04:55:33.877+01:00The plant somewhat resembles what we cal Eryngo , ...The plant somewhat resembles what we cal Eryngo , here in Texas. Can't tell perfectly well, though. <br /><br />ShaunaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-39285891265871869282012-09-01T13:55:00.548+01:002012-09-01T13:55:00.548+01:00The advent of autumn after a poor summer is always...The advent of autumn after a poor summer is always a bit depressing, Sian, so fingers crossed for a bit of Indian summer for you. Your new camera is doing you proud....:-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-36422195050798099082012-09-01T02:34:07.487+01:002012-09-01T02:34:07.487+01:00So I was just wandering around on Blogger just cli...So I was just wandering around on Blogger just clicking "Next Blog" when I came across yours. I love ANYTHING UK, Ireland or Scotland! You're country is GORGEOUS! I would be very happy there knowing there's a sailing club! And chickens! I have Bantams, Buff Cochins. And they're my babies! I only have two left and they're going on 7 and 8 years old. So I don't get eggs any more. But I would get the occasional small egg. And they laid small eggs to begin with! But it was always a joy coming into the coop in the morning and seeing a couple eggs in a nest! <br />Black birds in my area of the US are most annoying! Loud and a great nuisance to other birds. And they're really black! <br />Great post, love the pictures!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-86848276528109616642012-08-31T23:33:54.241+01:002012-08-31T23:33:54.241+01:00I was going to say the mystery flower was some spe...I was going to say the mystery flower was some species of teasel because of the thin, straight leaves at the base of the flower head. They are rather thistle-like as well. WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-17608670393773397802012-08-31T16:40:02.865+01:002012-08-31T16:40:02.865+01:00Lovely pictures, as always. I know you're enj...Lovely pictures, as always. I know you're enjoying your new camera. Remember though, that the best pictures come from the eye and head of the photographer. The camera is just the mechanism for transfer. Mary Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986934534719487604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-21138458311909343552012-08-31T14:30:48.118+01:002012-08-31T14:30:48.118+01:00Dear Sian, your plant is an Eryngium, or Sea Holly...Dear Sian, your plant is an Eryngium, or Sea Holly - I'm not quite sure which variety, as I believe there are about 200 plus of them! They're rather beautiful, if spiny, and the largest of them (E. Giganteum, I think, is called 'Miss Wilmott's Ghost', because a lady of that name used to go round gardens and spread the seed without telling the owners, and the plants came up unexpectedly!! Or so I read in Garden News (or Gardener's World) last week. Hope you're enjoying your new camera - it looks like it!<br /><br />Helvanoreply@blogger.com