Plantain from our Bristol garden; 22 June 2014.
Taking my life (and my plant guide) in my hands, I’m going to identify this as the Ribwort Plantain. And this is the first denizen of our front garden that I’ve pictured. Not that it was in the front garden when I pictured it. Seeing these plantains – plants that I’ve always liked – beside our front gate, I held back The Destructor (our petrol mower) from roaring and ravaging over them and instead let it roar and ravage around them, so that I could preserve them and bring a bloom indoors.
And if this is indeed the Ribwort Plantain, my little book tells me that its one of the commonest European plants – and also that it grows in “grassy and waste places”, which describes our diminutive and scraggy front garden to a tee.
D800 with 105mm Nikkor; 100 ISO; tripod; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Landscape preset.
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I would have spared that one too for a portrait opportunity. The monochrome’s perfect for it.
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Gary. that’s very good to hear – thank you! Tell me, while I’m talking to you, how do you pick up my posts? Do you look at the Reader, or the WP emails – if the latter, are you receiving emails for my posts? Adrian
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I get a notice in my gmail inbox for each new post of yours, reliably.
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Gary, that’s very good to know, very reassuring – thank you for the info! Adrian
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love it! great contrast!
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Cybele, thank you very much! Adrian
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Yw!!!
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I think it’s pretty. ❤️ XXX ATP XXX
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Gem, thank you for that! Looks like Spring is getting itself together a bit here. ATP xxx
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