Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
A press release from the Forestry Commission claims that Scotland remains home to britain’s tallest tree as dughall mor reaches new heights. It seems that this particular douglas fir, whose name in Gaelic means big dark stranger, was claimed to have been overtaken by a tree in Wales, but that Read more …
There’s something strangely animate about this picture. It’s the leaf buds on an Acer growing in the garden. The tree has been gradually turning colour over the last few weeks, and is now on its last legs, but with a borrowed 105mm Nikon macro lens it was too good an Read more …
The auction of the first batch, the so-called ‘collector’s edition’, of Wollemi pines appears to have been a great success, raising about 1 million Aussie dollars. But at the same time news reports are circulating that the wild population is threatened with a fungal infection. If the Wollemi pine is Read more …
Google’s Beta News service is a great place to find odd stories. Where else could you come across a news piece entitled Police allegedly find couple’s pot plants, where the people involved are a certain Mr & Mrs Beckham, and the location is called (no, not Beckingham Palace) Traverse City. Read more …
Phalaenopsis orchid More flower pictures….
Winter bark of Betula albo-sinensis, Chinese red birch More winter pictures….