A Bird of Paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae). I took this photo in one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world called Hortus Botanicus, which was founded in 1638 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 🇳🇱 🪴🪴🪴
Did you know that Tyrian #Purple, a #color worn by high-ranking people from the #Minoan era onwards, was pretty foul?
The dye was made of #sea#snails which were left to rot.
A dyer would then crush them and dye garments.
This would leave both his hands & the #fabric with a fishy, unpleasant smell.
The dye was also used by Rabbis & was so offensive that the #Talmud (a book important to #Judaism), would allow women to divorce their husbands if they became dyers after marriage.
Tout simplement cette vue magique du lac Kleifarvatn hier matin après avoir été dans l'obligation de quitter la route de Grindavik et chercher un autre endroit de randonnée pour contempler l'éruption.
Et j'insiste : comme tous mes clichés pris au pays (environ 9000), celui-ci n'est pas DU TOUT retouché.
These may be the funnest stickers I ever created. Stickers make me feel so youthful! Once I get all of this series listed, I will be getting a set for myself. LOL
This was my first year growing #Okinawa#Japanese#purple#SweetPotatoes. We love the taste & they grew well in our sack planters. I grow almost all tubers out of containers because I find it's easier to control & harvest than planting in ground. I will grow a lot more of them, next year. I grew only a few this year to experiment. Grows well in #Zone8 in #Saanich.
You could say that the #purple#frog resembles a turtle without its shell. That’s what the good people of #Idukki in #Kerala say. Or you could say that this amazing #amphibian looks like a bruised, bloated beanbag with beady eyes and a bootylicious backside. That’s what I say.
#Evolution rightly has no respect for conventional beauty standards. Instead, it sculpts and tweaks the forms of living things so they become adapted to their #environment.
"Tyrian purple was paraded by the most privileged in society for millennia—a symbol of strength, sovereignty and money. . . . Pliny the Elder described it as having a 'shining appearance when held up to the light.'"