Heaveninawildflower

Floral notes, pressed petals, likes, loves, the occasional greyhound. Sorry, not really a chatty blog. Don't feel obliged to 'follow' me because you 'like' or re-blog my posts. However, please retain my links and credits (usually, just click on the picture for the source).

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California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus), 1936 by Mary Vaux Walcott (1860–1940).

Watercolour.

Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wikimedia.

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Varieties of Plum taken from 'Pomona Britannica' (1812) by George Brookshaw.

From the British Library archive.

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'Lac D'Annecy' (Lake Annecy).

Poster (1930) by Roger Broders.

Published by Lucien Serre et Cie (Paris).

Bibliothèque nationale de France.

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Cat mint in morning light

(c) riverwindphotography

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Fruit pizza sugar cookies

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The shell game

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Happy faces :)

© gifs by riverwindphotography

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From our stacks: Illustration from Bewick's Woodcuts: Impressions of Upwards of Two Thousand Wood-Blocks, Engraved, for the most part, by Thomas & John Bewick, of Newcastle-On-Tyne. Including Illustrations of Various Kinds for Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides; Cuts for Private Gentlemen, Public Companies, Clubs, Exhibitions, Races, Newspapers, Shop Cards, Invoice Heads, Bar Bills &c. with An Introduction, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Blocks, and a List of the Books and Pamphlets Illustrated. By Thomas Hugo, M.A., F.R.S.L., F.S.A., &c. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1870.

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Copper chafer/Protaetia cuprea/olivgrön guldbagge. Värmland, Sweden (29 July 2026).

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snoopy of the day

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I choose you, kinkajou (Potos flavus)! This arboreal critter, which inhabits the tropical forests of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America, is known for hanging upside-down in the treetop while using its prehensile tail to hold onto branches. It also leverages its strong, 22-in- (57-cm-) long tail for balance. What’s more? The kinkajou can run just as fast backwards as it can forwards, thanks to its ability to turn its hind feet in the opposite direction.

Photo: Lina Shatalova, iStock

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Page taken from 'British Wild Flowers' by John E. Sowerby.

Published 1860 by Sowerby.

Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira.

archive.org

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Botanical illustration taken from 'Sertum orchidaceum a wreath of the most beautiful.'

Published 1838 (London).

From the British Library archive.

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Rose taken from an album of Japanese watercolours of flowering plants, grasses and fungi.

Wellcome Collection.

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'Naiads and Dryads' by Walter Crane (1845–1915).

Watercolour.

Heritage Auctions. Wikimedia.

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Fly agaric fungus (Agaricus muscarius).

Watercolour (British, 1892).

Wellcome Collection.

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