Carolyn B

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Screenshot from the Phoenix Cinema, Leicester, website, of films being shown today. On the left is 2001: A Space Odyssey. On the right is The Odyssey 35 mm. Both are showing at 8.15 pm.
Three photos taken in the garden of Newarke Houses, Leicester. All are flowers still growing on a lawn which has been cut. The grass is very short and has turned brown. Left, St John's Wort. Centre, Yarrow with purple and white flowers. A white butterfly is top right of the photo. Right, Ox Eye Daisies, with a view of the house in the background.
On the left is a Common Blue Damselfly, wings folded, sitting on a leaf. On the right, Burdock, with three flowers, the one at the top is setting seed.
Scene from the 2000 film "The Dish" about Australia's role in the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. Al Burnett (Patrick Warburton) and Cliff (Sam Neill) are taking a "hayride" on the Parkes Radio Telescope. They are sitting on the dish of the telescope, which is tilted downwards. The camera is behind them, showing them seated, looking over the Australian countryside.
Square image made from four photos. Top left, Common Mallow, setting seed, flowers past their best. Top right Ox-eye Daisy. Bottom left, Yarrow. Bottom right, Catmint.
Photograph with purple Rosebay Willowherb in the centre. There is a White Tailed Bumblebee in the centre of the flowers. The trees in the background are slightly out of focus.
Photo of a lawn in front of a commercial building. In the foreground, three quarters of the lawn has been cut, and there are Daisies and Hawkbit. In the top left quarter of the lawn are lots of Ox-eye Daisies which are much taller. In the background are three windows. There are reflections in these windows of the area in front of the building, including a tree and railings. Although they aren't visible in the photo, it was taken through these railings.
Fountain in Town Hall Square, Leicester. It is set in a circular pool, filled with water that is bright green. The fountain is brown with four winged lions at the base. The water in the fountain cascades over various ornate structures above the lions. In the background are the Town Hall, some trees, and a blue sky.
Three photos of flowers growing on a lawn. Left to Right: 1. Self Heal and a White Clover 2. Buttercup, top, and two Daisies, bottom. 3. Cranesbill. Lesser Trefoil is in all three photos.
Photograph taken in Leicester Cathedral churchyard. Yew hedge on the left, then an assortment of flowers, cobblestone path on the right. In the background are Georgian houses, and a silhouette of a figure holding a sword. This is a statue of King Richard III.
Photo taken after sunset. Dark blue sky, silhouettes of buildings in lower half of photo. In the centre, Jupiter, dimmer, lower left, Venus, brighter, upper right.
Montage of three photos of flowers growing on a lawn. Left to right, Buttercups. Cranesbill and Daisies. Also in each photo is the much smaller Lesser Trefoil.
View across the River Soar, Leicester at Evans Weir. Bird's-foot Trefoil is growing on the bank in the foreground. Looking across the slow moving river, which is covered in Yellow Waterlilies, to the weir and houses and blocks of flats in the background.
Text in image: "The 1st Sort grows naturally on the Side of Highways, and the Borders of Fields in England, so is never cultivated in Gardens, It is called Cow Parsley, but for what Reason I cannot say, because there are few Animals who care to eat it, except the Ass, for it is reckoned to have something of the Quality of Hemlock, but in a less Degree. It is a Weed which should be rooted out..." From: The Gardeners Dictionary, Philip Miller, 1764. In CHÆROPHYLLUM, Chervil. (No page numbers). https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-gardeners-dictionary_miller-philip-f-r-s_1764_1/page/n283/mode/2up?q=%22cow+parsley%22
Photo of the churchyard of St Mary de Castro, Leicester, showing yellow Hawkbit in the foreground, Ox-eye Daisies further away, and part of the church in the background, with a bit of blue sky at the top.
Eight photos of cats on cat towers, a coffee table, armchairs, a cat bed, and on a shelf beneath the merchandise.
Photo of close up of lots of daises in growing in grass, so many they overlapping.
Eight photos of close ups of flowers in a 4 by 2 grid.
List of names: Ottis & Vivian Green, David, Brock & Keri Warner, Melissa Rose, Eric Whitacre, Sir David Attenborough, Jacques Cousteau, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Our playtesters. The background is an underwater scene with a seahorse.
Three photos. Left to right, close up views of Red Valerian, and Green Alkanet, then a wider view of Parsley with a tree trunk in the background - a very much taller Horse Chestnut. Only the lower part of the trunk of the tree is visible.
Photo looking over the lawn at Leicester Castle. Buttercups in the foreground, then grass, in the distance a Mistle Thrush and part of the Great Hall.
Photo of a bank of white Greater Stitchwort outnumbering Bluebells. Entire photo is of flowers.
Six photos of six different flowers in a 4 by 2 grid. Two rectangular (left, portrait, lower right, landscape), four square shaped in the remaining space.
Mixed group of wildflowers in the churchyard of Leicester Cathedral. The pavement in the foreground is cobbled on the left, asphalt on the right. There is a hedge behind the wildflowers.
Three photos. Left, Green Alkanet with Red Valerian in front, Top right, cowslips. Bottom right, Same Green Alkanet with Dandelions behind.
Photograph of the River Soar, which, diagonally crosses the lower half. On the river bank are three blackthorns, with white flowers. Above these, silhouetted against the sky are taller trees, still without leaves.
Three images: Gerard's Herbal, Book 2, p278, 1633. https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012606592/page/278/mode/2up . Photo of Groundsel taken this week. Goldfinch, History of British Birds, 1797, p165. https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish11797bewi/page/164/mode/2up .
Four by four grid of photos of sixteen different flowers.
Five photos of six flowers. Catkins, Wood Avens, White Dead Nettle, Chickweed, Red Dead Nettle, Groundsel.
Two photos joined together. On the left an almost full Moon rising in a blue sky over silhouettes of leafless trees. On the right, the sun has set leaving orange clouds against a blue sky. Silhouettes of leafless trees against the sky. A tree with pink blossom at the bottom of the photo.
Photograph of green flowers just after rain has stopped falling.
Ten photos of flowers in a 5 by 2 grid. Top row: Speedwell, Red Dead Nettle, Chickweed, Groundsel. Shepherd's Purse. Bottom row: Dandelion, Meadow Grass, Euphorbia, Daisy, Ivy.
11 photos of flowers arranged with 10 square shaped framing a rectangle in the centre. This is to fit in all 11 photos. Top left, clockwise: Speedwell, Canadian Fleabane, Chickweed, Shepherd's Purse, Catkins, Dandelion, Groundsel, Red Dead Nettle, Ivy, Daisy. Blackthorn in the centre.
River Soar takes up most of the photo. Water is a muddy brown colour. Winter, leafless trees on the banks.
Four photos in a montage. On the left, a view of Snowdrops and Winter Aconite under a tree in a churchyard. Right, three close up photos of flowers, in a column. Top to bottom: Red Valerian, Daisy, a kind of Wood Anemone.
Ten photos in a 5 by 2 grid. Flowers as described in main text.
Five photos of flowers: Four photos are arranged in a square, Shepherd's Purse, Red Dead Nettle, Meadow Grass and Groundsel. The Daisy is in circle in the centre.
Full size photo of Sun Spurge for detail on leaves. In reply to earlier post.
Six photos of flowers in 3 x 2 grid. Top row: Groundsel, flowering grass, Meadow Grass Bottom row: Euphorbia, small blue flower, Dandelion.
Two photos: left Red Valerian, no longer upright, but lying on a tarmac pavement. Right: Ragwort. One of three or four plants in a small patch of green with trees and grass in Leicester city centre..
Eight photos of flowers in a 4 x 2 grid. Top row: Ivy (with ladybird), Mustard, Meadow Grass. Bottom row: Red Dead Nettle, Shepherd's Purse, Catkins, Dandelion, Dogwood.
12 photos in 4 by 3 grid. Ragwort, White Dead Nettle, Shaggy Soldier, Groundsel, Ivy, Shepherd's Purse, Yarrow, Chickweed, Canadian Fleabane, Daisy, Dogwood, Red Dead Nettle.
Two photos of flowers in Castle Gardens today. On the left, Red Valerian, right Green Alkanet.
Close up of a single Daisy, and, in the back ground, its leaves. It is growing in grass, which is cut regularly, in St Mary de Castro, Leicester, churchyard.
Photo montage of 12 different wildflowers. Shaggy Soldier, Shepherd's Purse, Yarrow, Ragwort, White Dead Nettle, Green Alkanet, Parsley family, Meadow Grass, Gorse, Canadian Fleabane (on a bridge over the river), Ivy and Stinging Nettle. All seen on a walk along the River Soar in Leicester City Centre, yesterday. Sunshine and showers. Part of the way the river forms a section of the Grand Union Canal, then a weir separates the two again.
Shaggy Soldier on steps made of grey bricks, leading from the path by the river to the bridge over the river.
Four photos of flowers, arranged in a square. Top left, Dogwood, top right, Shepherd's Purse, bottom left, Ragwort next to leaves of a thistle, bottom right, Ivy.
Two photos joined together. Left, white flower, Parsley family, right, white berries, three Snowberries.
Three photos, left to right Shaggy Soldier, Ivy flowers and Ragwort.
Three photos joined together. Left to right, Yarrow, Daisies, Black Nightshade. All the flowers are white.
Photo of Shaggy Soldier and Ragwort growing next to each other. Leaves and flowers. Looking down on them.
Lower half of the photo, foreground, shows ivy flowers growing on the bank of the River Soar, Leicester. In the background the river and a former textile factory are shrouded in fog.
Photo looking down on Scentless Mayweed, a white flower with a yellow centre. There is one yellow flower in the centre which may be Hawksbeard. Centre bottom, one spike of Fat Hen.
Close up of bright red rose hips and green leaves.
Photo of two autumn crocuses growing among fallen leaves, with an iron railing fence in the background.
Close up of flowers of Traveller's Joy. About 30 white flowers, star-like, with about 20 petals.
Four photographs in a montage. Left, Bluebell, centre top, celandine, centre bottom, Wood Anemone, Right Yellow Archangel.
Photo of Rosebay Willowherb or Fireweed. No other flowers.
12 photos in a 4 by 3 rectangle of berries, pine cones and seeds. On trees and flowers.
Nine photos, in a 3x3 square, of flowers growing next to a wall by the towpath of the River Soar, Leicester. Top, row, red brick wall: Canadian Fleabane, Stinging Nettle, Wall Lettuce. Second and third rows, grey bricks: Sow Thistle, Groundsel, Buddleia, Wall Barley, Hawksbeard, with hoverfly, Shaggy Soldier.