Posts Tagged ‘place names’
finding places to grow 7-30
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Stone walls are a common site in the coastal towns and villages of Cornwall. On today’s virtual bike trip, I noticed how plants find growing space in the crannies and crevices of these walls …
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plants growing in the nooks and crannies of a stone fence (image from Street View)
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Vines also take advantage of stone surfaces and climb over stone shed and houses until they take the shape of the building they climb on …
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vines take on the outline of a house (image from Street View)
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In a maritime climate in particular, lichens often find a place to grow on rooftops or on stone surfaces. Orange-amber lichens have established themselves on the roof and walls of this grand house in Trewithian …
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amber lichens on stone and roof (image from Street View)
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Three interesting names today … Treworthal, Treworlas and Trewithian …
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Best View: shadowed road on the way to Treworthal and a gate near Trewithian …
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September 14, 2013 ‘road with shadows’ Jane Tims
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September 14, 2013 ‘afternoon by gate’ Jane Tims
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