It’s a fast world, so it’s nice to find a place where you can slow down a bit. #thetemplebar #thetemplebarpub #blackthorn #doomloop #sfhellscape #sfba #funko #funkospop #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #esseff #thecity #bayarea

BTW, May 14th is Cal’s Birthday. It’s also the day De La Soul released ‘De La Soul is Dead’. Also, say May 14th backwards. #thetemplebar #thetemplebarpub #blackthorn #doomloop #sfhellscape #sfba #funko #funkospop #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #esseff #thecity #bayarea

The CaliTan #calitan #guiness #calisqueeze #thetemplebar #thetemplebarpub #blackthorn #doomloop #sfhellscape #sfba #funko #funkospop #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #esseff #thecity #bayarea

It’s a Black and Tan! A Cali Tan! #guiness #calisqueeze #thetemplebar #thetemplebarpub #blackthorn #doomloop #sfhellscape #sfba #funko #funkospop #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #esseff #thecity #bayarea

Intensiv weißer #Blütenball
der #Schlehe in der #Morgensonne...

(Nachtrag von letzter Woche,
mittlerweile abgeblüht)

#Frühling #spring #nature
#Blüten #blossom #Natur #blackthorn

The sheer abundance of cherry and plum tree blossom this year is so spectacular that it was featured on the local TV news last night.
The photos, taken just now on a nearby footpath, are of Prunus Spinosa aka Blackthorn. Hopefully there are enough pollinators around to ensure plenty of sloes (blackthorn fruits) next September.
They taste unbearably bitter but are used to flavour sloe gin, which is delicious.
#blossom #trees #blackthorn #Prunus #foraging

The blackthorn is on full display. A good year for sloes?

#Blackthorn blossom

Blackthorn is one of the earliest trees to produce blossom, flowering in woods and hedgerows with clouds of snow-white petals in March and April. These delicate white flowers, once pollinated, turn into blue-black fruits later in the year – sloes – that are used to make wine, preserves and sloe gin.

Photograph: John Bridges

@photography
#spring
#flowers

Blackthorn and Birdsong.
Witch wands.
Fairies.
Shillelagh sticks.
Magic.
Keeper of secrets.
Poison
And healing.
Protector of creatures.
Early for bees.
White starred abundance.
A trickster of trees.
Hedgerow spiking
The still chill breeze.

#blackthorn #nature #beesanctuaryireland
#birdsong #spring

Mornin’.

Blackthorn be flowering.
Birds be singing.
Bees be happy.

Have a great one!

#blackthorn #bees #bumblebees #nature #beesanctuaryireland
#hedgerows #ditches
#trees #savingbees
#organic #vegan #habitat