Two more photos of the Abbotsford Convent Contemplative Gardens
Monday, July 31st, 2006
I reckon there must be some story behind the planting of these palms and bromeliads, some historical precedent, and I want you to tell me what it is.
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The Abbotsford Convent Contemplative Gardens
Monday, July 31st, 2006
On a bit of an Abbotsford Convent theme at the moment. I wandered there again this morning, and found this English Oak. I bet it is not so often photographed in winter as in summer. Of the gardens there, a sign says this:
Zombie’s cucumber in a witch’s garden
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
[Better photos are over at Flickr.] Don’t be tempted to brew up a tea from this powerful drug, which is impossible to dose: the amount which renders you raving is not very differnt from the fatal dose.
Acorrding to Wikipedia (also here) ingesting datura, a plant in the nightshade family, also known as zombie’s cucumber, devil’s [...]