tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46631779610428628642024-03-13T11:04:40.232+00:00DandelionsRebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-42555890305930302992022-12-30T18:32:00.005+00:002022-12-30T18:32:52.006+00:00Jersey Dandelion First Day Cover<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-o4-1N_FTQkUK4JkEvRlYHXaWtqDeciUXZUEPq43IpngmALSGARZbkFcUvgEq_as4dDSkUbDtmSoRq6WTaxQOFKmQwjGa-a5wnf56ENq9sZic3L7U1nKNMgKwW80jwiMXA3aX7ss1sFFGNd0El6vxixheWCmHdtuc12aNeMsXC7xwu83cQoPj8C25g/s5210/dandelion%20jersey%20fdc%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="5210" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-o4-1N_FTQkUK4JkEvRlYHXaWtqDeciUXZUEPq43IpngmALSGARZbkFcUvgEq_as4dDSkUbDtmSoRq6WTaxQOFKmQwjGa-a5wnf56ENq9sZic3L7U1nKNMgKwW80jwiMXA3aX7ss1sFFGNd0El6vxixheWCmHdtuc12aNeMsXC7xwu83cQoPj8C25g/s320/dandelion%20jersey%20fdc%2002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have lots of postage stamps and a few first day covers with dandelions on them and here is a really lovely one from Jersey.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jersey Wild Flower Definitives was published 19th July 2005 and the artist is Nick Parlett. The fabulous drawing of a dandelion doesn't appear on any of the stamps, only on the envelope and features the leaves, bud, flower and seed-head. </span></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-20846189345414284332022-12-30T18:15:00.003+00:002022-12-30T18:33:32.597+00:00Dandelion Safety Matches<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_54EyN2C8JFIWPnhsY1e1fM-qwMWLUYCXQOmck39xOFMl3VkjPu6d23mqS19cqMi4WzzUTBlzCOH5Wjic-4vW5E14fXOP9mbsJAWyGAeTCu-GcRxHRsEopNdhZMH43IDLs2_VvDlr8Wh2CFEkwCtcwL-uxYSFMxjBmXJZlMa_3fV_BxiTI5b9ASD1Hw/s712/dandelion%20match%20label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="712" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_54EyN2C8JFIWPnhsY1e1fM-qwMWLUYCXQOmck39xOFMl3VkjPu6d23mqS19cqMi4WzzUTBlzCOH5Wjic-4vW5E14fXOP9mbsJAWyGAeTCu-GcRxHRsEopNdhZMH43IDLs2_VvDlr8Wh2CFEkwCtcwL-uxYSFMxjBmXJZlMa_3fV_BxiTI5b9ASD1Hw/s320/dandelion%20match%20label.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I do try and find out more about all the objects in the Dandelion Archive, but I cannot find any information about this match box label at all, only what is written on it: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Dandelion Safety Match made in Finland. Impregnated non-poisonous.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It's tiny (the size of a match box, obviously) and is now in the Dandelion Archive. I'll try and find out more of its history and the match company etc, but for now it remains informationless.</span></p><p><br /></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-2397998392457461572022-12-30T17:53:00.000+00:002022-12-30T18:35:10.400+00:00Dandelion Camembert Label<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ0isD40XECTo4kED-nRd0GaLl9_qum_k_6BV-BwM61MCMRaR5kHOKEIQeBe29gHtkDvhDpzWACAmJ0tq4bt3xe1QC2Bx1JwiWmWGAWReAmGIFIBPYAgzE3xYALC47QvZgrtCI8iXM42DZvBBXRgfGfBh9ZW1j-6LwXR4r9Bt3luTldGKQwqVTSD6nw/s1416/dandelion%20camembert%20label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1409" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ0isD40XECTo4kED-nRd0GaLl9_qum_k_6BV-BwM61MCMRaR5kHOKEIQeBe29gHtkDvhDpzWACAmJ0tq4bt3xe1QC2Bx1JwiWmWGAWReAmGIFIBPYAgzE3xYALC47QvZgrtCI8iXM42DZvBBXRgfGfBh9ZW1j-6LwXR4r9Bt3luTldGKQwqVTSD6nw/s320/dandelion%20camembert%20label.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I've not posted anything on the Dandelion Blog for ages and ages (over a year) for a number of reasons - mainly because I've been busy with other stuff and things.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But I do keep collecting dandelion related objects and more items have been donated to the Dandelion Archive, so with a little spare time I want to update the blog...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a beautiful label from a Camembert cheese box - gorgeous!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Magloire Roger was a camembert maker in the first quarter of the 20th century. According to the Camembert Museum (and google translate) "<span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. ROGER carried out his cheese business from a small Mayenne village of less than 200 inhabitants at the time, before the merger of Torcé-en-Charnie with Viviers, near the department of Sarthe."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-72832163043767250032021-06-23T16:11:00.006+01:002021-06-23T16:11:32.933+01:00Dandelion flavoured worms!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lv9LK2IIlC8/YNNOYPn0uSI/AAAAAAAACtE/-sHTJ4VMP-k3Z8_3kblmBms_6GiKLvECACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/dandelion%2Bworms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lv9LK2IIlC8/YNNOYPn0uSI/AAAAAAAACtE/-sHTJ4VMP-k3Z8_3kblmBms_6GiKLvECACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/dandelion%2Bworms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have a a few food items in the Dandelion Archive: tea, coffee, wine and syrup, but these are the first dandelion flavoured worms! I got them the other week from someone I know who makes lots of sweets and drinks from foraged wild plants. According to the ingredients they are made with dandelion florets. I've tried a few (obviously) and they taste really lovely. A</span><span style="font-family: arial;">nd I have saved a few for the archive too.</span></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-42580516804128433542021-06-14T18:02:00.001+01:002021-06-14T18:03:38.734+01:00Helen Thomas Dandelions<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-skasIWS1dwc/YMeKgiA48iI/AAAAAAAACsc/Se_hcHidS3IqbHyujA0cx_bFlHaw_ZuigCLcBGAsYHQ/s1582/HelenThomas_Paintings_MARCH2021%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1582" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-skasIWS1dwc/YMeKgiA48iI/AAAAAAAACsc/Se_hcHidS3IqbHyujA0cx_bFlHaw_ZuigCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/HelenThomas_Paintings_MARCH2021%2B2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There's a new exhibition of beautiful paintings by Helen Thomas opening next month at Wakefield Cathedral. <i>Dandelions and Double Yellows</i> runs from 10 July - 15 August 2021.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">She's also asking for submissions for an online gallery of pavement plants. There's more details and information on how to send your photos on <a href="http://www.toastedorange.co.uk/dandelions-double-yellows/" target="_blank">Helen's website</a> (the final deadline for submissions is 23 July 2021).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm in Wakefield in July and plan to go and visit the show. I can't wait to see Helen's work: weeds & dandelions are right up my (overgrown) street.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: Helen Thomas</span></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-80784890498272348222021-02-23T09:49:00.001+00:002021-02-23T09:49:45.619+00:00Ice Age Dandelion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnY87wvsDks/YDTPJNy8wtI/AAAAAAAACm8/mQ8bR-e0IsoFrDRGaGn13Zm3Gyl_0QU-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Sid%2Bice%2Bage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnY87wvsDks/YDTPJNy8wtI/AAAAAAAACm8/mQ8bR-e0IsoFrDRGaGn13Zm3Gyl_0QU-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Sid%2Bice%2Bage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I've highlighted a few dandelions spotted in films on this blog, but I think this one is pretty spectacular.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was watching Ice Age (2002) and got this screen shot of Sid eating the rhinos Frank and Carl's salad:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Carl "A dandelion! I thought the frost wiped 'em all out"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But spying the dandelion Sid plucks it up and declares " Oh! Yum-o! A dandelion! Probably the last one of the season! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And promptly eats it, swooning with its deliciousness.</span></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-70275325901930768062021-01-20T11:37:00.000+00:002021-01-20T11:37:47.562+00:00A to Z of TV Gardening<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D3xsdv78GPw/YAgTqY_tlNI/AAAAAAAAClQ/zXkyVQcFg6cKIL8PGbwltF0m06k21M7CgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/atoz%2Bbbc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D3xsdv78GPw/YAgTqY_tlNI/AAAAAAAAClQ/zXkyVQcFg6cKIL8PGbwltF0m06k21M7CgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/atoz%2Bbbc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My mum tipped me off that there is currently a re-run of the BBC series 'A to Z of TV Gardening'. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Presented by Carol Kirkwood* it's a programme made up of archive clips previously shown on the BBC - so it's a repeat of the repeats. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">31 minutes into the programme there's a feature on dandelions showing footage from Countryfile in 2008 where presenter Ben Fogle visits Paul Richards who grows dandelions as a crop for 'the alternative therapy market'. He then interviews Dominic Price from Plantlife International, who explains the complexity of the dandelion; and he finishes with interviewing Debs Cook from the Herbal Society in her charming kitchen for a 'gourmet dandelion masterclass in soup'. They add leaves to the soup and there's also a salad with both leaves and flower petals in. Ben sips Dandelion and Burdock, confessing how he doesn't remember it as a child (I bet the pop man never visited posh Ben's house), and she shows him coffee made from dandelion roots. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a link to the programme - it's on the BBC i-player for another 26 days:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01qgnq2/the-a-to-z-of-tv-gardening-original-series-4-letter-d">A to Z of TV Gardening. Series 4: Letter D</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Carol introduces the dandelion segment holding up what she thinks is a dandelion, but quite clearly it isn't! Looks more like a Hawkbit / Catsear type of flower. </span></span></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-62055961729200007182021-01-15T12:07:00.000+00:002021-01-15T12:07:23.809+00:00Dandelions on The Chase<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-azwRy7mQIww/YAGEL6Iw4aI/AAAAAAAACks/igCAuESUfGgbYSzmO4W0x0cf3MLB515UwCLcBGAsYHQ/s794/thechase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="794" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-azwRy7mQIww/YAGEL6Iw4aI/AAAAAAAACks/igCAuESUfGgbYSzmO4W0x0cf3MLB515UwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/thechase.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Dandelions made it to The Chase quiz show last night. I don't especially watch it, so it's a fluke that I saw it. </p><p>The question: What part of a dandelion can be roasted and used as a substitute for coffee?</p><p>A: The root </p><p>B: The stem </p><p>C: The petals</p><p>The contestant got it right (the answer is A: the root). However, the Chaser got it wrong! Ha.</p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-79027142095229112662020-12-30T14:51:00.003+00:002020-12-30T14:51:45.577+00:00Japanese Dandelion Stamp<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTxmRrMzEBA/X-yTdKH0GXI/AAAAAAAACjQ/Nh1mV5DKYUc4sdTlumQe-_HAGNx5pzCCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s401/dandelion%2Bjapansm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTxmRrMzEBA/X-yTdKH0GXI/AAAAAAAACjQ/Nh1mV5DKYUc4sdTlumQe-_HAGNx5pzCCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/dandelion%2Bjapansm.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>I've collected quite a few postage stamps with Dandelions on for the Dandelion Archive: and here are some from Japan. According to a website about stamps they depict a '</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">Smaller Green Flower Chafer (Oxycetonia jucunda) on Dandelion' and were issued in 1997. </span></span><p></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-58702620257908370852020-12-30T14:21:00.003+00:002020-12-30T14:21:31.095+00:00Dandelion Postcard<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXfNrW3vot8/X-yMeQd9M8I/AAAAAAAACjE/rGie1egtphUeZWGr7YbW6XZgJSXod6E1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1103/dandelion%2Bbirthday%2Bpostcardsm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="704" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXfNrW3vot8/X-yMeQd9M8I/AAAAAAAACjE/rGie1egtphUeZWGr7YbW6XZgJSXod6E1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/dandelion%2Bbirthday%2Bpostcardsm.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I got this postcard for the Dandelion Archive a while ago - it's by Judges Ltd, a company based in Hastings. It's a funny little image with a beautiful dandelion in flower and in seed, with tiny figures of a frog and a child holding an individual seed each. On the back it is addressed to a Master R Wheway in York from Alison and is postmarked 1937.</span><p></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-20583334634029906102020-11-03T14:05:00.001+00:002020-11-03T14:05:23.291+00:00Estonian First Day Cover Dandelion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91y3RtbHAPc/X6FhsxBDy5I/AAAAAAAACg8/JpVGKGNgip8nUplhfARuTy-6fVlFOSESACLcBGAsYHQ/s1165/dandelion%2Bestonia%2Bsm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1165" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91y3RtbHAPc/X6FhsxBDy5I/AAAAAAAACg8/JpVGKGNgip8nUplhfARuTy-6fVlFOSESACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/dandelion%2Bestonia%2Bsm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This Estonian first day cover from 2004 has been donated to the Dandelion Archive - thanks!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Written on the stamp is <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">Harilik võilill <i>Taraxacum officinale</i> and it was designed by </span>Lembit<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"> </span>Lõhmus. The issue of these stamps in September 2004 marked the beginning of self adhesive stamps in Estonia - according to the Estonia National Museum website: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.erm.ee/en/content/stamps-estonian-national-museum’s-collection" target="_blank">www.erm.ee</a></span></p><p><br /></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-54347451522194947342020-09-17T16:04:00.000+01:002020-09-17T16:04:06.940+01:00Covid19 Dandelion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4vZKkASFZc/X2N6NzlyB9I/AAAAAAAACdc/BCQOgp1XwNMM7a04vaVYF5fhOhCKOMVTACLcBGAsYHQ/s2036/covid%2Bdandelion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2036" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4vZKkASFZc/X2N6NzlyB9I/AAAAAAAACdc/BCQOgp1XwNMM7a04vaVYF5fhOhCKOMVTACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/covid%2Bdandelion.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I've found an instance where an image of a dandelion is being used in connection to Covid-19.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was looking up travel restrictions and rules etc for travelling in Europe and as I was checking details on the Belgium government website I noticed their use of a dandelion image on the Coronavirus news page. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm still trying to work it out what the connection is between Covid-19 and dandelions.</span></p><p><br /></p>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-46579382991329237082020-09-02T15:51:00.007+01:002020-09-02T15:54:53.937+01:00Hague's Dandelion and Burdock<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AL00Cozhakc/X0-yHQQAvxI/AAAAAAAACb4/NNLLXeJfivQcOZ1lUM--93BSHFw2mwXEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s628/dandelion%2Bburdock%2Bsm.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="494" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AL00Cozhakc/X0-yHQQAvxI/AAAAAAAACb4/NNLLXeJfivQcOZ1lUM--93BSHFw2mwXEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/dandelion%2Bburdock%2Bsm.jpg"/></a></div>
I was given this drink label a while ago for the Dandelion Archive.
Charles Hague of Parkgate was a family business based in Yorkshire running from 1950's until 1980's and this is their Dandelion and Burdock pop label. Looking online for more infomation about the company it seems that it was run by the dad of William Hague (former Conservative MP). Despite this nugget of information, I do like the design with its bold illustration of a dandelion.</span>Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-23368064036086003022020-07-29T11:55:00.002+01:002020-07-29T12:01:46.983+01:00Eire Dandelion (in the background) Postage Stamp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dandelions are often not the main focus of an artwork and instead they are in the background. It is quite hard to search for items with dandelions as they are not listed in the description of the object. The result is hours of internet trawling - an addiction trying to hunt them out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is an example of this: a postage stamp from Eire (Ireland) issued in 1994 showing a gorgeous Garden Tiger Moth - on a Dandelion. It doesn't seem easy to find the artist's name, but one source has listed the illustrater as I Loe. I can't find confirmation of this, plus I can't find much information on I Loe either... sorry about that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stamp, from a series of four showing different moths, is now safely in the Dandelion Archive.</span></div>
Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-22377489039759897852020-06-28T12:15:00.001+01:002020-06-28T12:17:00.500+01:00Mongolia Dandelion Postage Stamp (another one)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is another of my Dandelion Stamps in the archive. Issued in 1985, it's another one from Mongolia and has the latin name <i>Taraxacum officinale</i> on it. Again, I can't find the artist's name. Mongolia seem to like dandelions on stamps - this is one of three different ones i've found so far. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can feel a trip to Mongolia coming on.... (when coronavirus allows etc).</span></div>
Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-80089015806952909802020-06-04T16:14:00.002+01:002020-06-04T16:14:47.905+01:00Mongolia Dandelion Postage Stamp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've put a few postage stamps with Dandelions on this blog before - ones from Germany, Ireland, Estonia, Poland and Iceland. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've continued to collect stamps with Dandelions for the archive and this one here is one of my favourites, mainly because of the triangular shape. Issued in Mongolia in 1973 it shows a lovely image of <i>Taraxacum mongolicum</i>. I can't find much information on the stamp, the artist for example, but i'll keep looking. The stamp is from a series on wild flowers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did find that <i>Taraxacum mongolicum</i> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for a long time with it's mineral elements being very rich.</span></div>
Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-58235075185834327572020-04-30T16:51:00.000+01:002020-04-30T16:51:32.708+01:00Albrecht Dürer's Dandelion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I visited Vienna in November last year and while wandering around the city I saw this building wrap showing perhaps one of the most famous dandelions in the art world. Advertising an exhibition at the Albertina Museum it shows Albrecht Dürer's watercolour <i>The Great Piece of Turf</i> painted in 1503. With so many amazing museums in Vienna, I didn't go to the Albertina this time (I have been years ago and saw the painting then), but i was very glad to see it reproduced so big for all to enjoy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wonder what they did with the building wrap? That would be a great addition to the Dandelion Archive...</span></div>
Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-22880530773170203792020-04-30T15:36:00.000+01:002020-04-30T15:36:23.329+01:00Dandelion fields<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are currently in a semi lockdown here because of the coronavirus pandemic (I say 'semi' because we are allowed to go out for exercise, shopping, getting medical prescriptions and, it would seem by the amount of traffic on the roads, pretty much anything else too). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, for the last 6 weeks I have only been able to walk locally for my daily exercise. Although I only have a tiny back yard I'm lucky where I live as it's situated on the edge of the city, near a river and where there are a good number of walks where you don't see too many other people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday evening we went for a walk in the fields at the back of the house. The birds were beginning their evening song and the smell of the new hawthorn blossom was warm and strong. And the best sight of all was a field of dandelions looking so beautiful in the soft evening light, the many seed heads aglow in the sunshine. An uplifting sight in these times of isolation and uncertainty. </span><br />
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Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-16332147108596321322020-04-16T12:00:00.001+01:002020-04-16T12:00:30.697+01:00Dandelionfest on Wildflower Hour <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's #Dandelionfest this week on Wildflowerhour on Sunday 19th April 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go to <a href="https://twitter.com/wildflower_hour" target="_blank">@wildflower_hour</a> on Twitter to post your photos of dandelions and if you need help to identify some of the micro species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know i've not updated the Dandelion Blog in ages, but it doesn't mean i'm not still collecting information about them or items for the archive, i've just been incredibly busy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, i'm going to try and make more of an effort to do more blog posts this year... starting with a snapshot I took last year in a NY gallery of a woman in a jumpsuit with a rather gorgeous dandelion design all over it. Fabulous darling!</span><br />
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Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-75785099111844428752019-09-30T11:38:00.000+01:002020-01-28T13:18:35.410+00:00Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of my screen prints of dandelion leaves is on show in a very beautiful exhibition:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future</i></b> is on show at the Ruskin Library, Museum and Research Centre based at Lancaster University. The exhibition runs until 25 November 2019 and is open to the public every week day 10am - 4pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm delighted my print, <i>A Week of Dandelions</i>, is included - it's displayed on a wall in the gallery surrounded by drawings and sketches by John Ruskin (1819 - 1900). The Ruskin Museum, based in Coniston, describes Ruskin as </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Artist, critic, pundit on aesthetics and ethics, thinker, seer, this social revolutionary challenged the moral foundations of Victorian Britain."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/the-ruskin/" target="_blank">Ruskin Library website</a></span></div>
Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-11280002361234599612019-06-01T14:40:00.000+01:002019-06-01T14:40:25.809+01:00Bernard Leach Dandelion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have work in an exhibition in Cornwall at the moment and while visiting last month I went to the Leach Pottery in St Ives. It's a really wonderful museum, studio and gallery and i've always wanted to visit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On our way out of the museum, in the porch on the floor are two tiles decorated by Leach with dandelions! It was my friend who pointed them out, i would have missed them otherwise. The woman working in the shop cleaned them up for me so I could take photos. Here is one of the tiles - how beautiful it is.</span><br />
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Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-26394861810427033552018-10-18T18:36:00.000+01:002018-10-18T18:36:07.324+01:00Flight of Dandelion seeds study in Nature <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a really great article published in <i>Nature</i> this week about the work of scientists who have worked out how dandelion seeds fly. Until now researchers thought that an unattached vortex would be too unstable to persist in nature, however they have found that the seeds of the dandelion use vortices that materialise just above their surface, lifting the seed into the air. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The humble dandelion can still teach us exciting things. Amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the full article here:</span><br />
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Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-28938449451748468352018-10-05T12:38:00.000+01:002018-10-05T13:35:01.721+01:00Rustic Oracles ending 7th October<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My archive intervention <i>Dandelions: Rustic Oracles</i> at the Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library in Preston finishes on 7th October 2018 - so you only have a few days left to see it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Within the displays and galleries I have placed dandelion objects, artworks and books for you to find. Ceramics, prints, embroideries and food items are all included in the exhibition and have been selected from the Harris Museum collection, or on loan from my Dandelion Archive.</span><br />
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Rebecca Chesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335252422814014889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663177961042862864.post-23884378951007199842018-09-24T17:02:00.003+01:002018-09-24T17:02:45.493+01:0017th & 18th Century Botany Books<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Come and handle 17th and 18th century botany books from the Harris Museum collection in a free event open to all. You will get the chance to see some incredibly beautiful botany books up close and books that show dandelions. You will also get the chance to try and discover all the dandelion objects, books and artworks that have been placed within the collection and galleries for you to find.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The event at the Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library in Preston </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5.30 - 7.30 on Wednesday 26th September 2018 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and is FREE!!</span><br />
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