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Sea Holly
I am SO stressed out! Just spent the last three hours, while a technician went through my whole computer remotely, deleting every virus that has accumulated. I was told that I phoned them just in time, as I was not far away from losing everything on my computer. I always have Norton installed on my computer, but apparently the last three months I have not had Network Security working on my computer. Can you believe I had 5,614 viruses and if I had reached 6,000, everything would have been lost? Yikes! Funny, as the last few days, I have been backing up my photos to external hard drives and a flash drive. A costly morning, but now my computer is fine and I have a five-year Security. Just went to Google and discovered that all my endless bookmarks have disappeared ... sigh. Oh, well, I guess I start all over again. Before all this, I was on Facebook and had clicked on a video link from a friend's Facebook page. Suddenly, my whole screen was filled with the Virus alert. I don't know if that link was the actual cause of all this problem, or if it was 'the last straw'. Thankful for the clear help from the technician! Much appreciated.
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"Eryngium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. There are about 250 species. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the center of diversity in South America. Common names include eryngo and sea holly (though the genus is not related to the true hollies, Ilex).
These are annual and perennial herbs with hairless and usually spiny leaves. The dome-shaped umbels of steely blue or white flowers have whorls of spiny basal bracts. Some species are native to rocky and coastal areas, but the majority are grassland plants."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium
This photo was taken on 4 September 2018, during a botany walk in North Glenmore Park, in Calgary. I took very few photos as the park has changed dramatically. Lots of road construction going on, and so many of the trees and shrubs along the long trail near the houses were dead. It looked like they had all been sprayed to kill them. Everywhere was a total mess, and we wish we knew why.
When we reached our usual furthest point of this walk, we discovered that a round bed of garden flowers and a second bed further away were both overgrown and full of dead plants. It used to be my favourite part of this walk. One of the house owners had created this display, so maybe it became just too much to maintain. I feel very grateful for the pleasure it gave over several years.
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"Eryngium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. There are about 250 species. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the center of diversity in South America. Common names include eryngo and sea holly (though the genus is not related to the true hollies, Ilex).
These are annual and perennial herbs with hairless and usually spiny leaves. The dome-shaped umbels of steely blue or white flowers have whorls of spiny basal bracts. Some species are native to rocky and coastal areas, but the majority are grassland plants."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium
This photo was taken on 4 September 2018, during a botany walk in North Glenmore Park, in Calgary. I took very few photos as the park has changed dramatically. Lots of road construction going on, and so many of the trees and shrubs along the long trail near the houses were dead. It looked like they had all been sprayed to kill them. Everywhere was a total mess, and we wish we knew why.
When we reached our usual furthest point of this walk, we discovered that a round bed of garden flowers and a second bed further away were both overgrown and full of dead plants. It used to be my favourite part of this walk. One of the house owners had created this display, so maybe it became just too much to maintain. I feel very grateful for the pleasure it gave over several years.
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