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Written by Elizabeth Jones
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When I was a small child, I grew marigolds of the calendula officinalis variety. I didn’t know which species I was growing. I just planted the seeds my mother gave me in my own bit of garden and was delighted when most turned into healthy plants with showy, golden flowers.
I have to confess that once I came to Bermuda and started gardening again, I didn’t have much time for marigolds. I thought them stiff, brash and boring. But once when Mike and I were at the pl... |
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Written by Elizabeth Jones
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Many years ago, long before I became acquainted with Bermuda’s glorious aquatic colours, I bought a piece of cloth to make myself a winter dress. When I took it home, my mother and grandmother showed instant disapproval. The material was a close weave of blue and green, giving an overall effect of turquoise. “Ah,” they said sadly, “blue and green should never be seen.” They were not alone in their opinion—it seemed to be a fashion truism. But I was never able ... |
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Written by Elizabeth Jones
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The other evening we saw a large bird flying over Riddell’s Bay Inlet and parallel with the spice-tree hillside in Warwick. A crow, I thought.
“No,” said Mike. “It’s a heron.”
When I put on my glasses, I could see he was right—there was its neck in its distinctive looped S-shape, and there were its long legs stretched backward as its huge wings steadily flapped up and down. A great blue heron, no less, cruising the skies somewhere between 20 and 30 mil... |
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Written by Elizabeth Jones
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Springtime in Bermuda conjures longtails, of course, and freesias and nasturtiums. But also irises. Every October we treat ourselves to a few iris rhizomes, plant them in the lawn and wait for their leaves to pop up in the new year, their flowers in spring. The difficulty is picking the colours of the flowers; there are just so many from which to choose.
In fact, the word iris means rainbow because, some people say, its wide variety of species come in all the colours... |
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