The solar eclipse is seen using a solar filter as people gather to watch the eclipse at a museum in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, October 14. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
#ThisWeek : #colour#foliage#seed and #sun (also rain!) for #SixOnSaturday a lot of leaves on the ground, but still colour to be found, especially in the understory and some plants /trees that turn later than others.
Top left Prunus- a plum variety growing well in the last few years-- after its pollinating mate died 🙄 Centre Ontario native Aralia racemosa ripened some berries, though the plants have mostly frozen down, now. #garden@plants#NativePlants#autumn#fall#Alberta#October cont---
In #Greek#mythology, Clytie¹ was an Oceanid nymph, lover of #Helios.
Since he cheated her with another woman, Leucothoe, Clytie revealed the affair to the other girl's father, who… buried her alive (that escalated quickly!).
Since Clytie intended to win Helios back, but he avoided her after what had happened, she fell in despair. She sat naked, accepting no food or drinks, for nine days.
Eventually, she turned into a purple flower, the heliotrope, "which turns its head always to look longingly at Helios the Sun as he passes through the sky in his solar chariot, even though he no longer cares for her, her form much changed, her love for him unchanged."
That was the story by Ovid; the heliotrope then became the sunflower.
On holiday, in Puymartin Castle² in #France, I found this paining based on a drawing by Pierre Brebiette.
You can see that later, in the 19th century, clothes were added to cover her body – and ruin the piece of art.
Also, Helios's chariot was covered by the #sun.
@plants@nature #SevenOnSunday is #Smoke and #Clouds and lowering #Sun #Berries turning #red and #summer#green slipping away
smoky days, wet days, clear and warm days last week, now we go into a week forecast above average, sunny and dry-- good for farmers harvesting, though chilly most nights. I should get some garden stuff wrapped up, start thinking about cutting firewood for the inevitable drop! #autumn#September#Alberta#landscape more in replies