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Medieval churches, pteridomania and custard creams: in the latest instalment of 'Unfurling', @golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns’ lasting entanglement with the idea of beauty 🌿✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/unfu...
August 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Medieval churches, pteridomania and custard creams: in the latest instalment of 'Unfurling', @golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns’ lasting entanglement with the idea of beauty 🌿✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/unfu...
July Unfurling - fern "seed" and mer-folk
For protection from mer-folk or freshwater sirens, just look to the ferns on the riverbank, advises @golowmor.bsky.social in her latest 'Unfurling' column www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/unfu...
August 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
July Unfurling - fern "seed" and mer-folk
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For protection from mer-folk or freshwater sirens, just look to the ferns on the riverbank, advises @golowmor.bsky.social in her latest 'Unfurling' column www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/unfu...
July 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For protection from mer-folk or freshwater sirens, just look to the ferns on the riverbank, advises @golowmor.bsky.social in her latest 'Unfurling' column www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/unfu...
My unfurling piece with solstice fern myths and the currency of invisibility and non-existent flowers...
'In some instances they're used to pay people, & in others they're kept in a pocket for protection. When applied, fern seed may grant powers of treasure-finding, love...or invisibility.'
@golowmor.bsky.social sprinkles fern seed over the summer solstice 🌞✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/unfu...
@golowmor.bsky.social sprinkles fern seed over the summer solstice 🌞✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/unfu...
June 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My unfurling piece with solstice fern myths and the currency of invisibility and non-existent flowers...
Did anyone search for the mythic fern flower last night? Summer Solstice and fern seed myths in my latest Unfurling in @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social 'In some instances they are used to pay people, and in others they are kept in a pocket for protection. When applied, fern seed may grant powers of...'
June 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Did anyone search for the mythic fern flower last night? Summer Solstice and fern seed myths in my latest Unfurling in @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social 'In some instances they are used to pay people, and in others they are kept in a pocket for protection. When applied, fern seed may grant powers of...'
I love the names and language of ferns... Some of my thoughts are here for May in @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
‘Open a book about ferns and you can recite the contents like a poem, or a spell: filmy ferns, maiden hair, heart fern, hart’s-tongue, goodyear, moonwort, horsetail…’
Pip Squire @golowmor.bsky.social finds poetry, beauty and magic in fern names www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/05/unfu...
Pip Squire @golowmor.bsky.social finds poetry, beauty and magic in fern names www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/05/unfu...
May 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I love the names and language of ferns... Some of my thoughts are here for May in @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
I've just finished my new Tree of Life May 2025 miniature painting. Some of the details I needed to use a single strand of hair to paint with!
May 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've just finished my new Tree of Life May 2025 miniature painting. Some of the details I needed to use a single strand of hair to paint with!
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'Deciduous ferns that died back last year are now re-emerging, elegantly unfurling new fronds known as fiddleheads...'
Happy Ostara! To coincide with the Spring Equinox, @golowmor.bsky.social considers the age-old association between ferns and rebirth www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/03/unfu...
Happy Ostara! To coincide with the Spring Equinox, @golowmor.bsky.social considers the age-old association between ferns and rebirth www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/03/unfu...
March 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
'Deciduous ferns that died back last year are now re-emerging, elegantly unfurling new fronds known as fiddleheads...'
Happy Ostara! To coincide with the Spring Equinox, @golowmor.bsky.social considers the age-old association between ferns and rebirth www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/03/unfu...
Happy Ostara! To coincide with the Spring Equinox, @golowmor.bsky.social considers the age-old association between ferns and rebirth www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/03/unfu...
@caughtbytheriver.bsky.social have published my February column. It includes some of the inspiration that I get from ferns and specifically the epiphytic fern attached to the wisteria outside my door which I have shown here in the third photo.
February 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@caughtbytheriver.bsky.social have published my February column. It includes some of the inspiration that I get from ferns and specifically the epiphytic fern attached to the wisteria outside my door which I have shown here in the third photo.
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'The roots of the word ‘fern’ in both Greek & Anglo-Saxon are derived from words meaning feather. When you pair that with epiphytic growth...it’s like the ferns, the feathers of the plant world, are turning branches into wings.'
@golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns' feathery forms buff.ly/4kiEHXI
@golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns' feathery forms buff.ly/4kiEHXI
February 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
'The roots of the word ‘fern’ in both Greek & Anglo-Saxon are derived from words meaning feather. When you pair that with epiphytic growth...it’s like the ferns, the feathers of the plant world, are turning branches into wings.'
@golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns' feathery forms buff.ly/4kiEHXI
@golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns' feathery forms buff.ly/4kiEHXI
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'The snowdrops and the primroses will come up through the decaying fronds, their delicate bulbs protected by a bracken blanket over the winter months.'
In a new monthly column, Pip Squire explores the myth, magic and allure of the oft-overlooked fern 🌿 https://buff.ly/3CHbLaS
In a new monthly column, Pip Squire explores the myth, magic and allure of the oft-overlooked fern 🌿 https://buff.ly/3CHbLaS
January 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
'The snowdrops and the primroses will come up through the decaying fronds, their delicate bulbs protected by a bracken blanket over the winter months.'
In a new monthly column, Pip Squire explores the myth, magic and allure of the oft-overlooked fern 🌿 https://buff.ly/3CHbLaS
In a new monthly column, Pip Squire explores the myth, magic and allure of the oft-overlooked fern 🌿 https://buff.ly/3CHbLaS