The Beauty of Purple flowers - Die Farbe Lila - Blumen und Blüten

Red Foxglove /Roter Fingerhut (Digitalis purpurea)

The foxgloves (Digitalis) is a genus of the family Plantain Family (Plantaginaceae). The botanical name is derived from Latin. Digitus for "finger". In Europe, domestic Digitalis species Grecian Foxglove and Foxglove are cultivated for the production of cardiac glycosides. There are about 40 different anthranoids been identified in the genus Digitalis.

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In Europe, domestic Digitalis species Grecian Foxglove and Foxglove are cultivated for the production of cardiac glycosides. There are about 40 different anthranoids been identified in the genus Digitalis

In Europe, domestic Digitalis species Grecian Foxglove and Foxglove are cultivated for the production of cardiac glycosides. There are about 40 different anthranoids been identified in the genus Digitalis. The Digitalis is highly poisonous. A group of medicines extracted from foxglove plants are called digitalin (‚Cardiac‘ and ‚Glycoside‘ informations on wikipedia).

it seems quite probable that the shape of the flowers suggested the idea of a glove, and that associated with the name of the botanist Fuchs, who first gave it a botanical name, may have been easily corrupted into foxglove. It happens, moreover, the name foxglove is a very ancient one and exists in a list of plants as old as the time of Edward III. The "folks" of our ancestors were the fairies and nothing is more likely than that the pretty coloured bells of the plant would be designated "folksgloves", afterwards, "foxglove". In Wales it is declared to be a favourite lurking-place of the fairies, who are said to occasion a snapping sound when children, holding one end of the digitalis bell, suddenly strike the other on the hand to hear the clap of fairy thunder, with which the indignant fairy makes her escape from her injured retreat. In south of Scotland it is called "bloody fingers" more northward, "deadman's bells" whilst in Wales it is known as "fairy-folks-fingers" or "lambs-tongue-leaves".

(information from wikipedia)

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WATER: Come to the real sources

Without Water

NO LIFE

We never know the worth of water

Till the well is dry.

Thomas Fuller – Gnomologia,1732

Location: "Wichenstein" Nature Reserve, Kanton St.Gallen, Switzerland

Wichenstein with its expanse of over 20 hectares is considered a nature reserve of national importance. The large area is situated against the backdrop of an imposing limestone wall with caves.

More videos of this beautiful place will follow

Inspirational Photography © and video edition by me Gina Matt

Music: of dear Biggi Bechtold/Sundresslady (permissioned) 

Titel: Our Beautiful Planet Earth, composed and played on Yamaha CVP509

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Example of other videos to the Water Theme: 
WATER - base of Life -At the beginning there was water 



*Rivers flow~Austrian water nature / Water is our gold on earth*

Winter's secret conversation ~Natural sources HD1080

Pointing out the simple but complex poetry of natural things 

~ °Naturpunkt

Location: Schuttannen, Hohenems, Vorarlberg, at 1150 meters altitude in a fantastic location. From here you can make many beautiful walks, or just have a great day of skiing, hiking, sledding, snowboarding.
The video and pictures I made from an old barn, enjoying the winter sun and idyllic landscape.

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WINTER POETRY~Nature Impressions Nature Impressions HD 1080

Winter Inspirations 

“... and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, 
I learn’d the language of another world.”

— Lord Byron

  

„I have devoted my life to uncertainty.

Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.“

Shekhar Kapur

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Biggi Bechtold "Sundresslady" Piano Music and Videos

Walks in the winter woods

„For all practical purposes nature is at a standstill. . . . there is a wonderful  joy in leaving behind the noise and starting out along the white road that leads across the hills.  With each breath of the sharp, reviving air one seems to inhale new life.
A peace as evident as the sunshine on the fields takes possession of one's inner being.“
~Frances Theodora Parsons

Enjoy my new video!

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking.

Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.

~Raymond Inmon

 A fantastic day invited me on a long walk. The light and dark sides were fascinating. 
The frozen pond and small creek showed in iron dress. A wonderful silence was in this place. Can you feel it?
"Alone... but I know, that here we are connected"





Ein traumhafter Tag lud mich auf einen längeren Spaziergang ein. Die Licht- und Schattenseiten waren faszinierend. Der gefrorene Teich und kleine Bach zeigten sich im eisigen Kleide. Eine wunderbare Stille war an diesem Orte. 
"Alleine... und dennoch weiß ich, dass wir hier verbunden sind"
Fühlen Sie sich geborgen.


You might also enjoy some of my other winter blogs and videos:
http://naturpunkt.blogspot.co.at/2015/01/winter-world-nature-impressions-hd-1080.html
http://naturpunkt.blogspot.co.at/2014/01/the-first-snow-in-rhine-valley-erster.html 
http://naturpunkt.blogspot.co.at/2014/12/winter-earth-patterns-colourful-leaves.html 
http://naturpunkt.blogspot.co.at/2015/02/winters-secret-conversation-natural.html 

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Winter earth patterns, colourful leaves and nature with snow - Vorarlberg, Austria

“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” 
 ― Candace Bushnell 

Advice is like snow 
- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, 
and the deeper in sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Ginkgo Biloba - Interesting Tree Wisdom and Poem of J.W.von Goethe

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) also known as the maidenhair tree, is aunique species of tree with no living relatives. The ginkgo is a living fossil, recognisably similar to fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is widely cultivated and was introduced early to human history. It has various uses in traditional medicine and as a source of food.

Extreme examples of the ginkgo's tenacity may be seen in Hiroshima, Japan, where six trees growing 
between 1–2 km from the 1945 atom bomb explosion were among the few living things in the area to survive the blast. Although almost all other plants (and animals) in the area were destroyed, the ginkgos, though charred, survived and were soon healthy again. The trees are alive to this day.

Gingo Biloba ~Poem by J.W.v.Goethe

This leaf from a tree in the East,

Has been given to my garden.

It reveals a certain secret,

Which pleases me and thoughtful people.

Is it a living being,

Which has separated in itself?

Or are these two, who chose

To be recognized as one?

Answering this kind of question,

Haven't I found the proper meaning,

Don't you feel in my songs,

That I'm one and double?

(Rough English translation)

Goethe sent Marianne von Willemer (1784–1860), the wife of the Frankfurt banker Johann Jakob von Willemer (1760–1838), a Ginkgo leaf as a symbol of friendship and on September 15, 1815 he read his draft of the poem to her and friends. On September 23, 1815 he saw Marianne for the last time. Then he showed her the Ginkgo tree in the garden of Heidelberg Castle from which he took the two leaves pasted onto the poem. After that he wrote the poem and sent it to Marianne on September 27, 1815.

Directly across from the Ginkgo tree stands the Goethe memorial tablet.

The poem was published later as „Suleika“ in West-östlicher Diwan.

The letter containing this poem with which Goethe included two Ginkgo leaves can be viewed in the Goethe Museum in Düsseldorf. The Ginkgo (planted in 1795) that Goethe led Marianne von Willemer to in September 1815 is no longer standing today. After 1928 the Ginkgo tree in the castle garden was labelled as "the same tree that inspired Goethe to create his fine poem". The tree was probably still standing in 1936

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Sources: Wikipedia / Ginkgo Biloba

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One of my Photo Diashow Videos on leaves and drops: