Garden Carousel Photograph by Connie Handscomb

Garden Carousel

by Connie Handscomb

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Title

Garden Carousel

Artist

Connie Handscomb

Medium

Photograph - Photography - Fine Art

Description

The creative mind plays with the object it loves.
~ Carl G. Jung

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Dill
Anethum graveolens
Peucedanum graveolens

Dill has been around for a long, long time. The Roman gladiators used to cover their meals with dill; they believed it gave them extra strength, so it is very likely they carried dill with them to other parts of the world. It is a reputed digestive aid.

It was a very important herb in ancient times: The Talmud notes it was subject to a tithe, so economically it was a treasure.

Its oil was used in soap.

Some folklore: the aroma of dill can calm a child's hiccups. Witches used dill in their spells and charms; alternatively, it was also used as a protection against witches. As a good omen, English brides used to wear a sprig of dill on their wedding day. In the garden, dill planted next to brassica will help bring forth a larger crop. In the Ukraine, its seedlings signal spring's arrival.

Sources:
Herbs & Edible Flowers [Lois Hole]
Encyclopedia Of Herbs [N. Vermeulen]
Country Wisdom [R. Richardson]
Harrowsmith Illustrated Book Of Herbs [Lima; Forsyth]

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This image was taken in the summertime, which I wish it was now: we are almost into July now, and we are having some uncooperative weather, with a spell of dreary damp and coolness!

I grew up with this herb: my mother used it a great deal in her cooking; I have loved this herb since childhood, and now use it often myself to flavour food dishes. Although the tall herb was stationary, it looks as if as if it might be having fun at an amusement park, a carousel carnival ride, whirling round and round gracefully through the air.

Captured on a proper clear, blue-sky day ... unedited; uncropped; nature in all its splendour.

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♥ Heartfelt gratitude to Nature As Abstract Artist for featuring this image

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