Sunbathing Chives is a photograph by Connie Handscomb which was uploaded on May 9th, 2014.
Title
Sunbathing Chives
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Chives (wild onion)
Allium schoenoprasum and
Allium tuberosum (garlic chives)
Family: Liliaceae (lily family)
He who bears chives on his breath is safe from being kissed to death.
~ Marcus V. Martialis, poet (100 AD)
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Chives - fr. the French 'cives' (derived fr Latin 'cepa' meaning "onion")
onion : fr. Latin 'Unus" meaning 'the number one', 'unity' or 'oneness'
allium - fr. Greek , meaning 'garlic'
schoenoprasum - fr. Greek 'schoinos' or Latin 'schoenus' meaning "rush" or reed , and "pranum' for "leek"
Chives is a member of the onion family related to the lily. The sulphur content of chives is not as powerful as that of onions or garlic. Both flowers and leaves used in salads, dressings, and sauces. During the Chinese New Year - the Spring Festival which begins the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar - garlic chives is a culinary delicacy.
Nutritionally, it has Vitamins A, C and E, with some trace minerals. It is considered an aid to digestion and to promote circulation. Chinese chives has also been considered to be an antiseptic.
Sources:
Edible : An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants [National Geographic]
Culpeper's Color Herbal [Potterton]
The Boreal Herbal : Wild Food and Medicine Plants Of the North [Gray]
Concise Guide To Herbs [Linford]
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♥ Heartfelt gratitude to Medicinal Plants for featuring this image
Uploaded
May 9th, 2014
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Comments (9)
Connie Handscomb
Thank you! to Michael African Visions! for featuring this image in Medicinal Plants ;)))
Sharon Mau
. . ★ . . lovely warm tones . wonderful perspective . beautiful work Connie . . ♥ . . ★ . .
Connie Handscomb replied:
Aloha, Sharon! & thank you; I've been having fun with abstractions lately :)))
Music of the Heart
Very artistic view Connie. You have wonderfully used the light so show these charming patterns of green and yellow!!and ever darker colours.
Connie Handscomb replied:
Music♫ it is amazing what the Light can see .. ; there were very many Greens, as you say ... & the yellow Light hightlighted them ; thank you for noticing , my friend ;)))
Inge Riis McDonald
Love the lines and colors in this Connie:)
Connie Handscomb replied:
Thank you again, Inge .. ah, yes, the colours: Green has always been my favorite colour ever since I can remember :)))
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