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...They are humorous cartoon images, one depicting a contented-looking cow trotting through a field of wild flowers, surrounded by a swarm of bees and butterflies....
...The passion then trickled down to classes who had less space, so the worlds of collecting and hobbies were shrunk to a more manageable scale: cigarette or baseball cards, stamps, medals, butterflies, badges...
...Through this lens, furniture for everyday use is a form of Mingei, and the Art Without Heroes show includes the wooden Butterfly Stool (1954) by Japanese designer Sori Yanagi, which continues to be manufactured...
...Laposse’s film features Gómez González’s son, who is trying to protect the butterfly sanctuary in his father’s absence....
...Wonderfully, we have no control over our butterfly borders....
...That finding a box of old cards prompts such a shockwave of nostalgia illustrates how they affect us without us noticing and how brief and contingent their butterfly lives are....
...rhinestones and a green gemstone. artemest.com Crisalide decorative lever handle by DND Martinelli for Courtyard Architectural Hardware, from £405.30 A delicate pattern inspired by the symmetry of a butterfly...
...He now presides over a patch rich in birds, butterflies and wild flowers....
...It’s also home of the first “spa safari” – Nihioka, a second property about a mile down the coast, dedicated entirely to wellness....
...But then, I have pulled out nettles, which are food for valuable pollinators red admiral, small tortoise-shell, painted lady and comma butterflies....
...“Now they are everywhere, buzzing about with butterflies and ladybirds – all of whom help to keep pesky aphids at bay.” Nickerson is ambitious....
...Monégasque property tycoon Patrice Pastor, who like legions before him has fallen hard for Carmel’s charms, seems to be the person behind quite a few of its new developments; among the flurry of residential...
...Several shrubs use powerful scent as well as colour to entice the few pollinators around, including bumblebees and, in milder weather, butterflies. “In winter, scent is one of the highlights....
...“It was a miracle how fast it changed,” says Jaque, listing rodents, rabbits, snakes and butterflies among the species that have been spotted there. “There is so much life inside this vein.”...
...the new Gothic Bar in King’s Cross; and at The Lanesborough’s Library Bar they’ve created a mixological garden-in-a-glass, crowning a grassy cachaça cocktail with marigolds, violas, alyssum and an edible butterfly...
...Some ivy on a boundary fence and some strategically permitted nettles may encourage overwintering butterflies to breed in your garden but, believe me, a veteran of these attempts, much depends on the unpredictable...
...Some good news Results from the UK’s Big Butterfly Count 2023 have been released today, revealing a better picture than had been feared....
...Over dinner, talk switches between the property, Tallulah’s childhood and the things that have shaped Amanda’s career....
...She has since used it for several clients: one Chelsea home features a “really cool high-gloss, blue-lacquer cabinet” fronted with a series of gilded, butterfly-themed collages by the artist Beatrice von...
...Sarah Raven still has plants on offer, including Salvia sagittata x Blue Butterflies, a newish arrival in our gardens from parents in the Andes mountains....
...Sonia Cheng walks into the Butterfly Pâtisserie at the Hôtel de Crillon at 10am on the dot on a Saturday....
...The RHS gave space, but not much, to feeble displays of British gardens’ invasive weeds, dressed up as friendly to butterflies and pollinators....
...Butterflies love exotic buddleias, while bees love catmint, lavender and masses of non-native ornamentals and will also breed in foreign ivy....
...A tiny butterfly in perpetual motion, by sculptor Rebecca Horn, seems to signal human frailty....
...Textile artist José María Balmaceda, meanwhile, takes the butterfly (symbolising fire in Mexican culture) and the serpent (representing the earth) as graphic references in hand-loomed rugs (from £116 per...
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