tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526120966169276238.post788365660056819869..comments2023-08-20T15:13:02.875+01:00Comments on Ruth O'Leary Textile Art: Brocolitia and VindolandaRuth O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13960970278718542174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526120966169276238.post-11788566180334686342011-10-02T21:13:35.001+01:002011-10-02T21:13:35.001+01:00Thanks for the lovely photos. My husband and I vis...Thanks for the lovely photos. My husband and I visited Vindolanda several years ago, and this past year we saw the famous birthday invitation in the British Museum. I even have that same photo of the recreated temple. Some day maybe I can get back and see Brocolitia. <br /><br />Your post is a good example of playing tourist near home. Sometimes we get so caught up in travel we forget to notice what we have around us. I've lived in Southern California almost all my life and have yet to visit Yosemite!Cynthia Gilbrethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124840580430749378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526120966169276238.post-55080171273667978222011-10-02T10:27:48.662+01:002011-10-02T10:27:48.662+01:00Hi Rachel - the archaeologists have finished for t...Hi Rachel - the archaeologists have finished for the year now, so I didn't get to see them at work or speak to them, which must be fascinating.<br /><br />Coral-seas - that's it! Following your lead, I've been looking it up, and I think they're blood-drop emlets [http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/scrophulariaceae/mimulus-luteus.htm]. <br /><br />Apparently, these are North American plants that escaped from gardens and have now become naturalised in the UK. The ones at Coventina's Well are nowhere near a garden - they're at the bottom of a field full of sheep - so I don't know of they found their own way there or if someone planted them deliberately. Either way, they look beautiful. I didn't notice any smell, though, so no luck there!Ruth O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960970278718542174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526120966169276238.post-47657779959935103462011-10-01T22:40:50.370+01:002011-10-01T22:40:50.370+01:00Interested blog, thank you for sharing your day ou...Interested blog, thank you for sharing your day out with us.<br /><br />I think your plant is Musk (mimulus) sometimes called Monkey flower. It used to be heavenly scented but for some reason lost its scent. Go back and sniff them all, if you find a scented one it could make you a fortune :-)coral-seashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876196936807771078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526120966169276238.post-16207130839787920322011-10-01T21:13:02.294+01:002011-10-01T21:13:02.294+01:00Thank you for a wonderful reminder of a delightful...Thank you for a wonderful reminder of a delightful week we had on the Wall a few years back. Vindolanda is certainly a great place, and we were given a fascinating tour of the excavations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com