#comfrey

[nesperus]

i like beating him up

[jagalart]

Day 11: Comfrey

Postcard for the most wonderful Kyrie, THANK YOU for letting me draw Kain again!

[margocooper]

Окопник крупноцветковый 'Hidcote Blue' и шмель. Comfrey large-flowered 'Hidcote Blue' and bumblebee.

[businessmilk]

[sidewalkchemistry]

[falseandrealultravival]

Mourning a dear friend (verse)

My dear friend A passed away.

We are close in age and met in our early 20s.

A and his friends were eating at a certain natural food restaurant.

I heard someone say, ``Trihalomethane (*1) ...''

Since that was my specialty, I called out to him from behind.

That's the encounter.

He is an acupuncturist, and his girlfriend who was also present

After that, I started working at a botanical garden. The strongest couple.

He is someone who cannot fit into one profession.

Most of the work he has been involved with

Now he can do more than a professional job.

He called me a ``genius,'' but he was a ``super genius.''

If I were to compare him to an animal, you could say he was a ``capable four-legged beast, a bear.''

There were a lot of things going on, and the happy times outweighed the sad ones.

But I said goodbye to him twice.

I thought plants, especially wildflowers, were precious, but

He had a strong air of disdain for wildflowers.

"I'm not as versatile as you think.

If I were to be reborn, I would like to become a chickweed.”

I wrote a letter to him.

A few years later, I contacted him and we resumed our friendship.

However, I wrote my book ``Eating Wildflowers - Nourishment (JIMI)!!''

When I tried to write it, I used the comfrey (*2) item as a sample.

When I sent it to them and asked for their opinions,

“Comfrey is a poisonous plant, people who irresponsibly published it and ate it

Will you be held responsible if they get poisoned? "and.

(Even wild plants with the same poison will not addict you unless you overeat them.)

That's what I thought. Listening to Mr. A's words,

"That's enough," I said and hung up.

After that, I stopped contacting him.

If someone says, "It's too young, Morishita," that's all that matters.

I thought, ``At the time of Chickweed,'' I realized that nothing of A had changed.

I was disappointed.

So I stopped dating. Even so, he still gave me New Year's cards.

Mr. A has left this world.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. A. Let's meet again in another world."

BGM: Self-Portrait (Ryuichi Sakamoto)

(*1) Trihalomethane: A carcinogenic substance contained in tap water as a result of chlorination.

(*2) Comfrey: An herb native to Russia. Contains vitamin B12.

(2019.11.21)

畏友を悼む（韻文）

私の畏友・A君が亡くなった。

お互い年齢は近く２０代初めに知り合った。

A君たちが某自然食レストランで食事中、

「トリハロメタン（＊１）が・・」と話すのを耳にした。

それは私の専門だったので、背後から声を掛けた。

それが出合い。

彼は鍼灸師の卵で、同席していた彼の恋人も

その後某植物園で働くようになった。最強のカップル。

彼はでも１つの職業に収まらない人で

関わったほとんどの仕事で

プロ以上の仕事が出来るようになった。

彼は私を「天才」と呼んだが彼こそ「超天才」だった。

彼を動物に喩えると、「能ある四脚獣＝熊」と言えた。

いろいろあった、楽しい時が悲しい時より多かったか。

でも私は２回、彼に別れを告げた。

私は植物、中でも野草を尊いと思っていたが、

彼には野草を蔑む空気が濃厚だった。

「僕は、君が思うほど万能ではない、

生まれ変わるならハコベになりたい」

と彼への手紙に書いた。

それから数年、私のほうから連絡し、再び交遊関係が復活した。

ところが、私が拙著『野草を食べる・滋味（JIMI）!!』

書こうとした時、サンプルとしてコンフリー（＊２）の項目を

送って、意見を聞いたところ、

「コンフリーは毒草だ、無責任に本にして、食べた人が

毒に当たったら、責任は取れるのか？」と。

（同じ毒を持っている野草でも、過食しなければ当たらない）

と私は思ったのだ。そのA君の言葉を聞いて、

「もういいよ」と電話を切った。

以後、こちらからは連絡しなくなった。

「青いね、森下さん」と言われればそれだけのことなのだが。

私は「ハコベの時」と、A君はなにも変っていないことに

気付いたのだ。失望したのだ。

それで付き合うのを止めた。それでも年賀状をくれていた

A君はこの世を去った。

「A君、お疲れさま。どこかの世界でまた会おう。」

　　　　　　　　　　　BGM： Self-Portrait　（坂本龍一）

（＊１）トリハロメタン：塩素処理の結果、水道水に含まれる発がん性物質。

（＊２）コンフリー：ロシア原産のハーブ。ビタミンB12を含む。

[crudlynaturephotos]

[lost-harts]

June 2023

[cptrs]

[flowerishness]

Symphytum (Comfrey)

Our comfrey growing in its favorite spot - between the compost bins.

[draculas-husband]

The bridge - part 2 ❤️

[nesperus]

turn a blind eye

[kristo-flowers]

Comfrey

[ashantisgarden]

Comfrey Salve is now back in stock. Comfrey has soothing qualities, and it helps our bodies heal any damaged tissue. It treats any injuries to the bones and joints, along with bruises, strains, and torn ligaments. This salve will aid in healing any inflammation, pain and damage to the body. There are seven available in the sh0p. Please check out this and more herbal creations, candles, and home decor/thrift finds that are available. Every order comes with a gift. For more details on everything in the sh0p, you can find the l!nk in my bi0.

IG: ashantisgarden

[dansnaturepictures]

18/05/2023-Winchester including Winnall Moors, a quick cut through Lakeside this evening and home 

Pictures taken in this set are of: 1. A tulip in Winchester this morning. 2, 7 and 8. Views at Winnall Moors, it was lovely to spend time there at lunch time. 3. Beautiful rose by Lakeside in nice light this morning, a great sight. 4. Robin with food in its bill at Winnall Moors. 5. Nearby, my first ragged robin of the year a flower I have known for a few years and always find pretty to see so this was great to see. 6. A lovely Speckled Wood butterfly at Winnall Moors. 9. A view on a quick look at Lakeside this evening on my cautious first cut through on a commute of the year with part of it just rid of its mud enough to be dry enough to in work clothes. 10. Magpie in the nice evening sunlight out the back tonight. 

I had one of my greatest ever lunch time walk moments at Winnall Moors when thanks to the sound ID part of the Merlin app which I’ve just downloaded I heard the gushing and intricate natural anthem of a Garden Warbler singing. Having not seen one yet this year or since 2018 I scanned the thick vegetation beside the reedbeds in a fanciful hope of seeing it and then in a few amazing minutes I did catch sight of this singing bird. Seeing it twice more in flight and scuttling through vegetation, I was over the moon. A fantastic moment with a gorgeous and special species. It was a massive moment as it’s my 200th bird species seen the year, reaching that fabled number for a third time making my year list my joint second highest ever alongside 2019 and behind last year only. It feels phenomenal to be here again and so soon with the Scotland and Norfolk trips and many other sensational moments leading to us seeing so much, so much new or different to recent years and so many amazing species. I dreamily mostly headed for Winnall Moors in case I might have a chance of seeing another target species today so I had a feeling I might get a year tick and to do so was quite something. Garden Warbler is a fitting 200th bird of my year as a listing error meant up until 2016 whilst I’d seen them it didn’t appear on my life list spreadsheet so the bird I thought was my 200th in my life was actually my 201st back in 2013. In a nice symphony Blackbird, wonderful Sedge Warbler and Chiffchaff were good to hear here and Mallard, Peacock butterflies, Small White, bee, cow parsley, white deadnettle and stunning comfrey a flower I’ve seen a lot here were other highlights at Winnall. I enjoyed House Sparrow, Robin, Blue Tit and buttercups at Lakeside, Grey Heron on the way in this morning and Goldfinch and Woodpigeon at home tonight.

[teamkenbaby]

random question: what happened to comfrey? like did her and greg break up and did she get fired after getting ken out of the pool…

or did the roys traumatize her that much that she had to fall off the face of the earth?