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Inhospitable
making the most of what goes
cut out to survive
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by Scooj
Niche
Tag: Plants
6899. Greenbank (156)
I have only one big regret about the Greenbank spot, and that is that I was very late joining the party, and missed hundreds of fabulous pieces, simply because I didn’t know where the spot was. The hoarding is now entering its final age, as the developments accelerate towards their completion. In the twinkling of an eye, this spot and all the great art it has hosted will be gone forever and largely forgotten.
I don’t know how old this little piece of installation art from LIS is, but I don’t recall seeing it before. It is a wonderful scene painted onto a wooden disc and stuck high up on the Greenbank hoarding. This feels like a bit of a throwback to the kind of work I first saw by the artist, before she discovered spray cans. The delightful scene looks like the corner of a room or studio filled with lovely plant and fungus pictures on the wall. A beautiful little miniature, that I was sorely tempted to purloin, but I am not like that.
3838. Upfest 2021 75×75 (27)
When the murals for Upfest’s 75 walls in 75 days event are coming thick and fast, it is easy perhaps to not pay attention properly or to become a little blazé because of the wealth of riches. A piece like this on any high-street would be greeted with amazement, but here in Bedminster (the centre of Upfest activities) it blends in, becoming part of the furniture. It is my job to single out such pieces and study them and share them. This large mural is by Sophie Rae above Flip, a vegan delicatessen and shop on North Street.
Sophie Rae is a Mural artist and print maker based in Bristol who likes to work with natural plant themes interwoven with contemporary shapes, colours and designs to bring a very 2020s look to her murals. The job she has done on this very large wall is quite exceptional and really captures the vibrant Bedminster scene. I will definitely be hunting down some of her other murals.
Potting up
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Young chilli plantlets
upgrade accommodation
a countdown to hot
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by Scooj
A plan.
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Seed packets lined up
elastic bands corralling
it’s that time of year
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by Scooj
Ridiculous
Inside the greenhouse
watering seedlings and plants
outside it’s raining
by Scooj
That’s what I’m talking about
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Ready for planting
claggy soil crumbled by hand
a transformation
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by Scooj
Potting shed
John Innes compost
and cuttings arranged on shelves;
my grandmother’s place
by Scooj
(why I don’t like) Ivy
Its relentless surge
strangling dispassionately
all it encounters
and the berries, destined to
paint my car in pigeon poop.
by Scooj
- I was going to leave this as a haiku, but had so much more to say, and the rage in me added the two extra lines to make the tanka. The first version used a different word to poop, but I moderated it a little. Feel free to use the original word if it makes it more impactful.
Seed selection
Killing time, waiting
for the rain to stop, choosing
what seeds to plant next.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 