Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Piratey enough?

In preparation for Talk Like a Pirate Day in a couple of months' time, I present a list of pirate-themed words, all of four letters.
land
ahoy
ship
yarr
bird
gold
coin
spot
loot
boat
maps
rats
prat
yoho
swig
grog
depp
hook
long
john
wave
high
seas
corn
wall
pens
ants
sink
isle
flag
sail

Sunday, 31 May 2009

Plants

Plants identified today:
  • Tormentil (Potentilla erecta). Rose family.
  • Common marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre). Bedstraw family, same as cleavers. It has the same radial leaves as cleavers. Flowers were a lot smaller than the description in the book (it said 35-45mm, but they were a tenth of the size), but otherwise an exact match.
  • Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). Book says Figwort family, but Wikipedia says it has been reclassified.