Hmm do you think these flowers would look good as earrings.
For my Friday people photo I thought I would post something a little different.
Here is a sculpture of Joseph Banks who was a British naturalist and botanist.
Banks made his name on the 1766 natural history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and, after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. He held the position of President of the Royal Society for over 41 years. He advised King George III on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and by sending botanists around the world to collect plants, he made Kew the world's leading botanical gardens.
Banks advocated British settlement in New South Wales and colonisation of Australia, as well as the establishment of Botany Bay as a place for the reception of convicts, and advised the British government on all Australian matters. He is credited with introducing the eucalyptus, acacia, and the genus named after him, Banksia, to the Western world.
(Courtesy of Wikipedia).
The dying flowers in the background of this photo are Banksia flowers which were named after him.
I think they would make excellent earrings for Joseph.
What a wonderful statue! With hand and head as separate entities it leads me to think that although his mental and physical abilities were complementary, they also functioned independently.
I just love this. I feel I have a connection! I have a Joseph Banks limited edition print given to me by a very good friend who was a very eminent botanist at the Natural History Museum in London before he sadly died. I also lived for 23 years just a 10 minute walk from Kew Gardens before moving to Wales. This just has to be a Fav. Thank you for this Babs.
where is this sculpture of Banks? I like it is situated right near flourishing banksia bushes. I also like how an element of the colour in the sculpture is echoed in the colour of the banksia flowers. Nice shot
Earrings? Absolutely!
Ian
@onewing. No. I never have been been poisonous by capture a toadstool