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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Daily Photo ~5-23-11

Welsh Healing Onion


"I understand the big food companies are developing a tearless onion. I think they can do it - after all, they've already given us tasteless bread.” 
~Robert Orben


This post is linked to:
Mosaic Monday with Mary Carroll
Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos
and
Mellow Yellow Monday

37 comments:

  1. Great mosaic. Have a fun day.

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  2. oh my goodness! i haven't heard of a healing onion from anyone else before! we had a plant we called a healing onion that my mother kept for years and years. i SO regret not starting a bulb of it for myself. it worked wonders at pulling out slivers, drawing out infections from sores. magical cure-all for scrapes and wounds. i SO want one of my own!!!

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  3. I've never heard of that! What a neat plant!

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  4. Very cool -- there are so many different types of onions. I love seeing this one in its variety of stages. :)

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  5. What a beautiful mosaic! Love the colours and the way you composed it.

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  6. Very beautiful macro!
    Thanks for sharing, Genie;o)

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    Have a nice and happy week****

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  7. Loving these shots!!! The simplest things are the most beautiful!!!
    Have a beautiful week!

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  8. That's some onion - and I love the quote you've included - why not, indeed?

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  9. Never heard of a healing onion but it makes a very pretty mosaic!

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  10. A healing onion? Is it eaten or applied? Really, I have no idea. What a great mosaic...artfully done!

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  11. Great shots, I like the quote too!

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  12. I love the Orben quote! Big business has given us so much ... ptuiiiii!!!!!
    Love the images of the healing onion, too! Have a delightful week.

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  13. Fabulous macro shots! Thanks for sharing at MM. :)

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  14. really stunning macro shots!

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  15. Such a very beautiful plant! Almost like a dandelion!

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  16. No tears then :-)
    I put on safety glasses and don't cut the roots off . that seems to stop the weeping.
    Still, it does one good to shed a tear or two at times.

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  17. I haven't heard of a healing onion. This one look like a very thick chive. Are these related to leeks? (being Welsh and all)

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  18. Great details on it! Love the soft colors!

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  19. wow,, Great bLog i visiT.. Love all The ConteNt.. nIce piCtures..

    visit me,,

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  20. Nice details in this mosaic. Happy Macro Monday

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  21. Very interesting shots! It's my first time to know about healing onion...

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  22. Fantastic looking plant! This is the first time I have seen (albeit in picture) and heard about healing onions. A great alternative first aid at home.

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  23. Wonderful mosaic. Have a great day!

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  24. Hahaha I like the quote above "tasteless bread" ^_^. I have my onions too and I like when they come back every year.

    Yellow Bird

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  25. very interesting herb. i've never seen this one before. terrific shots, too!

    Mellow Yellow Monday

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  26. I am an agriculturist but I haven't met this onion in person yet :) Love the effects you did on the photos.

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  27. Love onions in everything I make. It's true though, onions now are tearless, specially the ones I get here in the UK.

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  28. Neat shots Genie. I like the one in the center best of all. The mood and colors are very nice.

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  29. Genie -- a lovely moaic -- wonderful colors. I'd love to know more about the plant too! The quote was priceless. (My house often smells like garlic or onions, so I guess I haven't been purchasing the new modern scentless kind ;>)

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  30. Beautifully captured!

    Late bloghopping for mellow yeallow, hope you can drop by and comment on my entry at
    Etcetera Etcetera, see yah.

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  31. Wonderful shots, subtle yelow, and a great quote.

    Cheers!
    JzB

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  32. The middle snap is like bean sprouts. Fantastic mosaic you have here. :)

    real lady/ lencilicious @ Scoop and Snap

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