Catching the Light

We had a lovely sunny day. It would have been so much warmer if we didn't have a really cold wind blow in this afternoon.

I brought this Cyclamen the other day and it did look so wonderful with the light on it. 

Did you know?
In antiquity, the cyclamen was recognised for its therapeutic virtues, due to the presence of cyclamine, a bitter substance with purgative powers. It is a basic remedy in homoeopathy for depression, hidden sorrows, or when one is turned in on oneself.

Its bitter roots enjoyed by pigs from in our countryside once earned the European cyclamen the nickname of 'pig bread'!

Its name, which for once is identical in Latin and English, is transcribed from the Greek word kuklaminos, derived from kuklos, meaning "circle": it refers to the round and flattened shape of its tuber. We can also see an allusion here to the nicely curved shape that the floral peduncles take.
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