Blooming Dresden Files
Because every excuse to have fun with flowers is a good excuse. ^^
Scientific disclaimer: Generally everything botanic here is supposed to be more on the side of facts than myths, but don't quote me in your homework. :) Also, everything mythical here doesn't count as ‘botanic’ and as such is quotable even less.
Copyright disclaimer for the input: The flowers belong only to themselves, but the stock photos belong to the artists listed below, and the characters belong to Jim Butcher.
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Font: Candara by Gary Munch
Stock images: 20130322Gaensebluemchen_Hockenheim2 by AnRo0002
Hibiscus flower-2 by Luke
Red and white by Bogdan Suditu
Hedge Bindweed by Anita Gould
Sunflowers by ransomtech
Edelweiß by Peter Krimbacher
201006021502173 Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) - Manitoulin Island by pverdonk
Hieracium_aurantiacum_pappus by Temporaryaccount4537
Iris (Iris barbata) by Christophe Quintin
Peach by tanakawho
Stemless Carline Thistle, Die Silberdistel, Carlina acaulis by Dave
Eryngium giganteum by Thistle-Garden
Eryngium_bourgatii_(Umbelliferae)_plant by Magnus Manske
Tiny_Dancer_(4684001680) by D Sharon Pruitt or Pink Sherbet Photography
A Singular Wrinkled Red Tulip by Limarie Cabrera
Impatiens noli tangere (Balsamina dei boschi) by Neo Rasetti
Crown imperial - Kaiserkrone (Fritillaria imperialis) by Margrit
C._m._var._majalis by Roozitaa
Lily of the valley by Randi Hausken
Madonnen-Lilie_(Lilium_candidum) by Pimpinellus
Chrysanthemums by Choo Yut Shing
Phalaenopsis orchid by Cathy
dried rose bud in snow by Sandy Schultz
Thorns - Closeup by FoxStox
Papaver_oriëntale._Locatie,_Tuinen_Mien_Ruys_in_Dedemsvaart by Agnes Monkelbaan
jdy215 bpl Miscanthus Sinensis Zebrinus epl Bgr1Egr Blo RbgbYard Elo XX20010803a4329 by rachelgreenbelt
Chinaschilf (Miscanthus sinensis) by to.wi
Vachellia_drepanolobium_flowers1 by Chr. Kooyman
HEDERA_HELIX_-_TORÀ_-_IB-659_(Heura) by Isidre blanc
Climbing by Auntie P
Calluna vulgaris ‘Kirby White’ Heather by Kingsbrae Garden
TexasIndianPaintbrush-0796 by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble)
Tora_blava by Aimaras
Everything else that has been used but not included on the list is mine.
Copyright declaration and terms of use for the output: All thirty icons in the set are Creative Commons licensed, free to take and use, also outside LJ. Credit and message are encouraged and highly appreciated. This declaration does not include the icon I have used myself for this entry, which is my private icon and not a part of the “Blooming” set.
The “Blooming Dresden Files” set has been released simultaneously in three places:
1. this entry on LJ;
2. deviantART, with every icon as individual submission (click the icon here to go to its dA page);
3. Tumblr, split into a few posts: Team Dresden, Wizards, Faeries - Winter, Faeries - Summer, Vampires, Denarians, Lone Wolves, Mercenaries and Unique Entities.
All icons are 100 x 100 .png, < 40 KB, and fit within LJ limit.
TEAM DRESDEN
Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Small and pretty, yet in a way far from flashy. A neighbor flower-next-lawn, seemingly easy to crush, and certainly easy to overlook. And yet it's always nearby, surviving storms and mowing blades, and you can be sure it will be growing in the same place next year.
Hibiscus
A little whimsical about its color, can turn blue, yellow or pink through a day. And some claim that its essence can bring hallucinations.
Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
Latin beauty, native to Mediterranean, yet nowadays mostly coming from Middle America. Associated with mother's love, but also with mourning the death of beloved one, and the pattern-decorated variety symbolizes love that cannot be shared.
Morning glory (here Calystegia sepium)
With a support, it can climb high and weave its tendrils everywhere, overlooked until it decides to bloom. It seems delicate, but has psychedelic properties.
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Solid and strong, a fragile straw it ain't. And look, how many children it has, embracing and holding them close, until they're ready to go.
Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
Easy to overlook among other flowers and unassuming in appearance, and yet having some special soothing charm. And it's so very fluffy.
Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
Bright crown of petals turns into a ball of fluff.
WIZARDS
Fern flower
Ferns don't really bloom. Fern flower is an European fairy tale, a wonder described but never actually seen. Blooming only by night, pure itself, but surrounded by dark powers; longed and sought after, can bring wealth but without happiness.
(The icon is not a photo, but a fractal art of mine. The full version here.)
Iris (here Iris barbata 'Electric Avenue')
Associated with royal courts and planted on graves of young women to entrust them to the care of the goddess Iris aka Aurora.
Peach blossom (Prunus persica)
Fresh flowers emerge from silver haired buds on old, gnarled branches. And it's famous for warding the household from evil creatures.
FAERIES
Winter
Silver thistle (Carlina acaulis)
It may be not very tall, but you better mind your steps around it. Severe flower of severe environment, watching the world from its high mountainous throne. And watching it well, ready to close its crown of petals against the rain. Bonus fun fact: silver thistle's name in Polish is ‘dziewięćsił’, meaning literally ‘nine strengths/powers’.
Sea holly (Eryngium)
Don't believe in what it says, as in fact it's neither sea nor holly.
Cornflower (Centaurea)
Overlooked and disregarded as a mere weed; related to thistles, but lacking thorns.
Tulip
Tall and haughty, always able to sprout where you expect it the least, from some forgotten bulb that just waited for its moment all this time. Looks exotic and lush, but needs a deep and cold hibernation to stay healthy and long-life.
Wild impatiens (Impatiens noli-tangere)
Be careful, it's snappy and a lightest touch makes it striking back. Very, very fast.
Carrion flower (here Stapelia)
Stinking and prickly with its appearance of dead meat, it prefers flesh flies over butterflies.
Summer
Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis)
Majestic and growing in full sun, related to lilies though it may not look so at first sight.
Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
Sweet and commonly loved, yet poisonous.
Well, lily (here Lilium candidium)
Pure white symbol of innocence, blooming in summer, yet with leaves strong enough to survive through winter.
Chrysanthemum
Flower of warm autumn, carrying many ambiguous meanings, by some associated with motherhood, by others with death.
VAMPIRES
Orchid (here Phalaenopsis)
It needs its hidden symbiotic fungus to grow and bloom. Every single part more weird than conventionally beautiful, together they make the most erotic of all flowers.
Withered rose
Very dead, yet harder and more thorny than when it had been alive.
Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
Fiery-red petals hide its black interior producing strong narcotic substance.
DENARIANS
Passiflora (here Passiflora caerulea)
Mistress of complex and illusory appearances, greatly varying in its numerous species and interpreted in many ways depending on the viewer. Associated with the Crucifixion (hence Passion flower), for its three nail-like stigmas and a spiky crown wrapped in the angelic white and heavenly blue. As a climbing vine, it needs a host to grow upon it.
Maiden grass (Miscanthus)
When in bloom, it seems soft, but its multiple blades are razor sharp.
Whistling thorn acacia (Vachellia drepanolobium)
Its flower looks small and delicate, but the tree is hard to kill even with fire. And it can summon up a swarm of insects against its enemies.
LONE WOLVES, MERCENARIES AND UNIQUE ENTITIES
Well, ivy (Hedera helix)
It does bloom, though many are not aware of that, because its compound flowers are small and still green, in spite of being also already mature.
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Tough flower of the North. When white, it's a symbol of protection.
Castilleja
Sneaks up on other plants and breaks into their roots to steal valuables.
Aconitum
Some say it scares wolves away, but others claim that people turn into wolves in its vicinity.
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Scientific disclaimer: Generally everything botanic here is supposed to be more on the side of facts than myths, but don't quote me in your homework. :) Also, everything mythical here doesn't count as ‘botanic’ and as such is quotable even less.
Copyright disclaimer for the input: The flowers belong only to themselves, but the stock photos belong to the artists listed below, and the characters belong to Jim Butcher.
[Click to unroll the credits. Reload the page to close them again.]
Font: Candara by Gary Munch
Stock images: 20130322Gaensebluemchen_Hockenheim2 by AnRo0002
Hibiscus flower-2 by Luke
Red and white by Bogdan Suditu
Hedge Bindweed by Anita Gould
Sunflowers by ransomtech
Edelweiß by Peter Krimbacher
201006021502173 Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) - Manitoulin Island by pverdonk
Hieracium_aurantiacum_pappus by Temporaryaccount4537
Iris (Iris barbata) by Christophe Quintin
Peach by tanakawho
Stemless Carline Thistle, Die Silberdistel, Carlina acaulis by Dave
Eryngium giganteum by Thistle-Garden
Eryngium_bourgatii_(Umbelliferae)_plant by Magnus Manske
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Tiny_Dancer_(4684001680) by D Sharon Pruitt or Pink Sherbet Photography
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A Singular Wrinkled Red Tulip by Limarie Cabrera
Impatiens noli tangere (Balsamina dei boschi) by Neo Rasetti
Crown imperial - Kaiserkrone (Fritillaria imperialis) by Margrit
C._m._var._majalis by Roozitaa
Lily of the valley by Randi Hausken
Madonnen-Lilie_(Lilium_candidum) by Pimpinellus
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Chrysanthemums by Choo Yut Shing
Phalaenopsis orchid by Cathy
dried rose bud in snow by Sandy Schultz
Thorns - Closeup by FoxStox
Papaver_oriëntale._Locatie,_Tuinen_Mien_Ruys_in_Dedemsvaart by Agnes Monkelbaan
jdy215 bpl Miscanthus Sinensis Zebrinus epl Bgr1Egr Blo RbgbYard Elo XX20010803a4329 by rachelgreenbelt
Chinaschilf (Miscanthus sinensis) by to.wi
Vachellia_drepanolobium_flowers1 by Chr. Kooyman
HEDERA_HELIX_-_TORÀ_-_IB-659_(Heura) by Isidre blanc
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Climbing by Auntie P
Calluna vulgaris ‘Kirby White’ Heather by Kingsbrae Garden
TexasIndianPaintbrush-0796 by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble)
Tora_blava by Aimaras
Everything else that has been used but not included on the list is mine.
Copyright declaration and terms of use for the output: All thirty icons in the set are Creative Commons licensed, free to take and use, also outside LJ. Credit and message are encouraged and highly appreciated. This declaration does not include the icon I have used myself for this entry, which is my private icon and not a part of the “Blooming” set.
The “Blooming Dresden Files” set has been released simultaneously in three places:
1. this entry on LJ;
2. deviantART, with every icon as individual submission (click the icon here to go to its dA page);
3. Tumblr, split into a few posts: Team Dresden, Wizards, Faeries - Winter, Faeries - Summer, Vampires, Denarians, Lone Wolves, Mercenaries and Unique Entities.
All icons are 100 x 100 .png, < 40 KB, and fit within LJ limit.
TEAM DRESDEN
Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Small and pretty, yet in a way far from flashy. A neighbor flower-next-lawn, seemingly easy to crush, and certainly easy to overlook. And yet it's always nearby, surviving storms and mowing blades, and you can be sure it will be growing in the same place next year.
Hibiscus
A little whimsical about its color, can turn blue, yellow or pink through a day. And some claim that its essence can bring hallucinations.
Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
Latin beauty, native to Mediterranean, yet nowadays mostly coming from Middle America. Associated with mother's love, but also with mourning the death of beloved one, and the pattern-decorated variety symbolizes love that cannot be shared.
Morning glory (here Calystegia sepium)
With a support, it can climb high and weave its tendrils everywhere, overlooked until it decides to bloom. It seems delicate, but has psychedelic properties.
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Solid and strong, a fragile straw it ain't. And look, how many children it has, embracing and holding them close, until they're ready to go.
Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
Easy to overlook among other flowers and unassuming in appearance, and yet having some special soothing charm. And it's so very fluffy.
Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
Bright crown of petals turns into a ball of fluff.
WIZARDS
Fern flower
Ferns don't really bloom. Fern flower is an European fairy tale, a wonder described but never actually seen. Blooming only by night, pure itself, but surrounded by dark powers; longed and sought after, can bring wealth but without happiness.
(The icon is not a photo, but a fractal art of mine. The full version here.)
Iris (here Iris barbata 'Electric Avenue')
Associated with royal courts and planted on graves of young women to entrust them to the care of the goddess Iris aka Aurora.
Peach blossom (Prunus persica)
Fresh flowers emerge from silver haired buds on old, gnarled branches. And it's famous for warding the household from evil creatures.
FAERIES
Winter
Silver thistle (Carlina acaulis)
It may be not very tall, but you better mind your steps around it. Severe flower of severe environment, watching the world from its high mountainous throne. And watching it well, ready to close its crown of petals against the rain. Bonus fun fact: silver thistle's name in Polish is ‘dziewięćsił’, meaning literally ‘nine strengths/powers’.
Sea holly (Eryngium)
Don't believe in what it says, as in fact it's neither sea nor holly.
Cornflower (Centaurea)
Overlooked and disregarded as a mere weed; related to thistles, but lacking thorns.
Tulip
Tall and haughty, always able to sprout where you expect it the least, from some forgotten bulb that just waited for its moment all this time. Looks exotic and lush, but needs a deep and cold hibernation to stay healthy and long-life.
Wild impatiens (Impatiens noli-tangere)
Be careful, it's snappy and a lightest touch makes it striking back. Very, very fast.
Carrion flower (here Stapelia)
Stinking and prickly with its appearance of dead meat, it prefers flesh flies over butterflies.
Summer
Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis)
Majestic and growing in full sun, related to lilies though it may not look so at first sight.
Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
Sweet and commonly loved, yet poisonous.
Well, lily (here Lilium candidium)
Pure white symbol of innocence, blooming in summer, yet with leaves strong enough to survive through winter.
Chrysanthemum
Flower of warm autumn, carrying many ambiguous meanings, by some associated with motherhood, by others with death.
VAMPIRES
Orchid (here Phalaenopsis)
It needs its hidden symbiotic fungus to grow and bloom. Every single part more weird than conventionally beautiful, together they make the most erotic of all flowers.
Withered rose
Very dead, yet harder and more thorny than when it had been alive.
Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
Fiery-red petals hide its black interior producing strong narcotic substance.
DENARIANS
Passiflora (here Passiflora caerulea)
Mistress of complex and illusory appearances, greatly varying in its numerous species and interpreted in many ways depending on the viewer. Associated with the Crucifixion (hence Passion flower), for its three nail-like stigmas and a spiky crown wrapped in the angelic white and heavenly blue. As a climbing vine, it needs a host to grow upon it.
Maiden grass (Miscanthus)
When in bloom, it seems soft, but its multiple blades are razor sharp.
Whistling thorn acacia (Vachellia drepanolobium)
Its flower looks small and delicate, but the tree is hard to kill even with fire. And it can summon up a swarm of insects against its enemies.
LONE WOLVES, MERCENARIES AND UNIQUE ENTITIES
Well, ivy (Hedera helix)
It does bloom, though many are not aware of that, because its compound flowers are small and still green, in spite of being also already mature.
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Tough flower of the North. When white, it's a symbol of protection.
Castilleja
Sneaks up on other plants and breaks into their roots to steal valuables.
Aconitum
Some say it scares wolves away, but others claim that people turn into wolves in its vicinity.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can comment also in Disqus, here.
It's okay to comment in whatever language fits you best, as long as I get it. Don't mind the entry's language.
Można komentować w języku, który najbardziej ci odpowiada, o ile go zrozumiem. Nie przejmuj się językiem notki.