Wild Lettuce or Lactuca virosa was used by 19th Century physicians when opium was unavailable. Used throughout history as a sleep aid, the leaves of this plant have many sedating and pain killing properties.
© Sheila Creighton 2010
Wild Lettuce
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Garden Art
An interesting piece of garden sculpture.
© Sheila Creighton 2010
Roots
A view in the cedar swamp area of Coldstream Conservation Area near London.
© Sheila Creighton 2010
Tree Carving
Carved woodpecker in downtown London.
© Sheila Creighton 2010
History Train
A view at the Halton County Radial Railway of an old London & Port Stanley Railway car.
© Sheila Creighton 2010
Coldstream Abstract 2
Reflections at Coldstream Conservation Area.
© Sheila Creighton 2010
Mystical Frog
This lucky frog, designed by the late Margaret Creighton, hangs in my window.
© Sheila Creighton 2010
Maple Leaves
Fall colour at Medway Creek.
© S. Creighton 2010
Shamrock
The pretty white flowers of the house plant False Shamrock or Oxalis regnellii, bloom year-round.
© S. Creighton 2010
London Graffiti 1
Graffiti in downtown London.
© S. Creighton 2010
