The Colour Purple

"In ancient times, the cities of Tyre and Sidon were well-known producers of purple and possessed a thriving dyeing industry. Surprisingly, the prophet Ezekiel mentions the Tyrians obtaining it from the islands of Elishah (Ezekiel 27:7) and through the Syrians (verse 16). The production of this color's dye was a long and laborious task. The liquid used to create it came from a tiny Mediterranean Sea snail gland. Each snail produced only a single drop of the needed fluid. To produce one pound of dye, during ancient Roman Empire times, took the acquiring of four million mollusks."

It was rather a dark grey day today, drizzly and damp. I went around the garden looking for a bit of colour.

Purple is one of my favourite colours...no snails were harmed in the making of this blip :-)