Category Archives: flowers

Field of dreams..?

Posted on September 20, 2020 by

Long, long ago, when the world was still young and I was younger still, I moved into a house with a garden. It wasn’t much of a garden, long-deserted, overgrown and gone to seed, but my mind painted it in … Continue reading →

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Pensée #midnighthaiku

Posted on September 15, 2020 by
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Going West: St David’s Head

Posted on September 14, 2020 by

It is a beautiful walk along the cliffs towards St David’s Head. The land is covered in an incredible variety of wildflowers, from the pink pompoms of thrift to the tall spires of foxgloves. The starry flowers of sedum nestle … Continue reading →

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Going West: Mountain Road

Posted on September 5, 2020 by

We were fed and watered… very well-fed, in fact after a home-cooked Welsh breakfast at the Mid-Wales Inn… and on the road early. The weather was finally dry, the sun attempting to peep through the clouds… and there was the … Continue reading →

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Balance…

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

Abundant Nature Harvesting a sea of blue Taming wildflowers Insects and famers profit Harmony found in beauty A new crop is flowering in the fields near my home, painting the landscape with unexpected colour. The farmer seems to be growing … Continue reading →

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Optimist #midnighthaiku

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Little by little The eternal  optimist Bare earth yields beauty *

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Awakening

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

Having just driven hundreds of  miles of the length and breadth of England, I can confirm that, in spite of any wintry surprises that the weather might yet have in store, as far as the earth is concerned, spring has … Continue reading →

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Weather window

Posted on November 23, 2018 by

We woke, the dog and I, to a white and wintry world. A hard frost stuck the soles of my slippers to the path as I went out to retrieve the first ball of the day. I have attempted to … Continue reading →

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Unusual people…

Posted on June 9, 2018 by

Delicate blue flowers caught my eye in the flower bed. I wondered where they had come from as they were nothing that we had planted … they had just grown. It only took a moment to realise that they were … Continue reading →

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Garden of Extinction reblogged from champagnewhisky

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

Reblogged from champagnewhisky… “Any species, now matter how unusual or common, is vulnerable…”: Of all the areas of the stunning Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa – and all the areas are stunning – one in particular … Continue reading →

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