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CLOSING TILL AUTUMN 29 Jun 2013 | 04:05 pm
June 2nd 2013 I'm horribly ill-disciplined. An all-or-nothing person. So I've decided on nothing. I keep delaying posting till I know exactly what I'm talking about. I don't know why I think I need ...
A DANDELINEAL FEAST 21 May 2013 | 01:24 pm
One of the oddities of Blogger is that while I am free to edit a post after it's published you can't change your comments - which offers wonderful possibilities for practical jokes. If I were to write...
TIME FLYING FROM THE CLOCK 17 May 2013 | 01:22 pm
I hope you don't feel cheated but I want this to have its own post. March 16th 2013 The dandelion clock is shaking its head in a mild breeze, sending its seeds spinning. We'll pay a closer, more fo...
THE SPECKLED WOOD'S BOTTOM 17 May 2013 | 01:39 am
Speckled Wood Butterfly (Parage aergeria) on Brambles May 16th 2013 I was photographing dandelions. I couldn't stop photographing dandelions. I love dandelions. A sign came up on my camera to say t...
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE MY PICTURES - AND A RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY 14 May 2013 | 01:22 pm
Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) on gorse flowers. May 13th 2013 I belong to a Google Circle for garden bloggers. This isn't a garden blog so I count it a privilege to have been invited to j...
IT DEPENDS ON THE BACKGROUND 3 May 2013 | 11:44 am
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) and Gorse. May 2nd 2013 What we see depends on what is there. Obvious. What takes our attention depends on our interest. Clearly. Some things we delight in as we wal...
THE TREE IN THE DRAIN REACHES ITS SECOND SPRING 30 Apr 2013 | 12:53 am
You may remember that as well as observing trees and bushes and plants in hedgerows and seeing what there is to see along the shore, I'm also interested in the trees and bushes and plants which grow a...
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY WOODLOUSE 27 Apr 2013 | 12:21 pm
I was out photographing dandelions when I found this one by a pipe leading from a meter box. April 26th 2013 Of course, it may not be a dandelion. There are lots of yellow flowered plants which look...
EQUISETUM ARVENSE - HORSETAILS 25 Apr 2013 | 01:48 pm
April 23rd 2013 Of all the plants which spring up or open at this time of year, horse tails bring me the most pleasure. They are odd, inconsistent looking things, soaked in the history of the world. ...
FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES EMERGE FOR SPRING 20 Apr 2013 | 11:19 am
Grape hyacinths (probably the common garden kind - Muscari armeniacum). April 11th 2013 Cluster Fly (Pollenia). April 11th 2013 11th April was the first day it really felt spring-like. It wasn't jus...
