Frothy Cow Parsley is still holding its own.
The seeds are forming.
Please leave the hedgerow verges a few more days to allow the seeds to ripen.
Watched lenticular clouds forming.....was amazing.
First there was one, then two, then more and then several.
They were slimline ones and a delight to behold.
Rain expected at 2am and predicted to last all day tomorrow!
We shall see!
Monday 27 May 2013
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Lovely-walking
I have been lovely-walking
I had a lovely walk
half eaten Dandelion clocks
at the edge of a rape field
the weather- almost drizzle
ever-hopeful Clover triplets
chalice open skywards
and the twin rape fields, almost sun
a heron flew over
just taken off and collecting its legs
darkening with its enormity
Finds
Flint pieces
Oyster shells, freshwater
a cone-
-art fodder
I had a lovely walk
half eaten Dandelion clocks
at the edge of a rape field
the weather- almost drizzle
ever-hopeful Clover triplets
chalice open skywards
and the twin rape fields, almost sun
a heron flew over
just taken off and collecting its legs
darkening with its enormity
Finds
Flint pieces
Oyster shells, freshwater
a cone-
-art fodder
Cow Parsley
It has been frothy out there along the lanes and hedgerows.
After being concerned about missing the spectacle, I have wallowed in adoration of it.
And the perfumes, they are everywhere
The air smells so lovely, in my garden, in the village, along the lanes and in the little towns.
Spring is so pretty and sense-awakening!
After being concerned about missing the spectacle, I have wallowed in adoration of it.
And the perfumes, they are everywhere
The air smells so lovely, in my garden, in the village, along the lanes and in the little towns.
Spring is so pretty and sense-awakening!
Tuesday 7 May 2013
No Cow Parsley
After the winter, one of the sights I look forward to are the April lanes festooned at the roadside with frothy, creamy and gorgeous Cow Parsley.
So far it is not there.
There are Dandelions and Jack-by-the-Hedge, but the Cow Parsley is not open.
It may be too late.
This is what I think happened.
The very cold start to spring, held back the Cow Parsley from developing and flowering as it does in April.
Then the cutters were out last week mowing the roadsides and they cut the Cow Parsley off before it got going.
There are a few stragglers, but I think it has gone.
We are too late now for the glorious spectacle.
The whole point of winter is to set us up for the Cow Parsley show!
I feel robbed and disappointed.
Help!
Scream!
Shout!
So far it is not there.
There are Dandelions and Jack-by-the-Hedge, but the Cow Parsley is not open.
It may be too late.
This is what I think happened.
The very cold start to spring, held back the Cow Parsley from developing and flowering as it does in April.
Then the cutters were out last week mowing the roadsides and they cut the Cow Parsley off before it got going.
There are a few stragglers, but I think it has gone.
We are too late now for the glorious spectacle.
The whole point of winter is to set us up for the Cow Parsley show!
I feel robbed and disappointed.
Help!
Scream!
Shout!
Cuckoo and Swift
Yesterday I heard my first Cuckoo.
It was the bank holiday, so hopefully some child was not having a prank, but as far as I know it was real.
Then, very high up, there was a Swift. My first sighting this year. It is so exciting, as I love the noise they make and love to watch them fly, like little aeroplanes with Rolls Royce engines!
It was the bank holiday, so hopefully some child was not having a prank, but as far as I know it was real.
Then, very high up, there was a Swift. My first sighting this year. It is so exciting, as I love the noise they make and love to watch them fly, like little aeroplanes with Rolls Royce engines!
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