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Quote of the day:
“O, that lone flower recalled to me
My happy childhood’s hours
When bluebells seemed like fairy gifts
A prize among the flowers”
– Anne Brontë
Forage in May for:
Hawthorn, Lime leaves, Red Clover, Ox-eye Daisy, Garlic Mustard, Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum), Dandelions
Tag Archives: Frost
A frosty morning walk at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes
RSPB* Fen Drayton Lakes * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a wildlife conservation charity. Initially, the Society (without the Royal) was an all-women movement created in 1889 by Emily Williamson to fight a fashion for feathers … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Walks, Wordless
Tagged birds, Frost, iPhone photography, RSPB, RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Walks, wetland
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The sad tale of a frost damaged wisteria
Having missed a year, this year’s early spring pruning of the wisteria over the pergola was certainly an overdue, dramatic and necessary affair. In fact the whippy offcuts were so entangled that my usual trick of weaving them together into … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Nature, The home garden
Tagged Frost, Gardening, ice damage, Photography, racemes, weather, Wisteria floribunda 'Violacea Plena'
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Wordless Wednesday – Wishful Thinking
Happy Christmas!
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Wimpole Hall, Winter, Wordless
Tagged Chinese bridge, Christmas, Dog, Frost, Hoar frost, Photography, Sadie, Walks, Wimpole Estate
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