Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Monday, 20 May 2019

LEOPARD'S BANE

Photo: Leopard's Bane (Doronicum orientale) lighting up a neighbour's garden

Friday, 17 May 2019

BUGLE

Ajuga reptans aka bugle, blue bugle, bugleweed, bugleherb, common bugle, St. Lawrence plant or carpet bugleweed

Thursday, 16 May 2019

BONE-SEED

Osteospermum’s scientific name is derived from the Greek osteon (bone) and Latin spermum (seed).

Monday, 13 May 2019

Saturday, 11 May 2019

WIND FARM

Photo: Penny Hill Wind Farm from Wickersley Gorse, South Yorkshire, taken by the author

Thursday, 9 May 2019

SALTY

As Thirza and Bram face troubling times in my current work-in-progress, fighting for the survival of seabirds on the East Coast in 1856, here's a poem that captures something of the mood.