flowers
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Saturday Snapshot:Snake’s-head Fritillaries
It’s a long time since I did any Saturday Snapshots, but I thought I’d start again, so here are my photos of snake’s-head fritillaries, taken at the beginning of May. They are the strangest flowers I have ever seen – that chequerboard… Continue reading
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Poems for Spring
Every year, some time in February or March, depending on the vagaries of the English weather, there comes a sunny day when I walk through the Castle Grounds and smell flowery perfume on a warm breeze, and every year I… Continue reading
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Saturday Flowers!
I know it is Sunday, and I should not have a Saturday Snapshot, but in some parts of the globe (like American Samoa and Hawaii) I believe it is still yesterday, which makes this post OK!Anyway, this week’s Snapshot is very… Continue reading
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Lupins, Radishes, and Triangular Dances
August has come, and has clothed the hills with golden lupins, and filled the grassy banks with harebells. The yellow fields of lupins are so gorgeous on cloudless days that I have neglected the forests lately and drive in the… Continue reading
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Parisian Pictures Take Two!
This week’s Saturday Snapshots don’t need many words, because they’re a collection of some of my favourite views of Paris, taken over the last two or three years. My parents were very fond of the city, and planned to celebrate… Continue reading
The Book Trunk 