Nothing to say, busy spinning. Thinking of colour and summer weather and not dank dark days. So Collin Blanchard's hare amongst the primroses, the deep dark colour of a mallow that always used to thrill me. The stripey Rosa Mundi and the brash colour of an Essex house in Terling.
So here is a blog about wolves and January....
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Lovely photograph of you both Thelma - sure it brings back memories.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely photo of you and Paul. His tranquil soul shines through. Love the flowers too - does the Mallow have a name?
ReplyDeleteIt is called 'Malva Sylvestris', There is one called 'Mystic Merlin' a perennial. Though I think it drops it seeds and flowers every year. He is smiling for his old American friend Chris. That day we had taken him to Rievaulx Abbey.
DeleteMy usual scruffy appearance Pat but we were on a sightseeing trip for our friend.
DeleteThe buildings in Terling look so very Essex. Isn't it a shame how distinct regional difference in domestic architecture are being ironed out in favour of uniformity? Nice picture of you and Paul together but the sign behind you reads "Not So Fast"!
ReplyDeleteThe plaster work(pargetting) on the Essex houses were often very beautiful and I loved the painted varieties. There was one painted the exact colour of the enormous pink flowered Horse Chestnut in one village. Think I will write about the 'Not so Fast' it is in the little hamlet that sits at the foot of Rievaulx Abbey, asking traffic to slow.
DeleteWhat a wonderful picture of you and Paul. Thank you for sharing. But...what does the poem on the picture with the rabbit say. I cannot make out the beginning of it. The wolf month was an interesting read as well. I went off to see when your last wolf was taken. I saw that they roamed in Scotland into the 1800s.
ReplyDeleteIt is a hare Debby, long ears and long legs. I have two prints by the same artist Colin Blanchard, and I have written the words somewhere, but will copy them out from the picture I now have.
DeleteFound on the site: The print is called 'Spring Witch'.
Delete"Spring witch passed through the edge of the wood then bidden by a blackcap and watered by a willow warbler's trickle the ground turned green where her feet fell."
Thank you, Thelma.
Delete... plus a can of Stella (around here shockingly known as 'Wife Beater' for its influence on certain men) and two jars of Quince (?) jelly...
ReplyDeletePaul's tipple Tom, and the quince is crab apple for its beautiful amber colour.
DeleteGosh, those flowers are so pretty! I rarely can remember the name of plants and flowers but I can still enjoy their beauty! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem with plant names Ellen luckily I have my blog to hunt through for them.
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