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Hosting a hedgehog
In the meadow by the river, cow parsley flower heads dance like a sea of white saucers over a table cloth of golden grasses. Along the river banks hogweed umbrellas are drying out and dying back, giving room for other … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged bikes, blue, common wintercress, cow parsley, cyclist, easter, green, hanging basket liners, Hannah Foley, hedgehog, hedgehog poo, hogweed, hotel, illustration, illustrator, lady, maroon, meadow, scooters, shed, spots, tansy, tansy cake, tarpaulin, yellow
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September
The festivity that occupies the majority of Steve Roudβs chapter on September in his book, The English Year, is Harvest Festival. We have some friends who lived for a while in America and every year they celebrate Thanksgiving. While Iβm … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged apples, autumn, autumn migration, butcher, christmas, corn, corn dollies, custard, geese, giving thanks, goose, harvest, harvest festival, Harvest Pudding, harvest rituals, harvest supper, hedgerows, hogweed, itching powder, local, Michaelmas, pagan fertility rites, rose hips, september, steam pudding, Stephen Moss, steve roud, teasels, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the english year, wheat, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, willow herb
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Umbrellas
During a Scottish winter an umbrella is a useless object. Not because it isn’t raining but because the wind will have turned the poor umbrella inside out and ripped it into ragged tatters before you can say brolly. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things
Tagged brolly, crocs, grass, hogweed, illustration, meadowsweet, rain, rosebay willowherb, scotland, scottish summer, scottish winter, seed, shower, sow's thistle, sun, umbrella, vetch
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