The Scribble

  • Celandine

    celandine blog

    Celandine, the little sun king, has all but disappeared from the damp corners of the meadow where I found him in abundance a couple of weeks ago. His gaudier cousin the buttercups have taken over in the time since I scribbled him, a haze of golden ye...
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  • Bugle

    bugle clean scan blog

    Feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything this morning, I sent myself out into the meadow in search of a new specimen for scribbling before sitting down at my desk. I  found this, with its unusual spires of pretty lilac flowers on dark pu...
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  • Violets

    violet blog aLittle violets weave their way through grass and primroses in the lower meadow by our front gate, spreading themselves about quite happily, popping up in cracks in our paths and walls in beautifully unexpected ways. Once upon a time, when life was slightly mor...
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  • Wild Garlic

    green garlic wild blog

    The woods around our cottage are currently carpeted with constellations of wild garlic flowers, one of the best wild foods there is, and at this time of year you can find it in abundance if you know where to look. Should you chance up...
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  • Wild Tulip

    wild tulip cleaned up blog

    On this glorious sunny morning, Tulipa bakeri are clustered at the top of the meadow under the pine trees. It's a fried egg of a flower with bright pink petals spread wide and yolk-yellow centres soaking ...
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  • Domestic Disaster

    Bows

    When your beloved husband 'helps' by handwashing your prized, pristine white vintage blouse with your sons' favourite orange woolly leggings...Daubing its' perfectly imperfect bow pattern, still visible through the new dye job, made me feel momentarily b...

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