The Scribble

  • Sweetpea

    SWEETPEAThe rain is here at last and glorious as this endless summer has been, it's good to be back in corduroy and aged cashmere, contemplating a cosy autumn. Besides the meadow residents, the only flowers (or indeed anything) I have grown with any real success this summer has...
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  • Common Agrimony

    Agrimony cinsta
    Having emerged relatively unscathed from our first Summer Holidays which were, dare I say it, actually quite blissful for the most part, this week has been something of a shock to the system as sunbathing and relaxing are replaced by school and routine...
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  • Mystery Meadow Resident

    The first year in the meadow we had clouds of cow parsley towering above the grasses and flowers below and it was incredibly beautiful. I don't know what we did to offend them, but they have never returned! I did however find this delicate and diminutive relative cower...
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  • Le Voyage en Panier

    shopping bag cass webAs in all things, when the French do fair trade, they do it with style. The only thing I brought home from Corsica besides a sun tan was this 'scoubidou' bag from 
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  • Tufted Vetch

    tufted vetchAt last the sunshine is back! Padded out barefoot over the warm wet grass this morning to have a look at Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) which has made its home in a couple of patches of the meadow, growing leguminously (I'm fairly sure that's not a word, but I ...

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