by jenny.monds | Nov 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
I found these lovely berries on a walk. They are a startling fuchsia pink, with orange circular seeds coming out beneath the pink of the ripe berries. Apparently they are Spindleberries. Wikipedia tells me the wood is very hard, and can be cut to a sharp point;...
by jenny.monds | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
It seems to have been a good year for rose hips – or else I’ve just noticed them more. I’ve seen some rose bushes covered in hips, and one bank of bushes with round hips the size of small tomatoes. These were found on a walk; the hips of wild roses. Rose...
by jenny.monds | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve always loved the oak leaf. It’s such a different shape from other leaves, with its curving edges. A single tree might be covered in as many as 250,000 leaves. (Source: The Long, Long Life of Trees by Fiona Stafford).
by jenny.monds | Oct 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was fascinated this morning by the worn flagstones in the nave of Salisbury Cathedral. I found myself thinking of Shakespeare’s “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…” and wondering about all the “players” who had trod those...
by jenny.monds | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Autumn has arrived. The sun is still shining and it’s not yet cold, but the leaves are turning colour and falling fast, and as well as conkers, there are acorns and their little cups on the ground. Apparently acorns are also known as ‘oak nuts’. Chaucer...
by jenny.monds | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Some ornamental cabbages are still going strong in a flower arrangement, nine days after they were given to me, with just a little trim around the edges. The shape is almost like a rose, with ‘petals’ spiralling round, each one delicately veined.
