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Six on Saturday – Starting How I Mean to Go On

I was very keen to participate in this week’s Six on Saturday. It is the first of the year, at a time when there are slim pickings in the garden, all the more reason that I should show willing. It was time to prise myself out of the chair, kick start my imagination and findContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Starting How I Mean to Go On”

Six on Saturday – Greatest Hits

This week, in the pretence of treating you to some joy at this festive time but in reality is because it is tipping with rain and I am in a grump, I will be presenting to you lovely folk six happy recollections of the year past. Whether or not this is permitted, perhaps an addendumContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Greatest Hits”

Lichen and granite, mustard yellow and gunmetal grey, happily cohabiting on a grievously exposed sea wall. A few hours later, in much different circumstances, a friend’s easy chair and contrasting footstool echoed this perfect marriage. Life imitating life.

Octopus Lichen

Today I was pruning out the demon canker from an old apple tree. This fungal disease is systematically munching through its aged branches. Although disfigured by this nibbling, it is blessed by a natty outfit comprising an assortment of lichen, including this one. North Devon has a lot of lichen. I am definitely not anContinue reading “Octopus Lichen”