I don’t know why I captioned this photo in Spanish, other than I have been learning Spanish over the last eighteen months or so. I found ‘the old green man of the woods’ whilst walking the dog recently. From this angle the bumps on the tree and the moss give the impression of a man deep in thought. I’ve visited him a couple of times subsequently and will now divert my walk to check on him.
Primroses are my favourite spring wildflower. I love the pastel yellow and they are one of the first splashes of colour in local woodland. As a child I visited my grandparents’ home near Hereford and these flowers grew in the woodland behind their cottage.
Bluebells are another favourite for this time of year. Local woodlands are transformed for two or three weeks in April as a carpet of blue appears under the canopy of the trees.
I love this photo and have had it printed on A3 and it now hangs in my kitchen. It’s like an open air cathedral with the pine trees taking the role of pillars.
Finally, as Monty Python would say, “Now for something completely different” – a photo of home during lockdown…
A table for two. If you could share a glass of wine or cup of coffee at this table with anyone from any time in history who would it be and what would you ask them?
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