St John’s, Waterloo
There were signs of spring in the garden around the church.
Life starting again
London yesterday was bitterly cold but even so there are signs that winter will pass.
Green-winged Orchid
Anacamptis Morio,ย the green-winged orchid, in a field of buttercups and wild flowers.
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Squares in Clerkenwell, (no.53)
The area to the north of the Chapel, Spa Fields, was open countryside in 1790s, and still in 1801.ย Merlin’s Cave,ย at the top of the hill, was a pub. The land is this area was privately owned and when leases expired … Continued
Favourite photos of 2014
My favourite photos of this year are the spring flowers because they were so intensely beautiful. I was prompted by TTTย and her response to Bastet’s Pixelventures.
Greenwich Park – Rhododendron Luteum
It was a heavy, gloomy day in London, misty and damp, but in Greenwich Park the flowers were glowing. I love the scent of rhododendron luteum – sweet, yet fresh. And intricately, architecturally beautiful.
Wisteria in a London Square
Sometimes the beauty is so intense I can’t quite believe I was holding the camera –
Jack in the Pulpit at Cratfield
Arum Maculatum – Jack in the Pulpit, Lords & Ladies, and many other names for these plants which are starting to appear in the shady, damp ditches and roadsides around Cratfield.