Flower
Hedgerow Flowers & Scorpian?
Finally a trip beyond the house horizon is allowed and it felt so good. Just look to see some of the things there to delight in the hedgerow. Click to enlarge. Braken Such a pest to sum but at the Read more…
Damselfly
Garden Wildlife
I didn’t get to play a new song this week. Some relaxing of restrictions coincided with a new part for my camera. So first a trip into the garden. For a video of some spring garden highlights look here. Herb-Robert Read more…
Damselfly
Spring on the Canal
So after being shut in for so long and the travel distance relaxed I took to visiting the local canal for a wildlife fix. Who’d have thought a Stinging Nettle would have such beauty? And here’s a chap whose young Read more…
Music
Loneliest Person
The last song on the album S.F. Sorrow by the Pretty Things from 1968. The album is considered to be the first rock opera with some challengers. Also a possible inspiration for Tommy by the Who. See what you think Read more…
Flower
Magnolia Flowers
These are two of my favourite Magnolia species. First the Purple Magnolia or Magnolia liliiflora. Next the comparatively delicate looking Siebold’s Magnolia or Magnolia sieboldii. Can you chose your favourite of the two?
Music
I’m Troubled
The song apparently has it’s origin around or before 1924 and is possibly based on more than one song. There have certainly been many local variations. This is just one.
Music
(I’ve) Been All Around This World
A traditional song from the US. “The outlaw captured in this song was reportedly hanged for murder in Fort Smith, Arkansas in the 1870s.” More here.
Music
Dark Hollow
A folk song from 1958 by Bill Browning. Here in lock-down so might as well have some fun.
