Even when crowded, the occupants of a cemetery enhance one's enjoyment of solitude. The startling blue in the background is the Water of Ken in Galloway reflecting glorious sky.
This cemetery also boasts a spectacular avenue of limes, and a rowan bower (one side red berried, and t'other yellow) over a well-placed bench.
It is lovely to be far from the bustling metropolis in Autumn.
I’m fascinated by the wild flowers in the 5th photo down. As I enlarge them, they remind me very much of a plant I call fox and cubs and that I’ve recently only found growing in profusion in our lawn in Aberdeenshire. If I’m right and it was in your churchyard, I can only think the plant must enjoy granite and an acid soil! I’ve just looked it up online and find it’s Latin name is piloselle aurantiaca and it generally grows in alpine regions of Europe. Now I understand!
I’ve only ever known it as fox and Cubs - from looking at wild flowers with my father as a child. I still remember the pleasure of finding it had two stars for rarity in my wild flower book - and there weren’t many of those!
Just arrived at our cottage on Deeside and there right outside the window and still growing deternindly in our front lawn, were a dozen or so fox and cubs flowers. I wonder whether they will out last the weekend’s threatened icy blast!
I’m fascinated by the wild flowers in the 5th photo down. As I enlarge them, they remind me very much of a plant I call fox and cubs and that I’ve recently only found growing in profusion in our lawn in Aberdeenshire. If I’m right and it was in your churchyard, I can only think the plant must enjoy granite and an acid soil!
ReplyDeleteI’ve just looked it up online and find it’s Latin name is piloselle aurantiaca and it generally grows in alpine regions of Europe. Now I understand!
Margaret, given how closely it is growing to the church, I am delighted to say that its other common name is Devil's paintbrush!
DeleteHow wonderful! Impossible to improve on that.
DeleteI’ve only ever known it as fox and Cubs - from looking at wild flowers with my father as a child. I still remember the pleasure of finding it had two stars for rarity in my wild flower book - and there weren’t many of those!
My father was also the one to introduce Nature to me when young.
DeleteJust arrived at our cottage on Deeside and there right outside the window and still growing deternindly in our front lawn, were a dozen or so fox and cubs flowers. I wonder whether they will out last the weekend’s threatened icy blast!
DeleteLet's hope they make it through.
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