tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post2410948858726986478..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Marbled WhiteNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53619629387746443982011-07-06T18:49:59.021+01:002011-07-06T18:49:59.021+01:00Mary - thank you so much - see today's post, A...Mary - thank you so much - see today's post, A Green Thought!<br />Worm - Oddly I haven't read Edgelands - something is putting me off, but I don't know quite what it is...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53496779252029563422011-07-05T19:54:48.007+01:002011-07-05T19:54:48.007+01:00My local park, a drearily dull green desert for m...My local park, a drearily dull green desert for many years, has enjoyed a new mowing régime for the last two seasons and local schoolchildren were drafted in to plant wild flower plugs last year. The results this summer have been stupendous - dreamy drifts of blues, yellows, violets and whites around the pond and the perimeters of the fields, along with ravishing grass seed heads and butterflies. Grass paths have been mown through the flowers and, curiously, everyone sticks to these new byways, dogs and louts included. I even detect a lessening of litter drop. Hitherto the preserve of gangs of idling hoodies and raucous teenage girls, the park now attracts small groups of elderly Asian ladies gently ambling along in their saris and trainers. Yesterday evening, I passed a trio of young Afro-Caribbean men, sitting on the bench in silence, looking out across the flowery mead. As I passed, one acknowledged me with a friendly “All right?” Hardly science, I know, but evidence enough for me – the rightly timed mow is the new Prozac.Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-26956402076145841032011-07-04T12:09:26.393+01:002011-07-04T12:09:26.393+01:00lovely butterfly nige -
talking as you do of '...lovely butterfly nige - <br />talking as you do of 'edgelands' I was wondering if you've read that book of the same name? We're publishing excerpts from it on the dabbler in the next few weeks...wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-76084043519150799812011-07-02T21:20:35.635+01:002011-07-02T21:20:35.635+01:00You're right Kate, tho the rabbits are late ri...You're right Kate, tho the rabbits are late risers, not around in the morning. <br />And yes Mark, this seems to be a great year for Ringlets - excellent!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-29420450536628881002011-07-02T04:12:00.793+01:002011-07-02T04:12:00.793+01:00There are lots of rabbits in that area too as I re...There are lots of rabbits in that area too as I recall...KateNZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-22117721584779451322011-07-01T19:53:56.013+01:002011-07-01T19:53:56.013+01:00Good news (and a sight for tired eyes)! This means...Good news (and a sight for tired eyes)! This means they'll be out and about here any day now. At the moment, if you go for a stroll here, there are ringlets, ringlets everywhere.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.com