We finally get election leaflets from the Greens and the Conservatives. Nothing, yet, from Labour. The Lib Dems and SNP got theirs out three weeks ago. Guess that tells you that this constituency is a two horse race.
Rain overnight. The air this morning on the chill side of fresh. A large deer leaps out of the long grass a couple of yards ahead of us and bounds off through the field. As it goes it startles the skylarks who burst into song. Nature isn't used to seeing humans out and about before seven - but what simple joys await the early riser.
The bizarre language in this article told me I'm certainly not hip:https://www.gq.com/story/why-men-are-rawdogging-flights
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The first blue flower, after the clover, is a wild scabious. Not sure about the second blue one down - it almost looks like an orchid. Cornflowers are a much deeper blue with a different petal arrangement. The wild flowers at this time of year are such a joy.
And here was me thinking that a third year history paper (at a small provincial university) entitled "Redefining the American cultural experience 1880 -1920" with course texts such as Edward Bellany "Looking Backwards" and Charlotte Perkins "Herland" and anti trust laws was frightening enough.
The wayside flowers are so lovely just now. And, after listening to too much analysis of last night's election debate, I enjoyed a rousing bit of Aida!
Cheers, Gail.
Linda. Thank you. Our knowledge of wild flowers, as you might have guessed, is not burdened by facts.
Liz H - After that comment I'd like to say I'm going out to read some Bellany or Perkins, but I can't.
WFT - Amazing that with postal voting already underway the media is focused on a dull slugfest . Guess they're trying to keep the story interesting and ignoring the fact that the polls aren't moving.
The wild flowers are beautiful. We've had a ridiculous amount of election literature, ( I'm being polite there!) through our letterbox over the last fortnight. We sent our postal votes last weekend.
The wildflowers in France have been a revelation, and my brother showed me that there are several apps where you can snap a photo and get an immediate identification. (Our parents had a plant and flower business, so we may both be more compulsive about these kinds of things than is usual.) It also works if I want to identify something I am coveting in one of our neighbor's gardens. That GQ article was horrifying, leaving language issues entirely to one side - for years, my time on the plane for business travel was my only opportunity to read quietly for five or six hours or watch a movie not appropriate for small children. I like the flight map as well, but not that much . . .
I too found the GQ article disturbing and condescending; as if it's a newly discovered male concept that one can actually sit quietly and serenely while following the ever changing map during long flights. Pfffft.
The wildflowers are just beautiful this morning Angus. Thank you for sharing.
Love me a humdinger! You made me smile at 5am.
It can be fun to listen to people have deep discussions of issues you never thought anyone would bother thinking about.
The sunrise picture is spectacular. I've not seen Aida performed since I was a child; opera productions have changed (to put it mildly).
That lecture sounds like a snooze-fest. I'd rather be outside looking at wildflowers!
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