strawberries and cream

When I used the title “ways and worlds” for the last blog post, I had no intention of referencing Laurie Lee. And yet now that I’ve gone looking for his poem “Home from Abroad”, I find it begins,

Far-fetched with tales of other worlds and ways,

so it seems likely that I had that at the back of my mind.

I was looking for the poem today as I wanted to quote a line from it. And although I’ve quoted it here on the blog in the past, it was a good opportunity to re-read the whole poem. Continue reading “strawberries and cream”

for everything there is a season

I took this photo today; elsewhere in garden, the violets have been in flower for a couple of weeks.

strawberry on plant

I don’t doubt that for everything there is a season. It just isn’t always the one you’d expect it to be.