Circular floral display

One of the best locations to find a good floral display is inside a church. The beautification of churches with natural flowers and vegetation is a year-round activity. Many groups of churches hold flower festivals, often in July when they are plentiful. Nature's bounty and beauty is celebrated with leaves, fruit and flowers at the time of harvest festival. At Easter a particular effort, often including lilies, is evident. And flowers and trees make an appearance across the Christmas period. At other times flowers are usually on view, often refreshed weekly by a rota of helpers.

This particular floral arrangement, in Hope Mansell church, Herefordshire, is located in the bowl of a seven hundred year old font - in my experience an unusual place to see flowers.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2

May is a green month

April and May this year seem to have merged and swapped some characteristics - April passed its famed showers on to May with the latter month's temperatures decidedly cooler than usual. However, a walk around the village of Hope Mansell and its secluded Herefordshire valley showed that May is, this year notwithstanding, a green month.

Most of the trees are now displaying fresh leaves and the pastures, meadows and most of the crops exhibit greens of one tint or another. The temperatures do seem to have slowed down the oilseed rape and its bright yellow is still evident though not in either of these landscapes.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2