I’m sorry, I’ll write that again – big trees. This is a Maclura Pomifera named after William Maclure, an American geologist born in Scotland. The Pomifera means fruit-bearing. It should be named after William Dunbar, another Scotsman, who identified it in 1804 when he was travelling from the Mississippi River to the Ouachita River.
Month: May 2019
The Urban Birder
The Church of Our Lady, Merevale, et al
This church is now known as St Mary’s but I have chosen to retain its original nomenclature before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Now it is a parish church but it dates from the 13th century and Pevsner thinks it was a capella ante portas of Merevale Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1148 by… Continue reading The Church of Our Lady, Merevale, et al
Llangwm Lit Fest
Elsyng Palace, Forty Hall, Myddelton House
The Feildings
Sherry Picking
Seeing Sculpture
European Parliamentary Election 2019
In March the British press laughed over the first round of the Presidential election in Ukraine pointing a finger at the record number of candidates, 39, and consequently the length of the ballot paper. Couldn’t possibly happen here. Well, I hope a Ukrainian journalist reads this because it’s pay-back time.