spring at madingley hall

 

birch catkins in afternoon sunshine 

   – violets nestling among primroses in the meadow, and a snowflake in the walled garden

wood anemone

anchusa

– and spring has arrived, with periwinkle growing against a stone wall next to white comfrey, both plants rich in folklore which have been potent remedies in herbal medicine over the centuries –




and a false oxslip, a lovely primrose/cowslip hybrid in the long grass

Our material knowledge has increased, but not our intelligence … We have become rich in knowledge, but poor in wisdom.Carl Jung, On Ultimate Things