tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post702750595521024122..comments2024-02-26T00:16:00.996+00:00Comments on Ramblings from an English Garden: May ColourBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799594980600477320noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-69442135689315774142013-06-03T00:18:38.257+01:002013-06-03T00:18:38.257+01:00Someone on Susan Branch's Blog was just talkin...Someone on Susan Branch's Blog was just talking about Cow Parsley (we call it Queen Anne's Lace in the States) and wondering why it's called COW Parsley? I read that it has a bitter taste to it. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-69391429622270096062013-06-02T17:53:16.618+01:002013-06-02T17:53:16.618+01:00Summer in the countryside is so relaxing to look a...Summer in the countryside is so relaxing to look at. I like how you've built so much interest in your garden no matter what time of year.nikkipolanihttp://nikkipolani.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-83005850390417685942013-06-01T23:34:43.544+01:002013-06-01T23:34:43.544+01:00Our Cow Parsley is blooming too! I love it! I plan...Our Cow Parsley is blooming too! I love it! I plan to try to start some in my garden. How pretty! It reminds me of lace!Lori Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14487050268259026104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-40354997049507886982013-06-01T12:53:10.016+01:002013-06-01T12:53:10.016+01:00Just as beautiful as can possibly be imagined. Hop...Just as beautiful as can possibly be imagined. Hope that June brings equal delights.<br /><br /><br />Oh, to be in England<br />Now that April 's there,<br />And whoever wakes in England<br />Sees, some morning, unaware,<br />That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf<br />Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,<br />While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough<br />In England—now!<br /><br />And after April, when May follows,<br />And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!<br />Hark, where my blossom'd pear-tree in the hedge<br />Leans to the field and scatters on the clover<br />Blossoms and dewdrops—at the bent spray's edge—<br />That 's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,<br />Lest you should think he never could recapture<br />The first fine careless rapture!<br />And though the fields look rough with hoary dew,<br />All will be gay when noontide wakes anew<br />The buttercups, the little children's dower<br />—Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!<br /><br />Robert Browning<br />Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-65676661962208228812013-06-01T12:28:37.641+01:002013-06-01T12:28:37.641+01:00It is a beautiful time of year. What a blessing t...It is a beautiful time of year. What a blessing to have such a beautiful view there from your window. I loved the picture of the country road too. I'll be looking forward to seeing the next batch. I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-34427325525068723312013-06-01T04:40:49.387+01:002013-06-01T04:40:49.387+01:00It looks so pretty to see everything in bloom now....It looks so pretty to see everything in bloom now. It's been long in coming this year.Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-16900254126442752802013-06-01T02:05:49.463+01:002013-06-01T02:05:49.463+01:00Every season is beautiful - isn't it? We can&#...Every season is beautiful - isn't it? We can't help but observe and notice the shifting colors. Thanks for your post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-64232914244289411032013-06-01T01:36:53.798+01:002013-06-01T01:36:53.798+01:00So beautiful and peaceful to see this, Barbara. W...So beautiful and peaceful to see this, Barbara. We are riveted to our TV watching a live report. Horrible and multiple tornadoes hitting Oklahoma City right now. Several on the ground and they are rain wrapped so hard to see. Disorienting. Sorry. Sort of freaking out. It's overwhelming.<br />Annie Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415548089882625246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-39658605168580073652013-05-31T21:27:57.996+01:002013-05-31T21:27:57.996+01:00All so lovely - takes your breath away!All so lovely - takes your breath away!Bernideenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05323630851115338825noreply@blogger.com