tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493398068080107368.post9169644023275410369..comments2023-10-04T07:27:01.685-07:00Comments on Where Beechmast Falls: In Edward Thomas Country - Wild Flowers on Ashford HangerDartford Warblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493398068080107368.post-7214175067003394742011-05-06T16:27:40.979-07:002011-05-06T16:27:40.979-07:00What wonderful photos of all those wild flowers .....What wonderful photos of all those wild flowers ...shame they are thought of as weeds in most gardens and not allowed to flourish. I did enjoy the wander with you.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177505346903016669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493398068080107368.post-91151947866387351822011-05-06T15:57:08.473-07:002011-05-06T15:57:08.473-07:00Ann SM - you have sent me back to reread the poem ...Ann SM - you have sent me back to reread the poem and yes, I stand corrected. I`m sure he does not mean Old Man`s Beard in the poem, but Artemesia ( I did not know it as Old Man, or Lad`s Love). Would this be the Artemesia also known as Wormwood? That certainly has a bitter, pungent and memorable smell. We had some in our last garden.Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493398068080107368.post-27462128695096341072011-05-06T13:41:58.687-07:002011-05-06T13:41:58.687-07:00What a paradise of wildflowers! I can't belie...What a paradise of wildflowers! I can't believe violets grow wild there.WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493398068080107368.post-37445926210520804192011-05-06T12:59:15.078-07:002011-05-06T12:59:15.078-07:00How wonderful. Makes me yearn for the woods. Guess...How wonderful. Makes me yearn for the woods. Guess we are headed tomorrow :-)Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493398068080107368.post-51792196502213901292011-05-06T10:33:50.434-07:002011-05-06T10:33:50.434-07:00Beautiful - so we didn't take exactly the same...Beautiful - so we didn't take exactly the same pictures after all!!! It was a day I shall NEVER forget.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493398068080107368.post-33493512094808065812011-05-06T10:20:25.196-07:002011-05-06T10:20:25.196-07:00This is so lovely - in itself a Thomas poem; words...This is so lovely - in itself a Thomas poem; words and pictures. Just beautiful. (I am almost sure however that the 'old man' Thomas writes of is Southernwood (Artemesia), for he says, "old man or lad's love, in the name there's nothing, to one who knows not lad's love or old man' - and then he goes on to describe the scent of the leaf. Mind you, it's 60 years since I studied and learned that poem off by heart so I could be mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com