Gorse

What a full day. I wandered down the track at about 9.30 pm just after my last student had left and busied myself with blipping for 10 minutes in the gloomy near darkness, the dog barked and there were the 3 pigs joyfully running down the track towards me delighted with themselves. I think they must have learnt how to undo the safety clip on the gate to their run.. I shunted them back up into the yard, called Aedan to come and help. They went to bed rather reluctantly.

The gorse smells so fine , it can carry you away on its scent. I used to use the flowers to make a dye for wool, with an alum mordant. That was many years ago.