apple blossom

from our apple trees 
the kindly Mister has now informed me that he picked this sprig from a wild tree that has grown up from a discarded picnic apple on the side of the path down to the beach.
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reading:  The Ash Tree by Oliver Rackham

the wind is getting up - i foresee a sleepless night
the rain is lashing - better get some buckets in place.