Woody Wednesday (15th June 2022)

The Woodland Garden has gone rampant since Refna's last visit a fortnight ago and much of her morning was taken up with cutting back swathes of foliage and tree limbs to let more light into the garden.

I busied myself spreading Cotswold Stone behind the car port, replenishing the sunflower hearts for the birds, pulling up bindweed and photographing some plants for the June Woodland Garden album. I added seven images including campanulas and skullcaps. It was too hot to do any watering for fear of scorching.

There used to be plentiful amounts of both Love In A Mist and St John's Wort in the garden but this year the former has not come up. However I have blipped the herb St John's Wort as it fits both Miranda1008's Wild Flower Week and RockArea's Wide Wednesday on the theme of Contrasting Colours, with thanks to both.

In Extras is a wildflower plant I haven't noticed on the driveway before. The flowers are much smaller than that of Herb Bennet, suitable for a Tiny Tuesday perhaps, but I haven't identified it.

L.
Thursday 16.6.2022 (1108 hr)

Blip #3684 (#3434 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #003
Blips/Extras In 2022 #121/265 + #050/100 Extras
Day #4465 (1036 gaps from 26.3.2010)
LOTD #2827 (#2667 + 160 in archived blips)

Taken with Pentax KS-1 (Blue) and Pentax HD P-DA 35mm F2.8 macro prime limited lens

Old Forge series
Woodland Garden
Flora series
Wildflowers series

Woodland Garden (June 2022) (newest first, month so far)

Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back (recorded 15 June 1966, Philips Studio, London)
Regarded by many as the definitive version of this Carole King song, with a lyric by Gerry Goffin, this version, recorded on this day in 1966, was based on Carole King's own demo of the song. It had first been recorded Goldie (formerly of Goldie and the Gingerbreads) but her version had been recalled when Carole King objected to some lyric changes. Goldie had heard the demo at Dusty Springfield's home and performed the song from memory. After deciding not to record her own version Carole King fell behind Dusty Springfield's 'official' version. The Byrds also had success with their single version of it the following year.

One Year Ago:
The Woodland Garden (Fox-and-Cubs)