Gentiana Septemfida

Another day mostly spent at the windmill with C & I, another striking gentian from their garden.  This one is quite widely available from garden centres.   Although a hybrid with another species has become the most commonly seen plant in commerce, I think the true species is the more beautiful.

Jamie was finally moved on from A&E to a medical bed this evening and remains in Shrewsbury.  I think everyone, ourselves included expected that his Cough-Variant Asthma would quickly be brought under control in hospital, without the need for an admission but it has proved very stubborn.  Now hoping for a good night's sleep if the cough relents a bit which will be good medicine in itself.  

I spent the morning weeding in a new area of the big garden which is being cleared before planting.  A good distraction.  The dogs enjoyed the chance to run free and explore and I spotted a kingfisher on a branch over the stream that forms one boundary of the garden.  Having travelled super-light, not expecting to stop anywhere interesting, I didn't have the big camera with it's zoom lens .... but the gentian is also a beautiful blue :-)

I am home - for tonight at least.   Now he's on ward Jamie's discharge from hospital is unlikely to be as precipitate as that from A&E and there are multiple calls on my time here too.   Another trip to Shrewsbury is inevitable and ironically I am due to help C & I with a stand at Shrewsbury Flower Show next Friday so collecting Jamie won't be my last trip over those roads in the week ahead!