Plentiful Pennywort

There's pennywort growing everywhere this summer. It will grow in drains, gutters, out of tarmac drives - anywhere! This lot is growing on the bank at the side of the road through the village. I never see it without Charles Causley's words coming to mind, from his poem that begins ...

High on the wall where the pennywort grows
Polly Penwarden is painting her toes ...

Today is Firstborn's 35th birthday.
How did that happen?!!!