@melindahaunton My belated return to #JacobinDay in defence of Hemp Agrimony (here with bonus peacock butterflies). The link to hemp is from its hempen-shaped leaves, which led it to be known as “Holy Rope” after the rope with which Christ was bound.
The Dark is Rising is our special, mid-winter audio drama - a gripping journey through a frozen landscape... and an unending, epic battle against the forces of the Dark.
Start your audio journey and begin seeking the Signs here 🎧 https://t.co/ZHgSiURjRm
#TheDarkIsRising
At Darlaston Library re-opening today, and great to see the new-look children’s library being such a hit - especially the new touch-screen computer specially for under-fives.
Children enjoyed the new and improved children's area in Darlaston library this morning. The toddler computer proved especially popular! The library is open Tuesday - Saturday so why not pop along with your little ones and take a look? #Walsall#Darlaston@WalsallLibrary
A whistle stop tour of the much improved Darlaston Library! New shelves, carpet, and comfy new furniture as well as improved IT facilities and a lovely children's area ready to be enjoyed by the public @WalsallLibrary
@DavidUnderdown9@melindahaunton@Wine52HQ Unexpected to have a Romanian wine name quoting the very English W.S. Gilbert in the “The Gondoliers” set in Venice:
“Life’s pudding full of plums. Care’s a canker that benumbs.”
🤔
https://t.co/28P72p89JY
As #BlackHistoryMonth draws to a close, you can still find a range of books, Audiobooks, eBooks & eAudiobooks by black authors and celebrating #BlackHistory in Walsall Libraries. Check out our #BHM booklists at https://t.co/cD8icbcsAu
It’s national Get Online Week in Walsall Libraries - so check out your what’s going on for you at your local library! #GetOnline#GetOnlineWeek@walsallforall
@melindahaunton Woad in my old herb garden. As a biennial it comes into its own as its yellow flowers transform into black, pendent seeds, making it curiously more decorative as it dies. Here I’m afraid it’s visible only as the haze before the bridge. #JacobinDay
@melindahaunton Lungwort for #JacobinDay - always feels, with primroses, like the first sign of spring approaching, with a fresh canvas for a new gardening year. Great for shady places, and a valuable early nectar source for bees coming out of hibernation too.
@melindahaunton Fantastic yew hedging and topiary bordering the gardens at Hutton-in-the-Forest on the edge of the Lake District in Cumbria. #JacobinDay
@melindahaunton Ruined northern tower at 14thC Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, providing an ideal micro-climate for lichens and mosses to thrive. #JacobinDay
@melindahaunton Box within a box: view from the Great Chamber over the tranquil knot garden of box (and bonus lavender) at Strangers’ Hall, Norwich. #JacobinDay@herbsocietyuk
@melindahaunton Three metallic cows for #JacobinDay, in gold, silver & bronze. First seen at the 2017 #RHSChatsworth flower show, they are now retired to Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, to graze and greet the cable cars as they ascend to the Heights of Abraham.
@satisfactory20@melindahaunton Not forgetting the most famous musical inhabitant of “Number 70, Simmery Axe”, John Wellington Wells. #JacobinDay https://t.co/JQDal9KMGh