A Song for May

Another plant, but I make no apologies, as per this quote from Gideon Heugh's latest post:

To be well-informed isn’t merely to know what’s happening in government, but also what’s happening in the gardens, in the woods, in the ground. It is to know how so much has become lush with green; it is to know that the music of the chaffinch is moving through the trees.

The clematis will make no headlines, yet it blooms nonetheless, and deserves our attention, our comment.

Love the colours, the light, the lushness of these May mornings. Substitute hoopoes for chaffinch, and nasturtians for clematis, here in our small Alentejano corner of the world. 

Gratefuls:
- finishing my "creative project", though just slightly too late to post, will have to wait till Monday now
- Geoff home from hospital
- Mike sorting the automatic irrigation, getting hot now (though lovely temperatures, still)

And, today, the Brazilian photographer, Sebastião Salgado, who used his photography to try to change the world, has died. Here, some of his photography. Just look at the light.