Mountain Memories

Way back in the mists of time, before Ruth was born .... so almost thirty years ago, I went on my first mountain flower holiday.   An organised tour to the Pyrenees.   We stayed in Andorra for a week and then crossed to France, staying a week near Gavarnie.  In Andorra I collected a little seed of an Erythronium that I still grow and near Gavarnie I saw Iris latifolia in flower, alongside it a dead stem with a seedhead atop it.   Inside the seed head, a few seeds remained.   From those seeds, these blue irises flowering in my garden today, were derived.   These are second or third generation but remain identical to the flower I saw all those years ago.   A kind of time travel.

Another busy work day.   Busier than Monday but all went smoothly.   After work and some tea, a walk at Rhydyronen with Jamie and Julie.   They fed the donkeys - extra pic.   I stood back, to keep Meg from making a fuss.   Nice day.