Quite a lot of plants with small yellow flowers, subsequently identified as nipplewort. Google explained that this is a very common weed, but one of which few people - me included - know the name. We speculated this morning why this might be, given that, as a society we are quite comfortable with nipples in our newspapers. BH thought that it might be down to an association with some kind of ailment, something to be kept hidden from view. She associated to a neighbour who once rather cringed at being told something was a fleabane (aka a sort of daisy). Google thought that there was some tension between my plant being so named for the shape of the flower buds and in being so named for the medicinal - breast ulcers - properties of the sap. In the credulous 16th century, the two thoughts probably fed off each other.
Some small cow parsleys (anthriscus sylvestris) in flower down the stream down Longmead Road - although on checking in wikipedia I find I could easily have been mistaken, there being a number of plants of this general appearance.
A few dandelions in flower, plenty of seedlings coming up.
A few celandines in flower, of which one is illustrated left. A picture taken before I had read about being able to tell the telephone on what to focus by tapping, so it will be interesting to see, on the next occasion, whether I can do a better job on the flower. I shall also think about turning off the image enhancer, not being at all sure about the colours it comes up with.
Getting back into suburbia proper, a few daffodils in front verges. And in our own front garden, a lot of pink bergenia in flower underneath the bay window.
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