Author Archives: jonathan trustram

in the City, two

Posted on December 20, 2015 by jonathan trustram

It was good of Sir Christopher Wren to leave us churches. They are used now to decorate the new City. Incidentally, in spite of all the destruction of the blitz, more churches were destroyed to make way for the first … Continue reading →

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A longer walk

Posted on December 16, 2015 by jonathan trustram

Next day I walked back down through the forest to the valley. Before I left the big party of young Italians from an alpine club set out. Deterred from the long high walk they  had planned by the weather, they had … Continue reading →

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a short walk in the Velo Polje, Vodnikov Dom again

Posted on December 15, 2015 by jonathan trustram

I was thinking about different ways of seeing Cornwall (see ‘at Lamledra’), and then a strange place in Slovenia (see ‘at Vodnikov Dom’). If you don’t like plants, look away now. The time is early July. In fact it was … Continue reading →

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in the City

Posted on December 9, 2015 by jonathan trustram

I’ve been walking through the City on my way to work since 2002. Here are some photos from a work without progress.   The bridge was still new.The horizontal line of the Tate Modern was a rare thing in London … Continue reading →

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in the garden, blue tits

Posted on December 8, 2015 by jonathan trustram

As part of a project to stop my brain from turning into a stony mush I have just calculated that in the last nine months the birds in the garden have consumed a quantity of sunflower seeds equal to the … Continue reading →

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At Lamledra

Posted on December 8, 2015 by jonathan trustram

Here’s a link to the house website: http://lamledrahouse.co.uk/ see also:at Lamledra (2) lamledra 3  seductive sky above the Dodman Coming home from just about anywhere in Europe it’s easy to feel disappointed with our native flora. Orchids which are common in … Continue reading →

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Vodnikov Dom again, rare plants, rare places

Posted on December 8, 2014 by jonathan trustram

I got stuck. I got lost. I was trying to write about, or move towards writing about, certain perfect spots, mostly in the mountains, and trying not to use words like perfect, or magical, or secret, or timeless, or sacred … Continue reading →

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mouse

Posted on November 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

When I walked into the kitchen last night and turned the light on I surprised a mouse on its usual path. They like to run along the back edge of the work surface, close to the wall, round the back … Continue reading →

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some more poppies

Posted on November 26, 2014 by jonathan trustram

This is Papaver rhaeticum, growing in the wide stony Morteratsch valley in the Engadine. Here a path follows the two kilometre, 130 year retreat of the glacier, and signs record the position of the tongue at ten year intervals.   … Continue reading →

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Cross Bones Graveyard

Posted on November 18, 2014 by jonathan trustram
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