Author Archives: jonathan trustram

Poppies 3

Posted on November 18, 2014 by jonathan trustram

A fascinating – and beautifully written – piece by Richard Mabey in Flora Britannica on the common poppy, Papaver rhoeas. It is one of the world’s most successful weeds and  spread from Asia to Western Europe with the development of … Continue reading →

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poppies 2

Posted on November 16, 2014 by jonathan trustram

An answer to my question – what’s happening in France and Germany? -in an article by Gavin Stamp in the new London Review of Books. Near Arras, where there are already French, German, Canadian and British cemeteries, an international memorial … Continue reading →

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poppies

Posted on November 12, 2014 by jonathan trustram

One Sunday afternoon, two or three weeks ago, Sheila and I went for a little trip into the City. We took the train from Stoke Newington to Liverpool Street and then got on the first bus in Bishopsgate to go … Continue reading →

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Pulsatilla alpina

Posted on November 3, 2014 by jonathan trustram
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At Vodnikov Dom, a detour: from the Gasterntal to Spittelmatte, Switzerland

Posted on November 3, 2014 by jonathan trustram

Unable to introduce this place, this moment: in 2012 after staying for a few days in the Gasterntal in Switzerland, where I saw scenes of devastation, acres of high pasture flayed from the rocks beneath on which nothing could grow … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 7 Joey’s story

Posted on November 3, 2014 by jonathan trustram

(before I go on I should add a few notes.) 1) I still have no control over fonts and their size, which is annoying. 2) I was in Slovenia in early July. 3) There are two kinds of refuge in … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 6 the way up, cars, entitlement.

Posted on October 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

I approached Vodnikov Dom through the narrow valley of the Mostnica. Within a wooded valley is a narrow gorge of roundly sculpted limestone where the water runs green and deep. Then further up the valley, past a refuge/restaurant where shiny … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 5 plant names, mountain greetings

Posted on October 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

. Rhodothamnus chamaecistus. Gardeners will notice that the leaves are very like those of an azalea, (which of course is a rhododendron.) 2. It looks particularly beautiful with the light shining through the flowers. 3. A ‘dwarf’ cistus in Greece. 4. … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 4 (a footnote)

Posted on October 29, 2014 by jonathan trustram

Under the brown fog of a winter dawn A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many. TS Eliot

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At Vodnikov Dom 3 Velo Polje, WW1, Sheila’s surgeon

Posted on October 29, 2014 by jonathan trustram

Vodnikov Dom sits below the cliffs of the north side of Tosc, protected by a little rocky knoll with a few larch trees on it, and just about on the tree line; the window of my room framed a section … Continue reading →

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