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Garden notes no 37 beeday at St John’s, Waterloo, july 15th, 2022

Posted on July 28, 2022 by jonathan trustram

It was a lovely coincidence of insects – not just bees – and flowers on a sunny day before the burning record breaking heat. The pollen seems extravagantly thrown about. I think it’s a hoverfly, not a bee. The lily … Continue reading →

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hand baked no 3, drawing closer to the Kardashian building….

Posted on July 25, 2022 by jonathan trustram

I thought it was time. I’d tried to avoid it for so long, but of course it kept intruding. A trespasser. It dominates a cluster of new buildings. I have photos but now I can hardly tell which one is … Continue reading →

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hand baked in small batches using locally sourced ingredients no. 2

Posted on July 18, 2022 by jonathan trustram

The other day I saw a headless rat on the pavement. Luckily I found an old pale blue face mask in my pocket. So I picked up the rat and dropped it in the litter bin. I looked around, no … Continue reading →

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hand baked in small batches from locally sourced ingredients, 1.

Posted on July 14, 2022 by jonathan trustram

I sometimes come home from working in St John’s churchyard at Waterloo by walking along the South Bank and getting the Thameslink train from the new station on Blackfriars Bridge to Finsbury Park. Another monster development is underway. Hoardings display … Continue reading →

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A walk in the woods,

Posted on February 24, 2022 by jonathan trustram

but first I passed the eventful hoarding at the end of the street. I was pleased to see that someone had torn a strip off one of the posters so that it read THE EAR INDEX. (I think it’s a … Continue reading →

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some photos, and a last goodbye to 2021

Posted on February 1, 2022 by jonathan trustram

bet you can’t guess why this person is smiling? Here’s why: See? Try it today. Everywhere I go I see pictures of people with stupid smiles. She’s in an advert for a departure lounge at Heathrow. The real people, also … Continue reading →

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a walk in South East London

Posted on January 5, 2022 by jonathan trustram

First I took the train from Stoke Newington to Liverpool Street and walked through our new little Manhattan off Bishopsgate to see the latest skyscrapers we used to call them and the weather was and has been for some time … Continue reading →

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garden notes no 36. sorry for my absence. some late spring/early summer flowers.

Posted on June 18, 2021 by jonathan trustram

The rains began two days ago and everything changed again. From just a few days ago… the end of spring – the heat is withering the thalictrum flowers, the welsh poppies seem fragile. You might remember the poppy last year … Continue reading →

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Garden Notes No 35, 2021, Echiums (the pain, the glory, the jealousy etc) – and an unusual scilla

Posted on March 15, 2021 by jonathan trustram

To start with, the pain: I’m still looking for signs of life, finding it hard to believe that it’s dead. But every day it looks deader than the day before. The damage was done during that cold week in february, … Continue reading →

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A litany of praise, and searching for plants

Posted on March 1, 2021 by jonathan trustram

A slide show litany might be a way to overcome or avoid altogether the difficulties I’m having writing this piece, which is to follow on from my embarrassment at getting lost and being stuck in a little red car when … Continue reading →

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