Category Archives: mountains, flowers, landscapes

Olympus Olympos 4 and an apology…

Posted on February 8, 2021 by jonathan trustram

Taking inspiration from my favourite announcement at Finsbury Park station: ‘we apologise for the late running of this service, this is due to a problem currently under investigation.’ I promised myself that I would give up pathetic old man tech … Continue reading →

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Olympus 3 Dracunculus, tortoise, the monastery, Dresden, garden notes, etc.

Posted on February 6, 2021 by jonathan trustram

Just outside Litochoro, right by the road, I came across a dracunculus – literally little dragon. When you’ve only ever seen something once it takes on special importance. I was driving slowly but you’d see it even if you flashed … Continue reading →

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Olympos 2 – and garden notes

Posted on February 1, 2021 by jonathan trustram

When I wrote that last post, about the Papa Rema valley, how could I have forgotten this? It might have been suddenly discovering again the Italians and their search for Albania that drove it out of my head, even though … Continue reading →

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A day on Olympus

Posted on January 30, 2021 by jonathan trustram

I have been struggling to write about this mountain for more than a year and a half now. I spent a week on and around it in 2019. For now I will spare you my mental strife which is hard … Continue reading →

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Foxgloves

Posted on January 10, 2021 by jonathan trustram

Here’s another favourite, also from Slovenia, an orchid which loves mountain woodland and thrives inconspicuously even in deep shade, though this one was right by the edge of a road. It’s called Epipactis atrorubens. We call it a helleborine. Its … Continue reading →

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Experiencing fully

Posted on December 6, 2020 by jonathan trustram

this post is ruined. god knows what has happened. 26/8/2023 the cover of the Kew magazine shouts out: the new way to WINTER What was wrong with the old way, I wonder. And what is the new way? Well, you … Continue reading →

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Garden Notes number 20 “wouldn’t it be great if it were like this all the time”

Posted on May 17, 2020 by jonathan trustram

I look at the side of your face as the sunlight comesStreaming through the window in the autumn sunshineAnd all the time going to Coney Island I’m thinking,Wouldn’t it be great if it was like this all the time.    … Continue reading →

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Garden notes 17, home and away, a further intermission

Posted on May 7, 2020 by jonathan trustram

… because my mind began to wander, and it’s hard to get back to the garden. This is really what I meant to do in the last Garden Notes, i.e. show some more plants which I’ve seen in the wild … Continue reading →

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garden notes 16, intermission with aubrieta

Posted on May 4, 2020 by jonathan trustram

Aubrieta on Profitis Ilias in the Taygetos mountains, Peloponnese, Greece, in April. This picture should be big! See if you can make it look bigger on your screen….   But maybe its picture postcard size is appropriate, it fits that lockdown … Continue reading →

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Garden notes 15, the corn cockle, aliens

Posted on April 29, 2020 by jonathan trustram

see also Garden notes number twelve; sex, pests, culture wars, paradise and narrow observation I looked again at a photo I put up on the bathroom wall – It’s the corn cockle growing in a field of corn, as you might … Continue reading →

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