Category Archives: mountains, flowers, landscapes

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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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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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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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 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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