Well, I’ve enjoyed my last walk of December, in fact the Old Year – and I’m delighted to report that my ‘secret’ Champion Wild Campion is still in the pink on New Year’s Eve 2017.
This seemingly fragile yet determined flower has continued to blossom through the foulest of Winter weather – gale-force winds, snow, frozen rain, heavy rain – even flashes of lightning earlier this evening! And though the days are short and chilly – it miraculously keeps on flowering…
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Friday 5th December 2018.
Just as the beautiful hand-painted words concealed behind olde glass prophesieth – my miraculous Champion Wild Campion is withering and fading too.
At 21:27 on the 4th of January 2018 – just one tattered flower remaineth…