Oxeye Daisies at Sir Charles's Clump, 12x10 inch, oil on canvas.

Yesterday, FSD, together with her international friend and I walked along verdant verges looking at the various plants as well as spotting visiting fauna. A car pulled over and stopped, it was a farmer friend, met previously. We were pleased to see him and he mentioned the oxeye daises growing a little further on at the second wood. I see, after checking, that the wood is called Sir Charles's Clump and I wonder about when is a wood..... a clump. The adjacent wood is called Sir John's Plantation. A wood, a clump a plantation, balks, the names go on. Back to the subject. We were awestruck by the mass planting of this wild flower cover belt at the side of the field. In particular the crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum) looked dramatic flowering a deep rich crimson. Also, phacelia with its pastel blue flowers as well as buttercups but of course the star of the show is the oxeye daisies which are majestically flowering in profusion. It was good to see the bees busying themselves.