The marshy green shore that catches my eye from every window........

The lake below us is a strong character in our lives. We see it from every window and it influences the land by creating small marshy areas where streams make their way towards it from all angles. Although small, the weather changes are always apparent first by looking at the lake and then the sky. The meadow leading down to the shore has been left fallow for many years and supports a diverse range of plants, small animals and birds. Moving from a garden into a wilderness and then into a marsh there are subtle changes in the colours and the textures. These photos are from the marshy area next to the lake which shows some of the beauties and the beasties living there.

I think that this is Wild Angelica, Angelica Sylvestris, Gallfheabhrán, which is growing there. According to www.irishwildflowers.ie the amazing website and labour of love, it grows throughout Ireland on riverbanks and in damp meadows, grassland, woods. The embryonic budding flowers as they are about to unfurl are wonderful. It is a very large plant too and we see each other eye to eye.


The view from my new office/studio (of which there will be more later) has brought me even closer to the lake and I'm not sure how I am to do any work with the lake catching the corner of my eye every other minute.......