Summer starts…

Yellow rattle seed ripe and ready.

Day 362 #365DaysWild

The seasons move on, each marked, sometimes arbitrarily.

In the meadow, the yellow rattle is rattling indicating ripeness. Seeds are now spilling from the dried seed pods. For us, a sign that summer is here.

I’ve been around with scissors and a brown paper bag harvesting seeds that’ll be scattered around where grass needs thinning next year.

Whilst snipping, I disturb a meadow brown butterfly that was resting on a stem.

The first for 2024 and a day later than last year.

So welcome.