And Now It's Raining

[poliphilo]

After a day of unseasonal heat, a heavy downpour. This weather is positively tropical.

I was up on Oldham Edge the other day and admiring the rowan berries. I read or heard the other day that the rowan- which is one of Northern England's signature trees- may be unable to cope with the change in our climate.

O the oak, and the ash, and the bonny rowan tree  Do flourish at home in the North Countrie

But not for much longer, perhaps...

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[seaslug-of-doom.livejournal.com]

O the palm, and the orange, and the bonny lemon tree
Do flourist at home in the North Countrie

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

North Countrie...

Tony, what is a "fen"? I am reading about a house in which the fen has come right to the door, and if one is quiet, one can hear the water. The fen seems to be filled with dogwoods and thistles and willows.

I always thought the "fen country" was swampland. Is that right? Is that what is called by the beautiful name a "water meadow"?