Ragwort And Murder
Jun. 17th, 2026 08:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo The ragwort is coming into flower. O, the time I spent- and paid others to spend- trying to eliminate it from the back fields on my mother's farm! And all because it was supposedly poisonous to horses. We asked around about that and got varying answers so just to be on the safe side....
I hated having to do it, because it's one of the most spectacular wildflowers. It looks great, it smells delicious
Also it has its ecological niche. There's a caterpillar that won't eat anything else. (Stupid caterpillar!)
Anyway. here in our Eastbourne garden I can let it be. No horses round here.....
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I like a whodunnit. I like 'em relatively cosy. No excessive gore, no sadism, no feckin' serial killers. I don't mind psychopaths, but I want them to be killing for some reason other than their liking it.
I'm currently working my way through Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series. It's just the ticket- beautifully written, sharply delineated characters, clever, intricate plotting, plenty of laughs.....
I hated having to do it, because it's one of the most spectacular wildflowers. It looks great, it smells delicious
Also it has its ecological niche. There's a caterpillar that won't eat anything else. (Stupid caterpillar!)
Anyway. here in our Eastbourne garden I can let it be. No horses round here.....
*******
I like a whodunnit. I like 'em relatively cosy. No excessive gore, no sadism, no feckin' serial killers. I don't mind psychopaths, but I want them to be killing for some reason other than their liking it.
I'm currently working my way through Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series. It's just the ticket- beautifully written, sharply delineated characters, clever, intricate plotting, plenty of laughs.....
