Betwixt Lakeland & Edinburgh
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Who knew?
Who knew that the joys of ‘white lilac’ scented buddleja lay just beyond the chrysalis?
‘Somehow, deep down, tight-bound, in the dark, I think I must have known,’ said the butterfly.
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hypnotised by a strange delight, under a lilac tree
There’s always a moment in summer here in Lakeland when the white lilac is so completely ‘sweet and heady’ I can ‘hear’ Elkie Brooks, singing in the garden.
Unforgettable scent, and singer. I saw Elkie live, on the eve of her 72nd birthday; she raised the roof – and at times there was not a dry eye in the house!
Summer days! Ah, summer days …
