Spring in the churchyard
Accordion books
Accordion book with expressive calligraphy on white paper using oak twig and homemade iron gall ink. Additional marks made with watercolours. Board covers and supporting pages made from heavyweight brown paper painted with iron gall ink, watercolours and gouache. Measures
Oak
OAK At the back of the churchyard an oak has rooted beside a grave; each year the lichened slab is covered with galls. Searching among tussocks of wet grass I find celandines, primroses, violets, last year’s foxgloves springing again from
Dawlish Churchyard Yew
The Common Yew growing beside the tower of St Gregory’s Church, Dawlish, has recently been added to the online gazetteer maintained by the Ancient Yew Group. The entry is divided into two sections: the first supplies info on the location while the