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This coral peony I observed growing near Appletreewick in North Yorkshire. The Royal Horticultural Society advises one to do the usual cutting back at the end of summer, but also adds ‘remove dead flowers as they fade’. Flowers fade before they die, or do they die before they fade? The bloom pictured has not faded, but it surely will, or already has done by the time you read this.

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There is much wisdom to be found in our old houses. Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham has about one of its fireplaces:

Feare God

Honor Ye Kinge

Eschewe Evil

and doe good

Seeke peacee

And ensue it

These are sections from Peter’s first epistle (2:17b & 3:11).

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