Photo of the month
It's November and the large, majestic Deodar Cedar tree in the Cemetery is in flower.
This photograph taken in July 2007 shows the fine detail of the brickwork around the chapel windows contrasted against the diffuse sunlight.
Speckled wood butterflies have brown wings with creamy-yellow spots and a small dark eye spot near the tip of the upper wing. The lower wings have a row of dark brown eye spots. The wingspan is about 50mm.
Locally distributed in the southern half of Britain, this species inhabits chalky soils including downland, quarries and sea-cliffs.
The Peacock Butterfly gets its name from the similarity between the eye pattern on its wing and those on the Peacock’s tail feathers.
In early June parts of the cemetery are covered with this pretty white flower.
The Ox-Eye daisy is a typical meadow flower; it thrives in a wide range of conditions and prefers heavy and damp soils.
In a part of the Old Parish Cemetery, a small patch of bright colour caught my eye and, getting down on my hands and knees to investigate, I saw what looked like a tiny little orchid.
The first signs of Spring are the Primroses that grow in abundance throughout the Old Parish Cemetery
There are several varieties of holly (Ilex aquifolium) growing in the Cemetery.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.