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Cow Parsley Time

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This time of the year one glory after another tumbles into our landscapes. One of them is Cow Parsley Time, and buttercup time, which is just coming now. It should be a good season with all this rain. These two paintings record that time, one in what I remember as the Great White Year. Rory Browne, a fine Christian artist, has a richer selection of cow parsley paintings. Look him up.

Alan Storkey

Alan Storkey

Economist, sociologist, writer and painter, living near Cambridge.

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