31 July

For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of this plant. I even called me mum, the expert in all things flowery, and she couldn't get it either of course, something could have been lost in the translation over the phone, periwinkle-blue-purple-ish anual that looks sort of like a tansy but isn't and is usually very short but sometimes can be taller.... I don't know why she couldn't pop it right off the top of her head ;) feel free to mention its name in the comments....please it looks quite pretty - growing by the sea in the Swampscott town commons ~ It's been beastly hot and humid here...hardly manage to get outside for walking at all yesterday morning I went to the beach to sit at the edge of the shore I saw a sort of older father there with his little son, who was really just a toddler the waves were rather large and a bit rough coming in and the boy was getting knocked about some even th