Burning flowers

I always enjoy visiting church flower festivals especially in rural areas.  Villagers - not just church-goers - turn out to support the event, contribute flower arrangements and organise teas and fruitcake sales.
Such festivals, taking place often in ancient church buildings, almost have the feeling of being the last of England's rural customs. 

This shot was taken at St Luke in Onecote and the arrangement is an interpretation of Moses' burning bush revelation.

Kahlo and the 'knot'

It's #StaffordshireDay today (May 1st), the day in the year when one celebrates all things Staffordshire.
So I thought I'd put up another image of a 'Stafford Knot', the symbol of the county.

I found this painting, by the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, among a number of other pictures, on the walls in a bar in Newcastle. It's called 'Self-Portrait with A Braid' - and the braid resembles a Stafford Knot.
Well, maybe...!