This feels like a good moment to reflect on my summer time at Field, self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park, and publish that long, long overdue grasses appreciation post /` Now entirely dried out, seeds sown, they are ready to make space for the next season /` The seasons have changed so quickly - an apt reminder that every lived minute occurs only once and is not to be wasted /` I am especially fond of grasses, perhaps because my roots are in the needle grass plains that surround the Irendik mountains in the south of Urals /` I am relived to hear the news that the fires surrounding our village Bakhtigareevo have been put out by local volunteers /` Pictured, from back in June: Soft brome (Bromus hordeaceus) Not pictures but present: Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) Slender oat (Avena barbata) x2 Common velvet grass (Holcus lanatus) Red fescue (Festuca rubra) Rat's tail fescue (Vulpia myuros) /` I used to the app PictureThis to ID (which isn't always 100% right so check other sources too) /`/`/` See you in the autumn! #grasses #summersdusk #urals #planetonfire (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTK4j7kMcSwVSyYaK7L94jJzswRv5PlXAXmQt00/?utm_medium=tumblr