I have just started this and I just wanted to share the great illustrations that the are part of this classic piece of nature writing that we see how one flower became an obsession for the writer Jocelyn Brooke he spent years trying to grab a look at a rarely seen and observed Orchid The Military Orchid of the title this book is the first part of a loose trilogy that merges memoir , fiction and a love a nature. So here are a couple of the illustrations that were done by Gavin and `Stephen Bone.

They are stunning and just pop the prose to life as I am reading about him just discovering the Militar Orchid and how rare it was .

I had !! decided to stop blogging here I wanter  a new blog but am not sharing it at mo till I build up some content I’ve just run out of steam. 13 Years is maybe a good place to stop here.I did try set a new blog up but it now seems you have to pay for WordPress and only have the new editor so I am going to continue here but the focus of winstonsdad is changing to wider writing and also more none book content I have just felt railroad by the blog last few years and just recently I am more into nature writing this may just be a short blip I love translated fiction but I just a little fed up and wanting new directions and had felt trapped as this blog has been so focused on Translation so maybe I need to just broaden the scope of post here as I want do post around days out and some just pictures I have taken here and there so anyway it will all be coming here I didn’t know that WordPress now see to charge and also use the new set up for post that I just don’t get on with so I am here to say. But expect new and different content from me .