The Outhouse Flowers

 A quick flit into town to run some long overdue errands was needed on Saturday. Since I last went down a couple of weeks ago this lot has come into bloom along the short cut through by the brook.

Traditionally these flowers were grown alongside outside privies as their scent masked some of the noxious odours and their height disguised the buildings. It was an easy way for people to identify where they should be going if they needed to answer the call of nature without having to ask any indelicate questions. Most people would call them Hollyhocks and even growing up the side of a tarmac path they're simply gorgeous. The fine lines on the centre of them really show how they're part of the Mallow family.

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