Happy Birthday Darwin!

After what has been a pretty uneventful few days Brett and I have had a very productive day, first we decided that we would take in a bit of the local history by celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Shrewsbury’s most famous son Charles Darwin and founder of the theory of evolution. It is also the 150th anniversary of the publication of his most famous work ‘On the Origin of Species’. To help celebrate Shrewsbury has produced a walk around the town taking in all the points of interest associated with Darwin.

It did seem somewhat strange using a map to walk around the town I have lived in all my life! But it was such a lovely sunny day (if not a bit cold in the wind!) that we thought it might present us with a few photo opportunities.

This is a monument called Darwin Gate it was inspired by elements of the design and construction of St Mary’s Church which Darwin attended

The Bellstone was Darwin’s first introduction to science and geology.

Darwin was christened at St Chads

This is a statue of Darwin outside the towns library

When we got back I made a homemade potato and leek soup and then sat in the garden reading, it was wonderful and the sun was very warm, our garden can be somewhat of a sun trap in the afternoons. After much persuasion Brett came out and gave the garden a much needed tidy. We also planted some new herbs as only one or two survived from last year, so fingers crossed these will do better.

My herbs that have been planted today, Coriander, Mint & Basil

The only herb that survived from last year – Lavender