by Steve Tanham
You can come to the memorial gardens within Kendal’s Maude’s Meadow either by Maude Street, which runs off the town centre, or by a dark and tree-overshadowed path from the old Quaker district of Fellside.
The latter is the best at this time of the early autumn. Much of the descending path is shrouded in venerable trees. If you’re lucky, upon entering the edge of the small park, your darkness-conditioned eyes will be met by the most wonderful circle of golden yellow – seeming to give off its own light.
I’m told by my wife that they are ‘black-eyed Susans’, otherwise know as Rudbeckia. A concentric disc of beauty, they surround the heart of the WW1 memorial here, to welcome everyone with the symbol of beauty and life emerging from the ruin of war.
©️Stephen Tanham, 2025. Photo by the author.
Sun in Gemini 
Glorious 💜💜💜
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Thank you, Willow ❤️
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They’re called “brown-eyed susans” here in the States. They’re one of my favorite flowers. My grandmother & mother ~ I have a recipe card in my grandmother’s hand ~ used to make these awesomely delicious cookies called “brown-eyed susans” ~ an almond-flavored shortbread rolled into small circles with a dab of chocolate in the middle. Absolutely to die for! I have made them many times myself but I am not safe with them!!!
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Chuckles! I understand the ‘not safe’, Polly, but it’s great they’re so good 😊
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I’m not safe with anything I bake 😦
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Even better!! 😎
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I love brown/black-eyed susans. They grew wild in Southern Alberta too. The picture is amazing.
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Such glorious colours, the whole of the little park is filled with their radiance!
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