Robert Bakewell (geologist) – Scientist of the Day

Robert Bakewell, an English geologist, died Aug. 15, 1843, at the age of about 76.  

Robert Bakewell – Scientist of the Day

Robert Bakewell, an English farmer and animal breeder, died Oct. 1, 1795, at the age of 70.  

Ethel wrote this in the early ’80s while reflecting on more than two decades of life at Yallambie. In the 30 odd years since, the seasons have come and gone and the years have brought change. Plants and garden beds have been removed and reinstated. Drought has wrecked the garden more than once, only for it to recover and be born anew. Geriatric trees have succumbed to the passage of the time and collapsed to be replanted. Some things don’t change though and one of these is the arrival of the Spring time and the possibilities the season has to offer. I like to think the continuity described by Ethel might be something that had its beginning with R Bakewell and E L Bateman, found recognition in the writings of the Howitts and Louisa Anne Meredith and is a tradition that survives to this present day. As Ethel once said, quoting from Brown in her history:

A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot.

Fresh buds bloom, showers soften the earth and there is a warmth in the air outside already. It’s been a lovely Spring, don’t you think? Sorry for not writing about it more right now but I’ve got to get outside. Something’s waiting for me.

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