The End of the Third Lockdown, Day 31: Endless Forms Most Beautiful

"From so simple a beginning,

endless forms most beautiful

and most wonderful

have been,

and are being, 

evolved."

Charles Darwin

The month is up, the lockdown is to be slowly reduced. For us, little difference will be apparent, but we will make every effort to see friends and spread some goodwill instead of some bloody virus.

Today marks the end of my daily blogs. Almost certainly no-one will notice apart from me, but I will miss doing it. 

Today (Sunday) we had Sophie and the girls over:

We went to see if the ducklings had hatched. One small crack. Maybe tomorrow...

We did, however, discover even more eggs freshly delivered by the swans (this time without incident)...

In writing this blog, and in taking so many photos (over 2,000), almost entirely within the bounds of our own garden, I have been drawn further and further into the heart of Charles Darwin. 

His conclusion: "from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved" can be seen in all its grandeur right here. 

Flowers evolved relatively recently in geological history. Well, I guess 130 million years might seem like a long time, but you should try being in lockdown! Still, if all of Earth's history were compressed into the last hour, flowers would have appeared only 90 seconds ago.

What amazing variety that has led to, purely through the action of evolution. 

All the photos in this video were taken in our garden over the last thirty-one days. Imagine that reproduced over the entire planet!

Stunning. 

Enjoy.