The time of year when Cow Parsley and Buttercup are in flower together is soon over. Make the most of it when you can. The sight of these two magnificent native flowers at their best should get everybody out into the lanes and public footpaths of the English countryside daily to feast on a beauty which is readily available and costs nothing. I can think of no more restoring activity than this.
Cow Parsley's intricate tracery makes it a miracle singly and as so often seen en masse lining the edges of lanes and roads. Buttercup also is never given its due for its amazing depth of colour. 
But few things are better than seeing the two coming together with the taller Meadow Buttercup rising amongs the stems of Cow Parsley.
Being common is no bar to excellence when the quality is so high. And this is more precious than all the exotic blooms in carefully tended gardens - yet it's wild and it's entirely natural and native. Being outside admiring it all is what you might expect everybody to be doing instead of pointless activities like watching fatuous TV programmes, driving madly up and down the roads and voting in elections for those you've never even heard of before.
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