Country diary: summer's lagging in the woods

Comins Coch, Ceredigion: Meadow grasses and flowers have grown in abundance, but the trees have been slow to greenIn the pasture beside the lane, dandelions have already set seed, their spherical heads intact and waiting for the right gust of wind to break the seeds free and disperse them across the village like invading paratroopers. The meadow grasses and wild flowers have grown rapidly in confused abundance, but the crown of the oak tree across the field remains more defined by the framework