Far From the Madding Crowd: Bluebells, Not Quite So Late

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Bluebells, Not Quite So Late

The Bluebells here are not quite so late this year, probably about a week later than previous years, certainly not three weeks late as some experts have predicted. We went to Edmondsham to see the Bluebells, they are nearly at their peak.

This Spring, I have seen a lot of Seven-spot Ladybird, far more than I have in previous years. On this piece of log, there was several of them.

Early Purple Orchid with a Dandelion in the background. Spot the Ladybird:-)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Lovely bluebells Lyn and that Purple Orchid is beautiful. I haven't seen any of them yet in the area I normally find them.; 29 April 2010 at 00:01
Richard Pegler said...: Some great images, Linda.

I don't know why it is but, although I have set up to follow your blog, I do not get notified when you have updated it, so I miss most of your postings (it works just fine for all the other blogs I follow!). The way I get to your blog is to find your last comment on my blog, click on your thumbnail, and then link to you blog from your profile. I think it has something to do with the change that you made a few months back. Maybe the way is to remove the 'follow', and set it up again. If you have any ideas, please let me know (richard@spellbinder.biz). All the best. Richard; 29 April 2010 at 09:55
ShySongbird said...: Lovely photos again Linda, there is nothing quite like a Bluebell wood in Springtime, such a wonderful shade of blue. I think you are a little ahead of us though. I was hoping to check some woods out in the next few days but it has rained here most of the day and looks set to carry on for some days!; 29 April 2010 at 20:16
holdingmoments said...: What a spectacular sight; a carpet of Bluebells. I love that second shot. Isolated bells against the blue background.; 30 April 2010 at 10:47

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I have taken the title of my blog from Thomas Hardy's fourth novel 'Far From the Madding Crowd' which he wrote in 1874. He took his title from Thomas Gray's poem 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard' completed in 1750. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset where he lived for most of his life and where he based the stories in his novels. The word 'madding' means frenzied and there is a sense of freedom I get being out in the countryside and being close to nature away from the frenzied atmosphere of the towns and cities. I live in Dorset and like Thomas Hardy, it is where I have lived for most of my life, my blog is mostly about nature in Dorset. I am a member of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. I will include my garden and anything of interest about the natural world in Britain.