Far From the Madding Crowd: Bluebells 2013

Friday, 17 May 2013

Bluebells 2013

Bluebells 2013, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

This was taken yesterday in the woods at Edmondsham. The Bluebells are now at their best, their colour is intense, beautiful.

3 comments:

holdingmoments said...: Always a brilliant sight to see Linda.

They seem to be about a month behind here.; 17 May 2013 at 20:19
Richard Pegler said...: Absolutely magical Linda!!; 18 May 2013 at 09:58
Roy Norris said...: Lovely sight Lyn.; 18 May 2013 at 12:19

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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.