Far From the Madding Crowd: A Royal Visit This Morning :-)

Thursday 19 June 2014

A Royal Visit This Morning :-)

I opened my curtains this morning and look what I had in my garden, a Royal Visit from Mr & Mrs Pheasant. This pair are often in my garden, the male constantly makes cute little noise at the female as HE follows her wherever she goes. I like the way they walk around, very cautiously, as if they are royalty :-)

2 comments:

holdingmoments said...: Lovely visitors Linda.
My favourite bird.; 20 June 2014 at 12:13
Richard Pegler said...: How wonderful to have a pair as regular visitors - lucky you! I was amazed when a female pheasant visited us last year - the first time ever!

Have a great weekend, Linda; 20 June 2014 at 15:07

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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.