Far From the Madding Crowd: The Changing Colours of the Meadows

Thursday, 17 July 2014

The Changing Colours of the Meadows

We went to Durlston Country Park yesterday. The meadows are filled with Knapweed and Field Scabious at this time. Always interesting to visit these meadows to see what is in flower and the changing colours.

4 comments:

Richard Pegler said...: This place looks as if it should be filled with butterflies and other insects, Linda - beautiful!; 17 July 2014 at 10:52
FAB said...: A lovely wild flower rich scene. Enjoy it while it lasts Linda.; 17 July 2014 at 18:14
Roy Norris said...: Your meadow shots are always interesting Lyn.
You must have seen some butterflies there.; 17 July 2014 at 21:31
Linda Yarrow said...: Thankyou Richard, Frank & Roy. I saw mainly Marbled White butterflies and a few Six-spot Burnet moths.; 17 July 2014 at 22:38

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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.