Far From the Madding Crowd: Bluebells & Holly Blue

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Bluebells & Holly Blue

Went to Edmondsham to visit the woodlands that is now carpeted with bluebells, managed to capture this Holly Blue butterfly.

2 comments:

Richard Pegler said...: Nice image, Linda, even if there is a bit of a clash of colours between the flower and the butterfly. Not yet seen a Holly Blue this year, although they usually show up in our garden. Our Bluebells are nowhere near out (not even showing flower stems yet), so maybe there's still time for the Blues.

Best wishes - - - - Richard; 23 April 2015 at 10:05
Roy Norris said...: Well done getting the Holly Blue Lyn.
I have only briefly seen one this Spring, but no chance of getting a shot.; 26 April 2015 at 14:37

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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.