Far From the Madding Crowd

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

November Daffodil

It is always interesting to see when these bunch of daffodils will flower, this was taken today. Last year they flowered at the end of December. I hope they do not get picked again like they have been in previous years, which is really annoying.

November Daffodil, a photo by Lynmiranda on Flickr.

Friday, 30 September 2011

Wheatear at Lundy Island

We went to Lynton, North Devon for three days, camping, making most of this beautiful, hot, unseasonable weather. We took a trip to Lundy Island, got a bit carried away with seal spotting at the far end of the island, we (my OH and I) had to make a dash back to catch the boat back to the main land.

Weatear at Lundy Island, a photo by Lynmiranda on Flickr.

Wild ponies at Lundy Island

Wild ponies at Lundy Island, a photo by Lynmiranda on Flickr.

My Blog

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.