Welcome rain, sometimes quite heavy, fell all morning. We had to stay in anyway, because Stephen Ford came to fix the flushing system to our downstairs loo. He was prompt, efficient, and friendly. We would happily use him again.
This afternoon we posted photographic prints to my blogging friend,
then headed for the lanes around Boldre where we knew there would be bluebells, mingling with stitchwort, lining the verges and applying a blue rinse to the woodland rugs.
Bees flitted from bloom to bloom.
Field horses occupied adjacent fields.
One paused his grazing as a scavenging crow approached.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s perfect pork paprika with plenty of cayenne pepper; boiled potatoes, and mange touts. I drank El Zumbido Garnacha Syrah 2017, another excellent bottle from the case Ian gave me for Christmas.
Lovely pictures
Thanks a lot, Mrs. W
Your welcome
Foraging horses on the green pasture with the purple flowers! I’ll get to see such pastoral scene in June for sure.
Are you coming over, Byung? Thanks very much
Maybe, yes. I’m not sure when though. 😊
I love love love your bluebell blue rinse.
Many many many thanks, Susan
🙂
Such bluebell beauty! Splendid photos.
Thanks very much, Merril
Wow! These are gorgeous shots, Derrick! You know I love the winding road photos.😉 Thanks for sharing!
I do know, Jill 🙂 Thanks very much
Please avoid using that R word! We are quite wet enough!
🙂 Thanks a lot, Leslie
Beautiful pics!
Thanks very much, M.B.
Ha, ha! I love the blue rinse you get over your woodland and along the verges in spring time. I wish we had that here – though we do get to enjoy a variety of lupins……
Thanks very much, Pauline. I haven’t seen lupins growing wild here
A lovely variety of bluebell shots.
Thanks a lot, Tootlepedal
Just came across your blog and had bit of scan. Looks great and I look forward to your future entries.
Having nipped over to yours I can happily reciprocate. Many thanks, Wombat
There is wonderful depth to your photos. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much, John
I can never look at photos of bluebell fields without thinking of my dear late friend who conceived her first child in one just after the war . . . not much cover was afforded, would you agree? Must have been one heck of a picnic!
In her salad days, no doubt, Gwen. Thanks very much
When her faculties were fading, a few months before she passed, I asked her what were her “best” years. “Oooohhh,” she said (salaciously????),” those war years, dear. They were wonderful times” . . . this from a woman who lived in London at the time 🙂
Some woman
Yep. One of her interests was navigating in rally driving races. I still miss her heaps, fifteen years later.
One of the consequences of having older friends
Those photos smell of woods and bluebells. I have always loved a bend in the road.
Thanks very much, Uma. We have lots of bends 🙂
So beautiful.
Many thanks, Lakshmi
Nature just keeps adding layer upon layer of beauty! And you’ve captured it, Derrick!
Thank you for the joy you share through your words and photos!
I wonder if those horses look at all that greenery and say, “Yum, salad!” 😀
HUGS to you and a “Hey” and HUGS to Jackie!!! 🙂
Very many thanks, Carolyn The horses are too busy eating to say anything 🙂 X
HA! 😀 That’s true! As mothers always say, “Don’t talk with your mouth full.”
A good plumber is hard to find! 😉 Worth their weight in gold!
I just fixed a blocked sink only to find a leaking tap i did not know i had (well, not that it was leaking anyway). 🙁
I love the bumblebee shots, especially the one showing us his Bum ble! 😉
Thanks a lot, Bob. I’m pleased to have given you the opportunity for that last joke
How beautiful! The colors and shapes of the bluebells are delicate and sweet.
Thanks very much, Cindy
I hope nobody minds my paraphrasing the Book of Sirach but “A decent plumber is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A decent plumber is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth.”
Very true, John. Thanks a lot
Beautiful!
We need rain here, it’s too hot. Long and winding road…..those flowers are lovely!
Thanks very much, Arlene.
Beautiful. I love bluebells and wish they grew better here, Derrick. We have waves of blue too, though: scilla are blooming now.
They are good, too. Thanks very much, Cynthia
Utterly enchanting! i wonder what sort of creatures you would find on a moonlit night. 😉
Fairies
Hobbits, having a midnight feast. 🙂
Beautiful bluebells! I love them. Thank you so much for this post, Derrick.
I’m pleased, Clare. Thank you, too, for reading and commenting
My pleasure as ever, Derrick.
Those opening shots (for photographic prints?) are stunning. You did a beautiful job with making the forest and the bluebells seem enticing, and that road beckons me.
Very many thanks, Crystal. I already have rather too many prints 🙂
I was expecting lots of pics of Dame Edna Everidge wannabees riding in a double decker bus
Good – it worked then 🙂 Many thanks, Brian