When the woods turn blue I know spring has settled in, and summer won’t be long.
Green Hills Woods, Costessey: 23rd April 2019
The English bluebell, mark of an ancient woodland: 23rd April 2019
The task is which photos to use. So many this year. And amongst the blue, shyly hiding, there is white.
Tiny, delicate, wood sorrel: 23rd April 2019
The wood anemone, most delicate of its family: 23rd April 2019
Photos all taken in Green Hills Woods at Costessey.
crispina kemp 
I love bluebells! When I lived in Texas it was covered in them come spring. Just got to Alaska 2 hours ago its 5 am here.. not sure what my connectivity will be after Mon. but I am gonna go get a new phone and carrier tomorrow so I can at least post by phone if necessary…
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HI Violet, now located in Alaska. And I’m thinking the bluebells you knew in Texas were probably Spanish bluebells. They’re bigger than the English one, and a deeper blue. They’re grown in England as a garden plant, and there’s an increasing threat of garded escapees outgrowing the native plant.
But bluebells are beautiful whichever strain they are. And the smell, with the sun on them … divine. But that doesn’t photograph so well!
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You’re photo’s give me hope 🙂 Actually the little dusting of snow that we had yesterday has all melted 🙂 Today I woke up to a bright sunny day. Still chilly outside with a temperature of 1 C.
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Ouch, 1 degree C. Here’s me complaining cos it’s only 10C. It has been warmer, early in April it hit 16. But the forecast for the coming week, though dry, is pretty grim. Guess it’s the winds holding it down. And wind ain’t good for taking photos. Even if the subject holds still (how likely is that with fragile flowers), it still batters me. Ho-hum. Could be worse. 🙂
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Ooh, I love that photo of bluebells! So pretty!
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Aren’t they just. Add in a blackbird’s song and we might believe ourselves in paradise. 🙂
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Of course the Blue field of Green Hills Woods is lucious. But who can’t love the delicacy of the white wood anemone 🙂
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Both the anemone and the sorrel, they’ve both become quite rare. I think they’re sensitive to disturbance. These one were found in hidden corners, away from the main paths.
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Aha! So it’s true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If only one can see it. 🌱
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Absolutely right. I have come across some beautiful rare plants hidden away, mostly on private property.
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Possibly from seeds they planted or imported? Private property? lol nuff said. 😊
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Private property isn’t subject to random and careless public trampling, kids chasing each other and dogs scrabbing around. Therefore, plants trapped there may flourish in peace/
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🙂🌼 good.
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Just gorgeous thanks for sharing these! ❤
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Pleasure. I take photos. I like them. I want to share them. The bonue is when others enjoy them too. 🙂
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Bluebells are my favorite. I’ll be planting at me new house. Thank you for reminding me how much I love them.
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These are beautiful! Looks so serene and well kept. Now, there are concrete jungles all over and I love to be in nature❤️
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It is a beautiful place, managed by the parish council, although upkeep is kept to a minimum. It’s mostly used by dog-walkers, and folks who like to take a shortcut. When my children were young they played in this woods, but today’s children can’t be pried away from their computer games and TV … which does have a beneficial effect on the woods! 🙂
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Ohh yes. This is sad and has this positive outcome as you mentioned. I would on the other hand, love to play outside than to sit in front of the TV.
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Because you’ve been brought up to it, unlike too many these days.
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Yes, this is a sad reality
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🙂
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Beautiful photos, Crispina, as always 🙂 You know I love bluebells, but I love wood anemone too. They make such a pretty carpet on the woodland floor 🙂
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But becoming increasingly rare.
Though there are two banks of them, not in woodland, but adorning field-boundaries that have been cut into the old Mousehold Heath. Since there are also bluebells growing there, and bluebells are definitely a woodland plant, then I’d suggest this part of Mousehold (around Blofield and Hemblington) was originally wooded.
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True…
We have a small woodland close by which has a carpet of the wood anemones each year and as the sun filters through the canopy, it turns the leaves silver. It always look so magical 🙂
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Easy to imagine the wood elves dancing amongst them 🙂
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Magnificent photos, loving the delicate white amongst all the blue. Truly a magical woodland.
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I thank you. And ues, it is a magical woodland, and not just because that’s where I grew up.
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