Last Friday’s walk yielded lots of photos of wayside plants. Which to feature is the problem.
Goddess of the Hedge … can you see her? 3rd May 2019
In times of yore hedges were ‘laid’ … i.e. cut in such a way as to encourage new growth which then would weave a sturdy, beast-proof barrier. While the practice has been revived on nature reserves, it’s time-consuming and isn’t practiced elsewhere.
However, walk alongside an old hedge, and chances are you’ll see an unnatural pattern of growth down by its soil-eroded roots. As in this one above. But this ancient hedge is doubly exceptional, in that it is oak. So possibly it predates *enclosure* when quickthorn and hawthorn became the norm.
Cascades of white as stitchwort tumbles down a grassy bank beside a country lane: 3rd May 2019
Horsetail, a relic of the Age of Dinosaurs: 3rd May 2019
Horsetails poke their orange heads above the more common hedge plants along this swampy-verge beside Cargate Lane … and even the name shouts of age.
Apple blossom: 3rd May 2019
And what is a wayside hedge without the odd apple? This last image makes me think of the Garden of Eden …
crispina kemp 
Stunning photos Crispina. They’re all beautiful. The patch of stitchwort “Tumbling down a grassy bank” nicely put and stunning. The Apple Blossoms bring to mind the Cherry Blossoms on the trees we had as a child, wonderful to see. The Horsetails are quite something else, amazing. My favourite is the oak hedge, a definite tribute to nature. Thank you for sharing. 🌼🌺
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that first photo is a knock out! I have taken a pic of two of some spring flowers myself lately. Tundra flowers? seems almost an oxymoron. Maybe I’ll join you next Sunday….
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Yea, let’s make it a feature. Every Sunday, Picture Post, at least one photo of flora preferrably taken in the last week.
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sounds good. But mine will not have all the knowledge yours does. Mine will be a bit fluffier I am sure.
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Fluff is fine with me. Now come on; if we were all the same …
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BTW, did you notice the apple blossom supports a green caterpillar (looks like the Biblical serpent!)
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Beautiful photos. You’ve got a good eye.
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I thank you.
Trained my nature since I was a wee child.
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Beautiful photos Crispina, hedgerows are full of life.
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And mostly when I’m walking the camera, I am walking along hedges … except when I’m walking the marshes
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These are beautiful and I especially love the hedge! 😀 ❤
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I thank you. I enjoy the share, but when I receive comments like this … makes the sharing a double pleasure
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I LOVE that first one! Wowowow!
And love the caterpillar decorating the apple blossom.
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I thank you.
I didn’t notice the caterpillar till I got the photos on the laptop and was processing. Then I thought: Apple, Eden, Eve, Little Green Squiggly Thing = Serpent. Brillig, look what god’s given me!
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Perfection, is what I think 😉
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The caterpillar? Agreed. 🙂
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Yes!
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Hey, I like 🙂
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😀
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A year of conversing in emojis 🙂
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And then some!!
Dont forget the photos and emails and challenges…
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This true, tis true. it hasn’t all been the bloggers equivalent of the motorists hand-signals. Not that many motorists use them all. So, not a very good analogy. How about, It hasn’t all been bird song?
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There ya go!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Your apple picture is stunning. I like the pomegranate color of the blooms – like Eden, backed by Persephone.
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I thank you. Despite it was a wild growing apple, I doubt it’s a crab apple. More likely a cross. But it might explain the colour
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Very beautiful!
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Many thanks. But nature did all the work. All I did was to click.
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Wow, amazing pictures. I love the horsetail and the apple blossom, so beautiful ❤️❤️
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I thank you. Ramyani. I too love the horsetail. And it has to be caught at just the right moment to see to best effect
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And you caught it rightly so🙂
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I am pleased with that photo. Thanks for sharing my like of it
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