A miscellany of photos taken along our walk on 17th July 2025. Please note, I’ll post the butterfly pics this coming Friday. Enjoy
17th July 2025
One thing I like about walking early in the day is the quality of light at this latitude 🔼 St John’s Wort, aka Rose of Sharon, sparkling from the overnight dew 🔽 Crab apples
17th July 2025
17th July 2025
🔼 The translucent bracts of Hedge Bindweed 🔽 My favourite yellow wayside flower, Tansy
17th July 2025
Red Valerian, showing how adept it is at driving its roots onto every tiny crack and cranny 🔽
17th July 2025
17th July 2025
Two more common wayside flowers 🔼 So many in the yellow composite family and every year I promise myself I’m going to learn all their names, and never do 🔽 This one’s much easier: Pink Yarrow
17th July 2025
17th July 2025
🔼 It is no exaggeration to say we’re seeing millions of ladybirds this summer. Our press called it a plague, but I’d never say that. Ladybirds feed on aphids and other flower and crop destroying bugs. And here I got a bee in the shot, as bonus
17th July 2025
🔼 I took this photo not for the ash tree’s light pinnate leaves, but for the lichens patterning that branch 🔽 Question: which of the many species within the plum genus is this? They might look like (unripe) plums, yet they’re too small. And they’re not sloe, for the bush bears no thorns. I’ll go with bullace, the wild one
17th July 2025
17th July 2025
🔼 It seems I can’t resist taking photos of crows. 🔽 Rowan aka mountain ash is everywhere seen heavy with berries
17th July 2025
That’s all for now. Don’t forget to check out Friday Fliers… that’ll be on Friday [😁] Hope you enjoyed
crispina kemp 
Some truly lovely shots Crispina. I love the way you captured the light!
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The light was just right!
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Beautiful shots Crispina.
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Thank you, Sadje
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You’re welcome
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I have stories bubbling to the top already!
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I see you jumping up and down
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what a lovely walk you had – loved this photos
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Thank you. It was a simple walk. Straight along beside the river. Very ‘civilized’
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oh how nice – and obviously with lots of flowers (smile)
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Wild flowers. Because here there are no farmers to spray their herbicide, or traffic to coat their leaves in dust and chemicals
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well you are truly blessed to have that environment
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And I am aware and appreciative of that
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;0)
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Everything looks so heavy laden with promise, Crisp, … beautiful nature, and such a lovely share, …💫, …
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Thank you, Penn. It was the promise of a beautiful day
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that’s it exactly Crisp, … it’s a promise, that keeps on giving, ,..💙
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It does, yes. So happy people enjoy it
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Beautiful photos, Crispina. I love red valerian, and I agree with you about ladybugs. The shot of the crow is lovely, and as for the patterns of lichen, I think that might be my favourite 💖
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Thank you, Sammi. I think the lichen has a liken for ash trees. I’ve seen it elsewhere but only on ash.
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