The rural landscape is in a constant state of change and not always for the worse. A wander in the countryside recently yielded these photographs of field margins which have been left for conservation purposes, floral borders for the agro-industry of East Anglia.
Take care.
I love wildflowers. We live in the desert, so our wildflowers, few that they are, are homes to so many tidy critters that you would never pick them for bouquets. I miss my childhood when I lived near the wood and picking wildflowers was one of my favorite things to do. Momma always had bouquets in the summer months:)
ReplyDeleteLovely photos!
ReplyDeleteEvery little bit helps! I wish we had a program like that here.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! My garden is looking a bit like this at the moment. I like it but I'm not sure if my neighbours do - guess who has the most butterflies and bees!
ReplyDeleteWonderful field margins John - wish our fields were big enough to leave margins, but like all Dales fields they are too small. Wonderful wealth of wild flowers - super photographs.
ReplyDeleteHello. I dropped over from Weaver's place. Last week the verges in Wisconsin looked much like yours, except I do no remember the thistles. Perhaps not in head yet. Your photos are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWildflowers exist in such a wide variety! Your photos are lovely and a joy to watch.
ReplyDeleteThistles, although prickly, are really quite lovely. And Queen Anne's lace is so pretty blowing in the breeze.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, like lace and tapestry.
ReplyDeleteOne feels there is still hope.....
ReplyDeleteDelightful!
ReplyDeleteI really like these...not sure which would be my favorite.
ReplyDeleteNice collection of wildflowers!
ReplyDeleteYou have captured some of my favorite scenes -- the wild ones. the photos are wonderful -- barbara
ReplyDeleteLovely meadows full of wild flowers.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was last week in the countryside, I took also photos of flowers but they are not at all as beautiful a your images :)
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A lovely tapestry of wildflowers.
ReplyDeleteOh, lovely wildflowers to make the bees, butterflies and photographers happy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely sight to see a meadow full of those lovely flowers!
ReplyDeleteOh what pretty fields of wild flowers! And beautifully captured too!
DeleteThank you for your comment about immigrants on my site today John. Your saying that we invaded their country first reminded me of a book I have recently read: When a crocodile eats the sun - by Peter Godwin. It is about Zimbabwe and the troubles there. Excellent book if you can find a copy (mine was £2 from Amazon). In it he quotes someone as saying - the greatest crime was us invading Africa and the second greatest crime was us leaving it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, John. I particularly like the first two. Nature gently spreading her bounty of seeds.
ReplyDeleteIt surprises me how much this field of wildflowers looks like fields here in California. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh so pretty!
ReplyDeleteTotally gorgeous images John, j'adore wildflowers en masse.. Looking forward to spring here next month to capture something similar!
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