I thought I'd take you on a walk. Yesterday was a beautiful early spring day, so late in the afternoon I packed my sketching bag and headed up to Kings Weston. I decided to walk up to Penpole Point, through the wood.
Celandines carpet the woodland floor like tiny golden stars.
I found the first signs of spring cleaning activity at our badger sett, under the ancient lime trees - the badgers know spring is here.
The woods were filled with bird song, and squirrels busy scurrying about; or like this one - doing a spot of sunbathing!
Woodpigeons cooed lazily and enjoyed the sunny hillside of Shirehampton Park.
And tiny white violets covered the ground along the footpath.
David Martyn |
7 comments:
It doesn't look as though the sundial is easy enough to see, nowadays, to be a navigational marker. Just as well they have GPS!
I'm very envious of that sunshine, by the way...
Thanks for a lovely walk in the British countryside Jules! Your signs of Spring are farther advanced than they are here but soon I hope to see a viola or two peeking out of the ground. How wonderful to have such an amazing piece of history in your backyard, love the 1840 painting that shows how the stone compass looked in the past!
Lifts your heart to see the sunshine and signs of Spring. Beautiful photos, Jules. Those little violets are wonderful.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful walk, Jules. Your spring is farther along than ours! absolutely love the wonderful painting of the historic compass. Your photos make me want to step into them and into England in the springtime - swoon!
Lovely photos Jules, you were lucky to catch that squirrel before it ran off!
That was lovely - there's a real feel of spring everywhere now, isn't there?!
Wasn't it a lovely day. It was lovely today as well. You did the right thing by taking this chance to find the magic of the woods. Love the squirrel photo. Sadly the one that used to gobble up the bird feed in our garden has passed on to a better world. Saw him lying on the road. I miss him even though he used to annoy me sometimes by eating all the food kept. For the birds.
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