DANDELION AND BRAMBLE

I think it's a dandelion.I used to think all yellow flowers of this shape are dandelions - but they aren't.

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GOOSE GRASS AND BINDWEED

The Goosegrass in the title goes up the middle It isn't grass and is also called 'Cleavers' - the leaves are slightly sticky and when the little seed balls develop they will cling easily to your clothes. Bindweed (convolvulus) has large heart shaped leaves and will have huge, white, trumpet-like flowers. Bottom right - three leaves on the top of a stalk - new bramble leaves (blackberries!). To the left of the bramble, right at the bottom of the page, is a lesser celandine leaf. The blueish flowers are - Bluebells! Above the lowest bluebell flower is a tiny, yellow, star-like shape. This is the remains of a Celandine flower. The grass is easy to identify as grass but I don't know what kind it is. (Pretty tough though.) I think the leaves to the right of the top bluebell are baby Nettles. I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't more plants in there too!

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DRY WEATHER IN SPRING

It hasn't rained for a while.

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DANDELION CLOCK AND PATH

Convolvulus lurking.

The latest post on my other blog, Loose and Leafy

Sticking One's Foot and Chasing Butterflies

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GORSE

Flowers are all but banned on Message in a Milk Bottle. Initially, I thought I'd put gorse here because it's seasonal. But it isn't really. Gorse flowers all year. However, it's more noticeable when skies are blue - and there were blue skies on April 1st.

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COKE CAN

With Alexanders after rain.

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CHRISTMAS STAR!

Christmas reminders in surprising places.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

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HONEYSUCKLE AND SKY

See stamens?

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CONVOLVULUS LEAVES

Hearts.

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BINDWEED AND BUDDLEIA

I rarely show pictures of flowers but as this is how the hedgerows are just now I'd have to go to great lengths to avoid them.

Saying this reminds me of the song 'I Only Bought You Flowers' by 'The Other Guys' so I'll put a YouTube link below. It simultaneously makes me smile and tearful. If you'd like your heart to be lifted in a sunny day kind of way, try it.

P.S. This was scheduled for tomorrow but something's gone wrong! It'll probably pop up again then. Sorry.

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FENNEL

May 13th 2014

With a few other plants mixed in.

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NETTLE

See the unripe seeds?

In case you missed it - there's a Nettle Post on Loose and Leafy.

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VETCH

June 16th 2013

Vetch flower and goosegrass.

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WOODY NIGHTSHADE BERRIES (I THINK!)

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BOAT OVER

Boat,  broken free from its moorings and washed up on beach during storms in the night of 24th - 25th April 2012
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GREETINGS - AND A NEW POST

Hello Everyone.

Hope you are enjoying January.

You might like to know there's a new post on my other blog - Loose and Leafy.

It introduces a tree I will be 'following' this year - along with the plants which grow beneath, beside and over (yes, 'over'!) it.

Here's a sample photo.

Here's a link to the post.

Hope to see you there!

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A REMINDER OF SEPTEMBER

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HEDGEROW SEEDS

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OLD MAN'S BEARD

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You may like to know there's a post on my other blog Loose and Leafy - with photographs of Ivy Flowers and Berries. 

A FIREWORK BURST OF IVY

This picture is part of a post about Harlequin Ladybirds on my other blog, Loose and Leafy.

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