Bluebells and other things

May 15, 2012 23:35

It is the season for bluebells, and more specifically, posting photos of bluebells on LJ.  So here are some of our local ones growing interspersed with buttercups and stitchwort.
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alitheapipkin May 16 2012, 12:00:47 UTC
Yay, you have proper native bluebells :) All the ones I've seen around here foreign invaders from gardens.

Pottery had been around for a very long time by the 3rd century. I think slipware was more common than glazed stuff that early but they may have been traded from the continent or even the Near East rather than made locally.

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bunn May 17 2012, 11:06:08 UTC
I confess we do have some foreign bluebell-invaders in the garden itself. I feel I should probably hunt them down, but there are so many!

Pottery has been around that long certainly, but down here in Cornwall we are somewhat at the arse end of the universe and although there are some imports of stuff not made locally and it's theoretically possible, my suspicions are aroused by the fact that I've not come across any other mention of 3rd century high status stuff in that location, and most Cornish buildings of that period are very much stones in mud. But it may still be real, and would be fascinating if it is!

I must get round to going there and finding out more!

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puddleshark May 16 2012, 17:02:36 UTC
Beautiful! The Port Eliot dog day sounds like a lovely event to visit on a sunny day - especially if there was cake & tea to be had.

Pip has never been placed in a class because of his insistence on lying on his back with his legs in the air whenever the judge approaches.

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bunn May 17 2012, 11:08:02 UTC
There was cake, tea and cream teas! though I do feel that tea loses a little something served in poly cups...

Brythen's attitude was very similar. He's not a naturally competitive dog... :-D

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demon_rum May 17 2012, 03:44:45 UTC
this is all so beautiful! I can't believe I'm actually going to get to see it. Wow.

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bunn May 17 2012, 11:12:50 UTC
Not long now :-D

I hope we have not used up all the sun for this year before you get here.

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demon_rum May 20 2012, 20:04:13 UTC
this is my biggest fear at the moment: I will get to England and it will rain for 7 weeks. Maybe the Olympics committee will be working on it.

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endlessrarities May 17 2012, 18:14:23 UTC
Nice!

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