I have a friend from the US staying with me for a few days. A few years ago she told me she had never seen a bluebell wood in flower. This time, the timing of her visit was perfect…
There is a little wood, not too far from my home, where the bluebells flower, carpeting the earth with the colour of the sky and the fragrance of heaven.
Photographs can never capture the beauty and emotion of these truly magical places. You have to be there and walk the pathways between the flowers.
Here and there, the white stars of wild wood anemones brighten the shadows. Today the sky was clouded… a few flakes of snow fell… and the earth and sky seemed closer than ever, joined by the tall beech trees in a single dance.
So today we went to the woods and we walked amongst the bluebells and the beeches, sharing the magic.
Today my friend and I truly walked in beauty.
wow
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Yep.
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There’s such beauty in your writing Sue you left me wanting to walk the same woods. It’s many years since I walked in a bluebell wood and saw the other flowers hidden away until it was time to be noticed. There was always something friendly and uplifting in those days.
xxx Gigantic Hugs xxx
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I am lucky to have the bluebells close enough to home to see them xxx
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I bet it smells almost as good as it looks.
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Even better when the sun warms it.
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Beautiful images Sue, but where was Ani?
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Ani wasn’t with us on this trip sadly. We were also going places where dogs are not allowed.
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Brings home the beauty of Nature and her gifts.
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The bluebells in spring and the heather in late summer…
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Coming from the south of England I miss the bluebell woods here in northern Scotland, here, you can find them but they are rare- think I saw five plants last spring! However, you mention heather, of course spoilt for choice up here and truly stunning late summer/ autumn ….
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The bluebells are pure magic… but heather, now that gets into your blood…
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Beautiful! !!
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Aren’t they?
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I’ve never been to a bluebell woods either!
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Oh you must, Ritu! Paradise and magic 🙂
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I’ll have to put in my bucket list!!!
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You have to 🙂
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I’m goi g to look up where the nearest one to us is!!
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Worth a day out 🙂
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I think so! !!
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Stunning! I love Bluebells 🙂
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It is pure magic to walk amongst them x
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My Mum loves them too. I used to pick them for her when I was a wee boy.
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We used to take them to great granny then too. These days they are protected.
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Sure looks beautiful 🙂
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It was 🙂
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Reblogged this on Thoughts by Mello-Elo.
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I don’t know how people can walk through a bluebell wood, for I cannot bear to tread on any. It’s ok if there’s a path, but if not, I am happy just to gaze and wonder…
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There are little paths through this one 🙂
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how lovely, being able to walk through without worrying must be heaven!
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It is… very like heaven.
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Thank you x
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Lovely photos, though you’re right to say that walking through a bluebell forest is an experience uncomparable. I thought that bluebells did’nt exist here, as I’ve not seen any in twelve years but I found the first few just a couple of weeks ago. A handful trying to keep alive in a ditch in the Landes forest region.
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I saw a few in France, but nowhere near as many as here.
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wow this is so beautiful.
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It is pure magic 🙂
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Amazing and so beautiful…love the dog too.
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Very beautiful… And the digs colours were such a good contrast.
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Gorgeous photos, Sue. You’ve really captured the beauty of the bluebells. Ours are just beginning to come out, a bit later than yours.
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I saw the difference across the country north to south… But beautiful everywhere.
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Amazed!
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The bluebell woods are so beautiful.
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Fabulous. What glory!
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That’s a good word for it.
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True British bluebells are so beautiful, arching and graceful. I wish garden centres would stop selling the insipid Spanish ones which are turning out to be as bad as grey squirrels.
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I agree with you…and our own bluebells are under threat because of them too.
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Magical
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Oh yes 🙂
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I’ve never seen a bluebell forest either. How beautiful! Your pictures are stunning, Sue. I can only imagine it in person!
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The fragrance alone is unforgettable.
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Wow! Absolutely breathtaking.
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One of the best places I know to see them 🙂
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Amazing!
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The bluebells are a fragment of paradise 🙂
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So gorgeous! 🙂
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It is magical 🙂
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Magical photos, Sue!
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Thank you, Tom.
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Simply gorgeous. So breathtaking and tranquil. 🙂
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It is an amazing sight.
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Like a dream – such a gorgeous thing to behold. Thanks for sharing it with us, Sue!
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You just don’t believe it, even when you stand in the middle of it 🙂
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One for the bucket list. Your visiting friend is so fortunate!
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Definitely something you would love, Eliza!
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Oh my! 😀
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😀
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Truly lovely, Sue. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks Suzanne.
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Absolutely stunning! We have bluebell forests here too. It never fails to take your breath away. 😊
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Fabulous, aren’t they? 🙂
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I ran the Harewood Forest 10k race this morning. It is my favourite 10k course. Beautiful North Hampshire scenery all the way round, enhanced by woods full of bluebells.
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Sounds delightful, Lance…though I’d rather walk than run these days 🙂
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Wow – these photo’s are just amazing Sue. I’m sure you could repeat the Cottingley fairies here and no-one would suspect a thing! 🙂 KL ❤
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It does look rather as if you have stepped into the Otherworld 🙂
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I’m from the US and had never seen a bluebell wood before either. Your friend got such a treat!
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They say that up to half of all the bluebells in the world are found in the British Isles… and you can believe it when you walk through such wonder 🙂
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Beautiful….
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There are few things lovelier than a bluebell wood.
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Exquisite. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂
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My pleasure, Cathleen.
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That’s outstanding. I love wild flowers.
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It was a magical woodland that day.
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Just beautiful!
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There are few things lovelier than a bluebell wood 🙂
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There truly is nothing of greater beauty than a flower-filled meadow. Unless it’s a meadow beneath the trees. One of my favorite pictures is a blue bell meadow. Thanks for sharing your top ten blogs and including this gem in it. 🙂
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The bluebells in full bloom are a taste of heaven… nothing like them at all. 🙂
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