This post is a bit out of sequence because I wanted to include it in Jude’s wildflower challenge
Although I was not considered capable of walking to the lake at Gryżyna, I insisted on walking back, a lovely T-shirt stroll along a familiar road, traversed many times when Maja and Jaś still travelled in a pram and still needed soothing into a daytime nap. I had leisure to notice roadside flowerings, some obviously escapees from gardens. A chainsaw roared, preparing wood against winter cold: further on a neat yurt-shaped woodpile awaited burning. Other strollers greeted me with an amiable “Dzień dobry”, unusual in passing encounters with Poles. A small furry body proved to be a dead mole. When I reached the village I had some doubts about my way, but I headed tentatively uphill and soon caught a glimpse of our thatched roof, having survived all the rigours of a two kilometre walk.
This post is linked to Jude’s wildflower challenge for May.
That first plant, I can NEVER get a good shot of. It goes all wishy washy on me! 🙂 I’m procrastinating here this morning under the pretext of seeking out Paula and Jude. Happy Sunday!
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Dea!d nettle Jo
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Well that was good typing wasn’t it? 🙂
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I took heaps, and I don’t think this one is particularly good – I put it first so you’d forget its deficiencies! As for getting at the flower hiding under the leaves – not a chance. I’m studying Snapseed and iPhone photography and making vegan pancake mix before I go to the twins while parents run 10km together. Can’t wait for your tomorrow’s walk.
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You seem to be studying a lot today, Meg – first abstract and now iPhone and Snapseed! Phew, we’ll expect to see some interesting posts!
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Don’t hold your breath!
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😀😀
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So are all these photos taken with your phone? iPhone I assume if you are studying those particular apps.
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No. With my camera. All my iPhone photos have been sub-standard and I thought I might challenge myself and learn more about how to get good ones, which all the experts tell me I can. My next Sunday’s post for the wildflower challenge has been snapseeded on iPad.
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Gosh, you are getting all technical now 😉
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I’ve been away from my reader for a couple of days and now have the joy of catching up with every one. My goodness but the blog world does just steam ahead the minute I take my eyes of it. This is another delightful post Meg. Jude will be proud of you.
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I love the pale mauve violet.
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This doesn’t surprise me. I remember your penchant for violets – and your wonderful, well-tended collection of African violets, if they qualify as violets. The one in the photo is particularly delicate.
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I do love your adjectives, Meg – a T-shirt stroll is very evocative, and saves a ton of words! And I like your flowers, especially the delicately veined pale one, whatever it is
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Common wood sorrel or oxalis acetosella – you can identify it from the clover-like leaves. Very pretty.
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Thanks, Jude! Knew you would know!
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Only because I had to look it up a few days ago! I have seen it of course, but names are starting to escape me now 🙂
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Plenty of things are starting to escape me, now….
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😦
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Whatever-it-is it is! Thanks for the ID!
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I recognised it because someone else posted one in the challenge 🙂
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Jude the botany star!
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I appreciate your diversion Meg – your wild flowers are very familiar. And I am sure the 2km walk didn’t put too much strain on you 🙂
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Only on other people’s perceptions of me!
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A lovely wildflower gallery, Meg, and all ones I recognise. Red dead nettle top left. And it’s been an amazing year here for lesser celandines (bottom). There have been carpets of them where carpets have never been seen before. They’re usually among our earliest spring flowers, but this year they have been going on and on.
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Gilly introduced me to celandines and I was pretty sure that’s what I had here. Thanks for confirmation. As well as beside the road at Gryżyna, they were prolific in the park we walk through to pre-school. And thanks for the red dead nettle: I’m off to see if it stings.
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Never take on nettles without a dock leaf to hand. I don’t think you’ll need one this time though 🙂
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Just downloaded Mabey’s “Food for free”after seeing someone harvest dandelions the other day. A post coming up for Jude next Sunday.
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That was a good download, Meg. I’ve seen dandelion flower fritters on a wordpress cooking site, and the roots can be roasted to make coffee, which I quite like. And then there’s the leaves of course, though only good when young. Dandelions are AMAZINGLY good for us.
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I hope they looked after you well when you completed those two kilometres? These are very pretty, well done for discovering the joys of snapseed, it’s one of my favourite photo apps and when I think of all the time I spent teaching myself photoshop all those years ago, I wish I’d had snapseed then!
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J felt I was taking too long, thought I might be lost, set out to search for me, and missed me by following a different route. Was that looking after me??
I stumbled across Snapseed the other day and have spent far too long fiddling with it. Good to have your recommendation.
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J should know how much there is to entertain you along the way 🙂
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