Cherry Blossom White and Pink
Green is the colour so often associated with Spring, but it is not the only colour. True the green of many new leaves is that distinctive bright, fresh green – yep, we call it Spring Green, as each fresh leaf unfurls itself from its tight winter home.
But green doesn’t have a monopoly on the colours in the awakening woodland. Blossom from white thru shades of pink and into red. Leaves silver to rich copper brown bordering on a deep orange….. then of course we have the blues and richer greens that provide a carpet of Bluebells desperate to flower before those flourishing leaves black out the sun from the woodland floor. And on that floor, should there be a clear space, dry decaying leaves from last autumn provide a carpet of many shades of brown and gold. Oh! and did I mention the smell…. yes, the sweet delicate aroma of Spring. It all says Spring is here.
It is also that time of year when young Bullocks are released from winter cover… all full of curiosity and too much vigour, desperate to see what those strange two legged folk are doing over the fence….
22nd April
(C) David Oakes 2019
Lovely shots, David! You seem to have come along in spring green about as much as we have. But the pretty bluebells – we don’t have them!
They are lovely… have a fresh aroma that is distinctively there’s but sadly they don’t last for long.
I did not know about the scent! Our bluebells don’t have any.
English Bluebells have the scent…. but in more resent years we have had what we call ‘Spanish Bluebells’ appearing in our woods. Whilst they look much the same they have no scent. Sadly like many invaders they start to take over.
Invasive species are a hopeless case over here as well. We try to fight some of them, but…But we don’t have the grey squirrels here, and that is a good thing.
Glorious! And Spring Greens are good for you, too!!
Oh! Oh! indeed they are 🙂
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ah, green, my favorite color, is so present at this time of year –
Love the spring green….then it starts to slowly loose that vibrance and becomes more sombre. (until the autumn of course! …. but we don’t want to get there for some time yet) 🙂
Blue bells… so typicly British.
and it looks like a great season for them this year 🙂
Lovely images. I love the cows especially.
More than a little curious in what we were doing