Flower time

Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 05:58 AM

I don't know if it is the same in certain parts of the States, but here in the SE of the UK, we've had such a prolongued winter that everything seems as if its is coming into bloom at once.

Too many choices really, but as our Bluebell woods nearby always present well - and this year is no exception - thought I'd post a few pics here and invite others to do the same with pictures they have that particularly catch their attention.

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Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 06:05 AM

Spot Mrs CF!

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Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 06:20 AM

It's a shame you can't experience the scent!

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Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 06:22 AM

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Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 06:29 AM

One last combined panoramic effect jobbie...:

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Griff · 05-14-2006, 07:42 AM

I love the shot with Mrs. CF and the pooch on the path, beautiful composition.

Elspode · 05-14-2006, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Spot Mrs CF!

I hope she's not doing what it looks like she's doing behind that bush, man.

Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 05:02 PM

Thankfully not! Another picture to take your mnd off that idea anyway!

This is an unusual tree - I haven't seen too many of them around. unexpectedly, we had one in the garden of our last house, one that was well established. It blossoms in May and is extremely colourful (as you can see). The flowers are small and tight - similar to forsythia flowers, but the leaves are rounded like large coins. We know it as a Judas Tree or Tree of Judaea.

This one (well there are actually two right next to each other - even more unusual!) lies in a farmer's field adjacent to the M25. The field and what looks to have been a small arboretum where it is located would have been part of the original Headley Court Estate a couple of centuries ago. The estate is now broken up, and the main house and about a quarter of the original grounds are a specialist MOD hospital used for rehabiltation and recouperatiom for troops injured in battle - we get a lot of Iraq and previously Afghanistan casualties being treated there (usually helicoptered in)

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zippyt · 05-14-2006, 05:24 PM

VERRRY Cool CF !!!

I love some of the names of the roads , zig zag road

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2006, 06:28 PM

Flower?

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2006, 06:30 PM

OK, flower.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2006, 06:32 PM

Hell yeah, flower.

sproglet · 05-14-2006, 06:39 PM

Rapeseed, hayfever nightmare

Primrose on a riverbank

Daffodils in the shade

Apologies for size, let me know if they bother you and I'll re-size accordingly.

Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 06:47 PM

Rapeseed and a wind farm - two forms of alternative energy (rapeseed oil is used as a bio-fuel additive).

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2006, 09:44 PM

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Apologies for size, let me know if they bother you and I'll re-size accordingly.

Why, they fit perfectly.

05-14-2006, 05:58 AM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Flower time I don't know if it is the same in certain parts of the States, but here in the SE of the UK, we've had such a prolongued winter that everything seems as if its is coming into bloom at once. Too many choices really, but as our Bluebell woods nearby always present well - and this year is no exception - thought I'd post a few pics here and invite others to do the same with pictures they have that particularly catch their attention. . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-14-2006, 06:05 AM	#2
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Spot Mrs CF! . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-14-2006, 06:20 AM	#3
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	It's a shame you can't experience the scent! . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-14-2006, 06:22 AM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	. . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-14-2006, 06:29 AM	#5
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	One last combined panoramic effect jobbie...: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-14-2006, 07:42 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I love the shot with Mrs. CF and the pooch on the path, beautiful composition. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-14-2006, 05:02 PM	#8
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Thankfully not! Another picture to take your mnd off that idea anyway! This is an unusual tree - I haven't seen too many of them around. unexpectedly, we had one in the garden of our last house, one that was well established. It blossoms in May and is extremely colourful (as you can see). The flowers are small and tight - similar to forsythia flowers, but the leaves are rounded like large coins. We know it as a Judas Tree or Tree of Judaea. This one (well there are actually two right next to each other - even more unusual!) lies in a farmer's field adjacent to the M25. The field and what looks to have been a small arboretum where it is located would have been part of the original Headley Court Estate a couple of centuries ago. The estate is now broken up, and the main house and about a quarter of the original grounds are a specialist MOD hospital used for rehabiltation and recouperatiom for troops injured in battle - we get a lot of Iraq and previously Afghanistan casualties being treated there (usually helicoptered in) . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-14-2006, 05:24 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	VERRRY Cool CF !!! I love some of the names of the roads , zig zag road __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-14-2006, 06:28 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Flower? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:53 PM.

05-14-2006, 06:30 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, flower. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:53 PM.

05-14-2006, 06:32 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hell yeah, flower. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:53 PM.

05-14-2006, 06:39 PM	#13
sproglet small in a big way. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The British Empire Posts: 94	Rapeseed, hayfever nightmare Primrose on a riverbank Daffodils in the shade Apologies for size, let me know if they bother you and I'll re-size accordingly. Last edited by sproglet; 05-14-2006 at 06:46 PM.

05-14-2006, 06:47 PM	#14
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Rapeseed and a wind farm - two forms of alternative energy (rapeseed oil is used as a bio-fuel additive). __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

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