Yesterday I went on a lovely walk with my daughter’s mother-in-law. There really ought to be a name for our relationship. There was a nip in the wind but the sun shone and created the most glorious colours in the sea.
The sun filtered by the clouds gave us purples and blues
shimmering steely glints
and glorious aqua greens.
We walked from Osmington Mills to Ringstead and came across this cottage that under normal circumstances would be buzzing with people. I took the number, because I might like to stay there one day – just a 5 minute walk to the sea.
Walking up through a sheltered wooded valley, we saw our first bluebell in flower. Crumbs! that’s early!
and then this stange plant which turned out to be a Japanese Butterbur or Sweet Coltsfoot.
Next time we go there for a walk, we hope the cafe near the beach will be open and we will stop for a coffee.
Fingers crossed.
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What a lovely walk, and gosh! A bluebell in flower?
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I know – a bit scary in terms of global warming.
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Looks like perfect walking weather and so peaceful. Are peoploe still staying inside a lot?
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We are not staying inside but we are staying local. I have taken that to mean a 5 mile radius from my house, although the Government website does not give a distance. I live in the country, it might be different in towns and cities.
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We had a 5 kilometre zone and had to use back streets to get to places a little further. We also had a 9.00 pm to 5 00 am curfew, that made evening dog toilet walks challenging . I hope you all get through this current situation in the UK soon. Australians are so lucky with our location and seem to quickly knock each small outbreak (always from international quarantine ) very quickly.
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Australia has done a good job with containing the spread of the virus.
Not so here – many different opinions about why that is, but at least the UK seem to be getting the vaccine roll-out right.
The children have gone back to school and there has been an upturn in numbers of cases, so many of us are still being very cautious about travel and contacts.
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The colors in those pictures! The sea certainly does change moods quickly! We have signs of spring here, so welcome after the past two years of having blizzards into May!
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I do hope the weather stays helpful for you this year!
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Yesterday I found that one of my hyacinths has popped up about an inch! Last year that didn’t happen until the end of June, so the ground must be warmer!
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That must have been thrilling! 🙂
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It was!
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A walk by the sea is on my list now we are opening up here. My bluebells are coming up but not even buds on them yet so that one is very early. There are primroses out and those feel early too.
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There seems to be a primrose out most of the year round here – very disconcerting!
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On the other side of the world, it’s time for Autumn – but to date, not seen much evidence of the “leaves a’falling” – love your walk, the coast line looked moody but promising.
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I love that – ‘moody but promising’ – I think that might have described me as a child! HaHa!
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Oh wow I love that you have a great relationship and yes there needs to be a name 🤔❤️
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Mums-in-common is all I have come up with but it doesn’t sound very friendly!
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Fingers crossed. Your bluebells are further on than ours in Lancashire. We have masses of leaves though.
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I haven’t seen any this far ahead anywhere else.
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Wowsah, what colors in the sky and ocean. Magnificent! Yes, there should be a name for that relationship.
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Mother-in-law etc – all those terms seem ridiculous and inappropriate – the ‘in-law’ bit is weird. We could be Grannies-in-Common, but it doesn’t sound very nice and also if our children didn’t have children it wouldn’t work. Language!
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Ooh, I’m so excited. Apparently we have a nascent patch of bluebells in our garden and, just as exciting, foxgloves. we had neither of these in France (too hot and dry I think) and I missed them.
How lovely it will be to stop for coffee and cake somewhere again.
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Gorgeous! I do love foxgloves.
It will feel so good to stop for a coffe again – I will definitely look on those simple pleasure with new appreciation!
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How about SMILEs? Sister-Mothers-in-Law-Extraordinaire? Spring is coming up there, for sure!
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Sweet!
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Glorious colours of sky, sea, and land indeed. That bluebell is early, but then I have seen pictures of cowslips on blogs too.
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Yikes! Global warming. 😦
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