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Moon Daisies: February 2010
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Sunday, 28 February 2010. A walk round the lake. On my first day off this week, although I had lots of outstanding things I needed to catch up on, we decided to go for a walk first, to blow the cobwebs away, so we headed over to Decoy park, where the woods hunched greyly over the wind ruffled water, and the birds were pleased to see us. The Coots formed a small posse to take the bread, and the black headed gulls lurked in the background, I noticed they`re getting their black hoods again. The little water...
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Moon Daisies: August 2011
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011. A walk amongst the heather. Hi, its a long time since Ive been here isnt it, well you know how it is, life takes over, so many things to do, so many balls to keep in the air, but I thought it would be nice to get back to blogging some of the things I get upto, so I thought I`d share our lovely walk on Dartmoor today. I spotted these Dungbonnets on a very crispy cowpat, quite the biggest Ive seen, and very shiny. We also saw lots of ponies too, this little fellow was very shy an...
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Moon Daisies: March 2009
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Monday, 30 March 2009. Forget-me-nots represent lasting love. In Victorian England, the forget-me-not flower was worn by woman to ensure that their lovers never forgot them. The legend goes that a Knight and his bride were walking beside a river. While gathering little blue flowers for his sweetheart, the Knight fell into the deep river. Just before his heavy armour pulled him beneath the water, he tossed the flowers to his wife and pleaded "Forget Me Not.". When bees hum in the linden tree. I have this ...
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Moon Daisies: April 2009
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Thursday, 30 April 2009. The May pole is up,. Now give me the cup;. I`ll drink to the garlands around it,. But first unto those. Whose hands did compose. The glory of flowers that crown`d it.". May day welcomed the end of the harsh winter days, and welcomed the beginning of Summer. The houses would be decorated with garlands of flowers, freshly picked from the countryside, and there would dancing around the Maypole. But I must gather knots of flowers,. And buds and garlands gay,. Wednesday, 29 April 2009.
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Moon Daisies: August 2010
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Saturday, 21 August 2010. A damp morning in Totnes. Today we woke to grey skies and mizzle again, but having had to stay in yesterday, we were determined to get out and about, so drove over to Totnes. First port of call as always Anne of Cleves tea rooms, and what delights in the window, lovely strawberry topped buns, but we were very restrained and had our usual coffee and scones. We were lucky enough to find the market on in the square, albeit just setting up, probably delayed because of the rain.
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Moon Daisies: January 2015
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Tuesday, 13 January 2015. A Stormy drive on the Moor. The village had that lovely early morning feel about it, the green was bathed in sunshine, the trees beautiful and sleek with rain casting long shadows over the grass. One or two local folk were pottering around the shops or chatting to one and other, and everything had an unhurried feel. Looking about I was thrilled to see on the church bank the first signs of Snowdrops. Walking down to the bottom of the graveyard I looked back across the moorland wh...
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Moon Daisies: October 2014
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Tuesday, 7 October 2014. A walk round Powderham. We had a nice country walk last week, we started at Powderham castle where we normally stop for coffee on our way elsewhere. Powderham castle is open to the public, and has various events in the grounds over the year. Also in the hedging were the tiny cream flowers of traveller`s joy and sprays of rosy red hips. Next to the Heronry is a lovely large field that is surrounded by one of those gorgeous old fashioned metal fences that I love, abit broken and di...
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Moon Daisies: March 2010
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Sunday, 21 March 2010. A Spring walk at Berry Pomeroy. Much refreshed, we donned walking boots, as it was very muddy underfoot, having had two days of heavy rain and walked round to the castle which looked mysterious and brooding in the early morning light, it was lovely and peaceful, nobody about, just the sound of the Jackdaws calling as they flapped around the ramparts looking for places to nest. The Wishing tree was standing very stately by the tower, with gay ribbons tied to her branches. We decided...
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Moon Daisies: June 2009
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009. A day in Dawlish,. The beach is also backed by these soaring redstone cliffs, topped with shrubs and trees. Some had these wonderful patterns on which the gulls were using as nest sites. We could hear the babies whistling and fluting above our heads. It was another one of those days that was a bit cloudy, but very humid. We had a coffee from the flask, then I left Pete to his fishing, and I went to explore. Theres another little pier at this end of the beach too, I had a little wal...
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Moon Daisies: May 2009
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Friday, 29 May 2009. A woodland walk and a Seagull suprise. My first day off today, but it was always going to be a busy one, as we`ve just started a holiday, and are going back to see my Mother in East Anglia tomorrow. But I didnt want it to be all rushing around, cleaning, shopping and packing, so we got up early and drove over to Decoy park, before too many children invaded the woods. It was a lovely sunny morning, with blue sky, and beside the lake was a welcoming party with rather large splendid feet.
