tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post7790932504823501528..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Red, Yellow and BlueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-73672755765031791072010-07-01T16:06:40.993+00:002010-07-01T16:06:40.993+00:00Hi Nigel, I always make a point of taking a look a...Hi Nigel, I always make a point of taking a look at patches of disturbed soil, just to see what comes up from buried seeds.... they're building a car park at work at the moment and the mounds of soil have bugloss and field pansy all over them. Haven't see musk thistle for quite a while - last time was down in Swaledale.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-86795645784383194562010-07-01T16:00:45.294+00:002010-07-01T16:00:45.294+00:00Hi Zoe, when you come across something as spectacu...Hi Zoe, when you come across something as spectacular as this, to just have to tell everyone you meet, really and virtually, about it!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-9553598027829801322010-07-01T15:59:12.731+00:002010-07-01T15:59:12.731+00:00Hi Emma, I passed a couple more fields that were c...Hi Emma, I passed a couple more fields that were covered in scarlet near Corbridge on Wednesday, and there have been some spectacular displays near Houghton-le-Spring in Durham tooPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-50220817469291479332010-07-01T15:57:31.706+00:002010-07-01T15:57:31.706+00:00Hi lotusleaf, when the common flowers become rare,...Hi lotusleaf, when the common flowers become rare, then I think t really is time to worry...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-44814421436135033822010-07-01T15:56:20.378+00:002010-07-01T15:56:20.378+00:00I think this is probably the most spectacular disp...I think this is probably the most spectacular display I've ever seen Keith..Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-40858116241445453682010-06-30T20:02:23.385+00:002010-06-30T20:02:23.385+00:00Interesting you mention Bugloss. In a field at Wid...Interesting you mention Bugloss. In a field at Widdrington a few years ago the sandy soil was disturbed when a company was installing a mobile phone mast. Afterwards there were hundreds of Bugloss...the first time I had seen them in the area, also Musk thistle put in an appearance and never returned in subsequent years.abbey meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293023923907992548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-3365557710945040172010-06-30T14:22:49.741+00:002010-06-30T14:22:49.741+00:00thank you for sharing these!thank you for sharing these!zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526746200112764467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-92064358358958661592010-06-30T09:37:09.873+00:002010-06-30T09:37:09.873+00:00Oh, Phil! The field of poppies at Warkworth is mag...Oh, Phil! The field of poppies at Warkworth is magnificent. The other pictures here are lovely too, but the field of poppies ...<br /><br />I do love Yellow Flag and the Bugloss are a perfect blue.Emma Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385447781203785369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-39653204364826722322010-06-30T07:38:10.167+00:002010-06-30T07:38:10.167+00:00The field of poppis is breathtaking!I think it is ...The field of poppis is breathtaking!I think it is the same all over the world- 'progress' has done away with beauty.lotusleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725791780240334964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-51997425923065856132010-06-30T06:44:30.110+00:002010-06-30T06:44:30.110+00:00They do look spectacular Phil. And like you say, a...They do look spectacular Phil. And like you say, a great shame that this is becoming such a rare sight now.holdingmomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455039696354576430noreply@blogger.com