Paula’s challenge this week is a little different. She has provided a list of words from which to pick one to illustrate. Having already used ‘decrepit‘ I am moving on to ‘prolific‘ another adjective meaning something which is present in large numbers / quantities.
Showing friends and family around our area last week, we had to take them up Trencrom Hill as it is practically in our backyard. The lanes are a frothy mass of the delicate cow parsley and more rugged looking common hogweed.
And although I was up there only a week or so ago I was astonished to see so many bluebells flourishing.
I always thought bluebells were mostly found in woodlands and that they preferred shady locations. Not so this lot. Out in the full sun and enjoying every minute of it!
And with an abundance of foxgloves in bud you can be sure that I shall be back again with my camera. I do so hope you don’t get bored with this hill.
Cornwall in Colours 
You’ve got an ongoing botanical and visual feast on your doorstep, enhanced by rocky outcrops. I like the way you riff on “prolific” with synonyms and with images.
I can’t get a thing done Meg! Every day when I look outside I see something new in flower. I spend an hour walking around my not very big garden and always end up with a handful of weeds and then I have to go inside and get the camera to capture whatever has decided to bloom today. I suspect I have a few more weeds that don’t appear to be doing anything exciting.
Sounds as if you’ve reached Jude-heaven!
I’m beginning to think so.
Looks great there. Untouched by humans 😉
Well, untouched since the Iron Age 🙂
Hard to get bored with such a picturesque location, Jude. I don’t recall seeing bluebells so far from woodland either.
Regards as always, Pete. x
There is a smallish woodland at the bottom of the hill so I suppose they must have spread from there, but they are obviously happy on the hill 🙂
I am so excited as it is just 4 weeks now til we have our annual holiday in Cornwall. Your blog is keeping my excitement levels HIGH. Thank you
I hope the weather improves, a bit cloudy this week so far, but still dry 🙂
It would be impossible to be bored, with all these beautiful photographs to enjoy. Keep ’em coming please Jude.
I’ll pop up later in the week and see what the foxgloves are doing, they are in flower now in the lane.
Looking forward to seeing those photos.
Give it a week or two more and you would have done the whole list :). Thank you, Jude. I also thought they are more of a shady kind. The captures are lovely.
Thanks Paula, glad you enjoyed the post. If I wasn’t so busy bumbling about the countryside I might have managed all of the words, but I picked my favourites. Good challenge 🙂
Bluebell girls after my own heart! 🙂 Doing British strawberries with the last of my lemon meringue icecream today. Getting in Wimbledon mode. 🙂 Monty was admiring cow parsley on Friday so you’re in good company.
I love the cow parsley, it has such delicate leaves too, but all I seem to have is the common hogweed which is a bit of a brute. Monty does have a lovely garden – room enough in his for plenty of the frothy stuff 🙂
No chance I’ll get bored with Trencom, I hope you post throuoght the seasons. There’s a place on Dartmoor where there are bluebells out in the open, it’s a fabulous sight to see!
I wonder how they got there? Birds?
What a beautiful place Jude! Looking forward to more vicarious visits there. 🙂
You won’t be able to keep me away Sylvia 🙂
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They are the show girls! No hiding in the shade for these beauties. 🙂
True. They were rather flaunting themselves up there 🙂