Wonderful wild flowers
Could this possibly be the best time of the year to cruise? I think so, but ask me again in the summer or autumn. And why? Because wild flowers are at their best in late spring, and Bluebells are simply the best.
but just look up close at a dandelion, it’s surely a Chelsea gold medal
Even when they have gone to seed
And you can’t forget the forget me knots
Or the loveliest natural landscaping along the towpath when the flowers come together with a bit of sunshine.
Sometimes the fresh spring smell outbeats any commercial laundry “enhancement”, but sometimes its more suited to the kitchen when you cruise through swathes of wild garlic. Of course I picked some to make wild garlic pesto, which was delicious with some fresh pasta.
I even came across a cultivated garlic, which didn’t smell until you rubbed the leaves
Not all bluebells are blue,
Not sure how you snuck in there
Daisy daisy give me your answer, do.
Another cultivar that was growing alongside the towpath
And I believe this very pink flower is red campion
One thing I love about the late spring flowers, is the quantity that they grow in. As we cruised past Marbury woods, (just before you get to Anderton) you get a tantalising glimpse of a blue carpet.
So while Eric was filling up at the water point, I walked back and strolled through the woods. My photos just don’t do the bluebells justice.
But you dont always have to get off the boat to see fields of gold, even if this isn’t a wild flower meadow
I saw the buttercup meadows at the Anderton nature park
And the cowslips en masse
And what would be spring without the lovely lime green leaves on the oak trees
And the Hawthorn blossom that runs from white to pink
Of course I’ve barely scratched the surface with the just how many flowers we’ve seen. What some people call weeds, I count as blessings from heaven. And while its easy to marvel at the big magnificent things around us, there is so much beauty and wonder in the little all around us.
