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Slow Worm, Golden Grain and Blackberries ……

11 Aug

….   and some music for you too today, later.

On our walk in the mizzle late this afternoon, the lovely Mr S spotted a Slow worm. I haven’t seen one since I was a child living in Penwartha near Perranporth. What a  treat!

We pass fields of gold on our local walk at this time of year and I am always reminded of Sting’s singing of Fields of Gold, which I love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVq0IAzh1A&list=RDKLVq0IAzh1A&index=1

The Blackberries are ripening.

 

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7 responses to “Slow Worm, Golden Grain and Blackberries ……

  1. Ark

    August 12, 2021 at 12:13 pm

    The family used to go blackberrying when my dad was in the RAF and we lived in married quarters at RAF Wyton.
    I was about six or seven I think?
    I seem to recall us blackberrying along some of the lanes when we eventually moved to Chester, though memory is a dubious thing so I wouldn’t swear to it.

     
    • mybeautfulthings

      August 15, 2021 at 9:16 pm

      Blackberrying along the lanes – lovely memories that I have too and so do our kids. My Dad’s novel, Jeremy Visick, begins with the hero, Matthew, collecting blackberries along the lane. 🙂

       
      • Ark

        August 16, 2021 at 7:53 am

        It is such an ‘English’ image, isn’t it?
        As David Gilmour sang:
        “The grass was greener,… Etc”

         
  2. ladysighs

    August 12, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    I had never heard that song before. Enjoyed.
    I guess we can’t know them all.

     
    • mybeautfulthings

      August 15, 2021 at 9:17 pm

      Glad you liked it – it’s a favourite of mine. 🙂

       
  3. artfulcrone

    August 12, 2021 at 11:45 am

    I had never heard of a Slow Worm. Thanks for the link ~ fascinating!

     
    • mybeautfulthings

      August 15, 2021 at 9:18 pm

      Lovely creatures, my brother had a tank full when we were children in Cornwall but this is the first I’ve seen in many, many years. 🙂

       

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