Friday, 21 June 2019

No grey today!

Earlier in the week you saw pictures of my walk in Balmedie Country Park.

What I did not show you then was the bank of wildflowers blooming beside the brand new road junction - the Balmedie turn-off from the recently upgraded A90.

Gail insisted on finding a place to stop and tried to get me to "pose nicely" amid the poppies.

In all honesty I wasn't too keen. What you can't see on these photos is the proximity of a busy road with lots of heavy lorries thundering past. Also, the bank is rather steep, thus not a comfortable posing perch.

But I'll admit I too was impressed by the colourful display covering this recently disturbed ground. I do suspect that someone might have given 'nature' a helping hand here with a generous sprinkling of wildflower seeds.

Anyway, what a welcome sight it was, in our part of the world where the colour palette tends to grey even at mid-summer....

Happy Nature Friday folks! And once again a huge thank you to our wonderful friends, the LLB Gang, for hosting the blog hop.

16 comments:

  1. that was a super post to welcome summer... and we hope summer appears here too now ;O)

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  2. You look very handsome amongst those pretty wild flowers, Bertie. Poppies are my human's favourites, along with sunflowers.

    Love,
    Inca xx

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  3. You look so handsome posing with the beautiful flowers, Bertie! Mom just loves those poppies!

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  4. Hari OM
    Gracious Bertie lad, when I got the sneak peek earlier this week no mention was made of the preciptous climb or the risk from traffic... but it has to be said, I am jolly glad you and Gail both were pawpared to sop and act upon such a sight!!! It really is glorious. Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx

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  5. Bertie jumpin' catfish what a display of wildflowers. You know me and red. You look outstanding....out standing in the field of posies. Thank Gail for stopping and I thank you for such a professional pose
    Hugs Cecilia

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  6. That sure is a beautiful display of wild flowers. Thanks for braving the scary traffic to show them to us.

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  7. Wow...What a pretty field of flowers Bertie! Of course, they don't even come close to comparing with your handsome WFT face!
    xoxo,
    Rosy, Jakey & Arty

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  8. Happy Nature Friday and Happy First Day of Summer!!! That field is just so beautiful. Happy that you were able to pose for a lovely photo. They are very colorful. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.
    World of Animals

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  9. We love wildflowers! So beautiful
    hugs
    Mabel & Hilda

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  10. Hi hi hi! Ojo here! Those look lovely! Did they smell lovely too?

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  11. But of course you are the loveliest (handsomest) of all!

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  12. BEAUTIFUL poppies Bertie! I thinks you look most handsome on that hill ~ glads you got that FABulous shot!
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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  13. So pretty! It is so nice that there is such beauty right next to a big highway, you were right to be careful!

    Your friend Kiki

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