Tagged: Theale

Large Blue (Maculinea arion) - Collard Hill, Somerset, UK. ID 825_2158

Jump into June

Summer Times I love the colours of autumn, the flowers of spring, and winter snow – but the warmth of summer is very hard to beat. Hawthorn blooms across the Mendip Hills. Oxeye daisies...

Roe deer in Bluebells - Longwood, Somerset, UK. ID JBB_0464

Get ready for May

Spring reaches its peak in May.  This month, flowers of all colours spread across the woodland, grasslands and countryside.  Insects emerge from mayflies, dragonflies and butterflies.  Friendly rabbits nibble at the grass.  Lambs dash...

Primroses - Christ Church, Theale, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7549

Cold Snap

In the middle of a springtime we are hit by a cold snap and the early morning temperature drop back down below zero.  I love these cold mornings, lots of mist and frost.  Two...

Garden End Farm - Theale, Somerset, UK. ID BR54475

Axe Valley Buttercups

On a clear morning, at this time of year, the valley fills with mist. Gradually the mist burns away. As bright blue skies appear over the small hills that spring up across the valley....

Primroses - Theale, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9152

Theale Primroses

Theale The small Somerset village of Theale sits between Wells and Wedmore.  I’m not sure how to pronounce its name – I would like to go with ‘The ale’, but I assume thats unlikely....

Christ Church, Theale

Theale

Christ Church in the small village of Theale is full of primroses this time of year.  Churches and flowers are favourites of mine and the two together make it hard for me to resist.