Sunday 18 May 2014

May on the Heath




Life is busy here. There is a lot going on in our village and we have had old friends to stay. The garden and the animals need time and the weather has been lovely.




Out on the heath, at the bottom of the hill, crab apple blossom has fallen but the hawthorn (May) is at its best.



This old hawthorn has branches draped in lichen and a secret bunch of mistletoe that has been there for years.



Late on a sunny afternoon, the May blossom is beautiful against blue skies.







12 comments:

Bovey Belle said...

Snap - I intend to mention May in my blog post today. It looks superb at the moment and so graceful on the bough.

Lovely to see your familiar trees in full bloom.

The Weaver of Grass said...

We have been in Northumberland, a couple of hundred miles North of us and yet the May blossom is in full bloom there - it is not showing here yet on our return. Still I am glad we didn't miss it at its best.

Mum said...

The May blossom is glorious this year.
Love from Mum
xx

Crafty Green Poet said...

Lovely photos. I love hawthorns!

SeagullSuzie said...

Lovely to see Hawthorns looking so good this year, they are in blossom all along the coastal path and I planted two in my garden.

angryparsnip said...

Beautiful ! What a lovely May you are having.
So different from my desert.

cheers, parsnip

Anonymous said...

Lovely pics with the May blossom looking stunning in the sunshine :-) This is such a beautiful time of year isn't it :-)

Leanne said...

Beautiful photos - crab apple blossoms are one of my favs!

Down by the sea said...

The May blossom looks wonderful in your lovely pictures. Sarah x

Em Parkinson said...

I've just published my first pictures of the garden ever and only because it's May - no month like it. Absolutely beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Everything looks so lovely under the blue sky....which has totally disappeared here now for the last two days and been replaced instead with rain! :-)

Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax! said...

Blackthorn where I live was a disappointment this year but the May seems to be going on for ever!