There is a park very near our house that has these wild flowers growing every year. Its a large park mostly used by dog walkers, runners and an athletics club that backs onto the grounds and the flowers are high up near the road and away from where you might normally walk. I have seen them many times as i must drive past this park at least 8 times a week taking the kids to and from different activities. I always think that i must stop and take a moment to take them in but never do and i know that before too long their short season will have gone and there will be nothing left but the summer grasses. Driving past i always find myself thinking that i dont have time, or ill do it another time.
The week before my half marathon I went for a long run which routed me back past this park. I was near home and time was looking good and i noticed the flowers again. I could have kept going and clocked a good fast time for my last long run. But i didn’t. I chose to go into the park and walk up to the flowers and sit for a while and take some pics with my phone. I love wild flowers, they remind me a lot of where i grew up where i spent hours and hours playing in fields that we were free to roam in. Makes me sad really that my own kids dont have that sort of freedom.
The fields were always full of these sort of blooms. They have that lovely free feeling about them. Not hindered to grow in manicured beds but just where the wind has blown them. They smell pretty good to. 🙂
One of those days when you make a decision that blesses your soul a lot more than you think.
I love wildflowers! I grow them in plastic bottles on my fence and in tyres. Adds colour to the garden, they look after themselves, and it’s good for the bees 😀
Oh, I adore wild flower meadows. They are so pretty and smell wonderful. They also remind me of my childhood, it is sad that our children don’t have that same freedom to roam that we did. Thank you so much for linking to #ThePrompt x
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Love the smell of flowers but wouldn’t want to be in a field of them as I’m so scared of bees and wasps! #ThePrompt
Taking time out to ‘smell the flowers’ – good for the mind, body and soul. Thanks for linking up and sharing your lovely photos with Country Kids.
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Lovely park, lovely pics. Wildflowers make me feel like running through the grass like a child. #countrykids
These are so pretty. Nature does wonders for the body and soul. I love biking in it, just haven’t been able to do that for a couple of weeks now and I’m going a bit stressy without that fix!Glad that you enjoyed it!
Great pics. Love how they’re so free and unhindered. Sometimes it’s good to spend time just being with nature. X
I also love wildflowers. So pretty. Thanks for sharing your photos.
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