tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post1789914768015838223..comments2024-03-28T09:00:16.698-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: Armageddon in a Welsh valley . . .Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-18389201268322734862010-01-28T21:00:27.946-08:002010-01-28T21:00:27.946-08:00The most lovely places are always a bit wild and u...The most lovely places are always a bit wild and unkempt, I think, and too many of them fall prey to someone's idea of progress or improvement. A part of my mind argues that change, even when justified, is always unpleasant for someone in a shared landscape. It seems that less disruptive, conservationist ways of doing things are not financially viable and so there is wanton upheaval and a cherished spot is destroyed. <br />Next Door doesn't sound like a particularly sensitive sort--either oblivious to natural beauty or too willing to sacrifice it for a supposed convenience.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-7873060568193316722010-01-28T11:08:09.082-08:002010-01-28T11:08:09.082-08:00While it struck me odd that roads were being widen...While it struck me odd that roads were being widened for cow traffic, not like here in the city (for cars)...the destruction looks very similar.<br /><br />Your flower photos are lovely as alwaysTeri and her Stylish Adventure Cats https://www.blogger.com/profile/00995773243323674858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-841838158259021442010-01-28T10:28:48.216-08:002010-01-28T10:28:48.216-08:00One and the same Kath. Yellow Dead Nettle/Yellow ...One and the same Kath. Yellow Dead Nettle/Yellow Archangel/Weazel Snout!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-89156548553855038622010-01-28T10:04:05.729-08:002010-01-28T10:04:05.729-08:00Yellow Archangel, I had't heard that name befo...Yellow Archangel, I had't heard that name before.Is that what is also called Dead nettle, or is that something else?Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-9810657131202495602010-01-28T09:59:13.102-08:002010-01-28T09:59:13.102-08:00Al - my son was woken by it at work this morning, ...Al - my son was woken by it at work this morning, and he said it sounded like JCB sex, which made me hoot!<br /><br />Jinksy - I can't understand the need to widen - you could get a combine harvester up there now - let alone a herd of cows, which normally only walk three or four abreast anyway . . .<br /><br />I know the wild flowers will come back and the ones on the higher banks are OK, but I d love my wild flowers and it is just typical of my neighbour, who memorably remarked when we first moved here, "I suppose you think it's beautiful around here." Well yes actually, and that's because it IS.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-75326614168724601502010-01-28T07:58:27.353-08:002010-01-28T07:58:27.353-08:00Grrrr.
Things are hardy ever done sympathetically...Grrrr.<br /><br />Things are hardy ever done sympathetically these days.<br /><br />The sound of a JCB gets inside your head so easily doesn't it.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-1998895617093487682010-01-28T07:55:21.704-08:002010-01-28T07:55:21.704-08:00Desecration!Loved the wild flower pics - a last fa...Desecration!Loved the wild flower pics - a last farewell...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com