Cardamine pratensis – Also called Lady’s-smock. When I first eyed this lovely flower on my allowed ‘once a day’ excercise walk, it took my breath clean away, I was so bedazzled by its beauty. This is a sure sign that spring has arrived. x2 photographs. Double click images to enlarge.
© Peter Hillman ♦ 10th April 2020 ♦ Local field, Staffordshire ♦ Nikon D7200
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What a delicate beauty! Wonderful captures, Peter.
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Thank you very much, Ellen 🙂 It was a lovely surprise to come across today 🙂
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They do look beautiful.
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Thank you 🙂
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Very pretty. I have not seen them this Spring at all.
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Thank you 🙂 This is the first time I have come across them. There was only this one amongst the grass, and two others in a gully off the river. You can easily walk past them and not even notice them, so was very pleased I did 🙂
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Lovely little gems!
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Thank you, Sandy. ‘Gem’s is a lovely way of describing these flowers!
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Wonderful captures Peter!
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Thank you very much, Greta 🙂
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Beautiful spring blooms, no doubt!!
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Thank you, Indira 🙂
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Delicate flowers. Beautiful pictures.
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Thank you very much joke-dev! They are a special flower.
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SO Beautiful and a wonderful colour!
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Thank you 🙂 It was a wonderful find!
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What a lovely colour! A perfect Easter lavender tint.
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It is a lovely colour, thank you, Eliza 🙂
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Yet another I’ve not heard of before. I’m pleased to make its acquaintance, thank you very much!
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I had never met this one myself before, either, so was very pleased with the find. They are quite small and you could walk by and miss it lost in the grass quite easily. Thank you 🙂
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Pete, I love this find! What a beautiful flower. You captured it perfectly!
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Thank you, Sandra! They are a small flower, and it is not until you get down to their level, which I always tend to do, that you can appreicate how wonderful they really are 🙂
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That’s my preferred approach too, Pete. It’s therapeutic in a way, I find. Beautiful work my friend!
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I have to agree, Sandra, it is therapeutic. I have always said that being close to nature is good for the heart and spirit 🙂 Thank you so much! 🙂
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I especially was taken with that long, matching stem. It is a beautiful flower. I assume it’s a spring ephemeral; it certainly looks delicate.
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I only came across three of these flowers. Two of them were in a narrow gully off the river which I couldn’t get to, and then there was this one surrounded by grass. One could easily walk past them and not even notice their delicate beauty. Thank you, Linda 🙂
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So lovely!
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Thank you 🙂
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It’s so nice to see some rich spring color, Pete. Any idea why “cuckoo” flower? Sure doesn’t look that way. 🙂
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Apparently the name ‘cuckoo’ comes from the association of the flower appearing when the first cuckoos are first heard in spring. It is also known in some quarters as ‘Fairy Flower’, because it is supposed to hold formidable magical powers. I am always fascinated by the etymology of words, for they hold history and legend within them.
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Very pretty and very delicate.
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Thank you, Jill :;0
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Beautiful flowers . they look so very delicate. Delightful colour too
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Thank you, Julie 🙂 I had never seen them before, and they were delicate and delightful to behold.
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