When I saw Carmi's theme for the week I had several ideas before finally setting on plants and vegetation. In 2007 I carried out a study on a small local wood which I visited once a fortnight throughout the year. I took many photos each time and even wrote some articles about what I saw. Unfortunately I could not get any editors to publish them.
An aerial shot of the area by the Tees Archaeological Society shows the wood is shaped like a boot - so I christened it Boot Wood.
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| Boot Wood (btm left) - © Tees Archaeological Society |
My first shot is of the field just above Boot Wood; this is used as pasture for horses of a riding school.
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| Field of Buttercups (May 2007) |
In a clearing in the wood there are many types of vegetation.
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| Clump of Thistles (July 2007) |
Earlier in March before the wood floor is covered in plants I came across these;
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| White Sweet Violets (and some Stinging Nettles) |
Elsewhere among the ferns and more nettles were a wide varieties of grasses; this is one that caught my eye.
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| Grass - Seed Head (May 2007) |
Towards the end of May some areas beneath the trees were a sea of white.
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| Parsley |
When I was a boy the thickest stems of this plant could be used as peashooters.
