Saturday, June 13, 2009

Tiny but Pretty

The clouds today were exceedingly attractive and the sky was so blue.
After walking the dog I took myself to a good walk around the back fields and enjoyed the light breeze and lovely sunshine.
While taking pictures on the way some of the locals had to stop for a short chat as they were fascinated with what I was doing. I learned from two ladies the name of the weed with tiny yellow flowers I was photographing and it's called Buttercups.

Apparently when they were young their mother used to place the flower near the neck and if there was a reflex action on the petal it meant that the person likes butter. I thought that was a cute tale.
Some of the flowering plants I saw are also shown here. The flowers were very small but pretty. The women also mentioned about making daisy chains when they were young and bursted into giggles when they thought of giving away their age. I said I was doing the same thing when I was a kid so it's the same thing wherever you are in the world.







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