Entering the Pavillion Gardens at Buxton today, were were confronted by an absolute carpet of lawn daisies looking like snow in the sunshine.
Placing the Action2 on a low support gave a view of the gently sloping lawn.

Lovely shot and framing.

Depp Posted at 5-17 23:23
Lovely shot and framing.

Thanks Depp.  It looked like snow as we came through the entrance.

Lovely,    I came across a buttercup field but failed to capture it this well.  

DAFlys Posted at 5-17 23:57
Lovely,    I came across a buttercup field but failed to capture it this well.

Thanks David.  There's lots of green in that shot. From eye level it looked as though it had been snowing.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 00:01
Thanks David.  There's lots of green in that shot. From eye level it looked as though it had been snowing.

This was my attempt,  I should have got lower like you but I couldnt access the field so had to take this from a fence.

DAFlys Posted at 5-18 00:07
This was my attempt,  I should have got lower like you but I couldnt access the field so had to take this from a fence.

No pic?  

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 00:11
No pic?

oops I forgot to press the button.

DAFlys Posted at 5-18 01:19
oops I forgot to press the button.

Ah yes. Buttercups. Another lovely wild growth.

Amazing shot of the daisies Mr. B.    No doubt it looked like a snow covered field from eye level.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-18 02:15
Amazing shot of the daisies Mr. B.    No doubt it looked like a snow covered field from eye level.

Thanks
All these buttercups and daisies, makes me think of that old song  "Strawberry Fair"

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 02:24
Thanks
All these buttercups and daisies, makes me think of that old song  "Strawberry Fair"

That was an old English folk song.

As I was going to Strawberry Fair,
Singing, singing, Butter-cups and Daisies
I met a maiden taking her ware,

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-18 03:27
That was an old English folk song.

As I was going to Strawberry Fair,

That's the one - a memory from school days.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 03:31
That's the one - a memory from school days.

Speaking of "School Days" do you remember this older song?

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-18 03:36
Speaking of "School Days" do you remember this older song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ECqL51SRUk

Never seen those lyrics before
No particular place to go - is the version I've heard

Yes, there seem to be a "couple" of them. Lovely

HGDC84 Posted at 5-18 04:46
Yes, there seem to be a "couple" of them. Lovely

Too many to count

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 01:35
Ah yes. Buttercups. Another lovely wild growth.

The picture like with he bluebells didnt do it justice.   


Did you see these two?  https://www.instagram.com/p/CsVpLDkoHLm/

DAFlys Posted at 5-18 05:36
The picture like with he bluebells didnt do it justice.   

I have now. Lovely images, thanks.  My duck chase only drove them faster and faster away from me

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 05:41
I have now. Lovely images, thanks.  My duck chase only drove them faster and faster away from me

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That reminds me to head back to the lake later and look for baby mallards here too.     

You should have tempted them to you with some bread.  

DAFlys Posted at 5-18 23:07
That reminds me to head back to the lake later and look for baby mallards here too.     

You should have tempted them to you with some bread.

I don't carry a loaf about in my coat pocket

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 23:14
I don't carry a loaf about in my coat pocket

Perhaps you should have planned for it.  

DAFlys Posted at 5-18 23:45
Perhaps you should have planned for it.

Apparently, you shouldn't feed bread to ducks, it's bad for their digestion.
The RSPB says:

Although bread isn't harmful to birds, try not to offer it in large quantities, since its nutritional value is relatively low. A bird that is on a diet of predominantly, or only bread, can suffer from serious vitamin deficiencies, or starve.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-18 03:41
Never seen those lyrics before
No particular place to go - is the version I've heard

I've heard that version also.  

Blériot53 Posted at 5-19 00:10
Apparently, you shouldn't feed bread to ducks, it's bad for their digestion.
The RSPB says:

So I guess it defines what they mean by large quanity,   I must confess I dont tend to feed them myself.

DAFlys Posted at 5-20 01:30
So I guess it defines what they mean by large quanity,   I must confess I dont tend to feed them myself.

We put fat balls out in winter, that's about it. Not forf the ducks though, obviously

Blériot53 Posted at 5-20 05:15
We put fat balls out in winter, that's about it. Not forf the ducks though, obviously

We cant do that,  the starlings destroy them in a less than a day and no one else gets a look in.    We got a starling proof feeder that we thought we let the blue tits gets a little nibble whilst they give the fresh food to the young ones,  but they figured that out too.

DAFlys Posted at 5-20 23:45
We cant do that,  the starlings destroy them in a less than a day and no one else gets a look in.    We got a starling proof feeder that we thought we let the blue tits gets a little nibble whilst they give the fresh food to the young ones,  but they figured that out too.

The bigger bullies quickly shoulder the little ones aside, alas.  And their ingenuity in defeating obstacles is amazing.

Very nice to see.
I want those in my grass too.

Montfrooij Posted at 5-23 23:07
Very nice to see.
I want those in my grass too.

Do they grow naturally in the Netherlands?

Blériot53 Posted at 5-23 23:09
Do they grow naturally in the Netherlands?

Yes they do.

Montfrooij Posted at 5-23 23:25
Yes they do.

Transplant a few into your lawn - they will spread, over time. ( Several years)

Blériot53 Posted at 5-23 23:35
Transplant a few into your lawn - they will spread, over time. ( Several years)

That is what I should do indeed.

Montfrooij Posted at 5-23 23:47
That is what I should do indeed.

I don't know if you can get them as seed.  There may be a lawn seed with meadow flowers that you can buy from a garden centre. I'm not a gardener

Blériot53 Posted at 5-23 23:54
I don't know if you can get them as seed.  There may be a lawn seed with meadow flowers that you can buy from a garden centre. I'm not a gardener

I think you can buy them. But I will try planting them first.

Montfrooij Posted at 5-23 23:56
I think you can buy them. But I will try planting them first.

That's cheaper

Blériot53 Posted at 5-23 23:58
That's cheaper

It is cheaper and since they are widespread, I would not feel bad about it.

Montfrooij Posted at 5-24 00:10
It is cheaper and since they are widespread, I would not feel bad about it.