Thursday 9 September 2010

Heather on Stanton Moor


I am trying to work out how old this photograph is exactly. I'm still not quite sure - a few years. Ben's certainly changed a bit since then. He's taller than me by about two inches now and starts sixth form college today to study for his A levels.

I haven't been up on Stanton Moor for a while, but I imagine that it has not changed much at all, and this is the time of year when the heather is at its best; in full purple bloom. 

Today is the last day of Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday rainbow summer school so, of course, we've reached violet. If you want to see other violet offerings, follow the link.

14 comments:

  1. What a great picture - pensive, windswept & VIOLET! Brill!

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  2. I love the thinker stance he is in. The flowers are beautiful.

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  3. Seems like his name should be Heathcliff.

    GREAT photo!

    =)

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  4. I always find it difficult to capture the colour of moorland heather - in my photographs it always looks dull and faded. This image is excellent.

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  5. What an absolutely gorgeous photo! How perfect for today.

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  6. What an incredible capture. From the image of your son standing amongst the heather to the valley below. Simply stunning.

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  7. What a fantastic picture!! I've never seen a field of heather in real life -- I can just imagine what a spectacular sight it must be :-)

    Your son looks very thoughtful -- maybe he's wondering how he can get out of the field of heather without squishing all the flowers!! ;-)

    Kelly

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  8. absolutely gorgeous! I haven never seen a so much heather together ... it looks glorious and your son looks so thoughtful ... it makes me wonder what he is thinking

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  9. Just as I'd imagined a moor would look - we have heather here, but nothing like that!

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  10. Beautiful heather. We have it here in Sweden too.
    Perfect choice for this last Rainbow-post for Violet.
    Best wishes,
    Anna
    Anna's H-word-abcWed

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  11. Great photo! I love the view too :) I've never heard or seen Moorland heather before but it must be so nice to find such a beautiful place with such beautiful flowers :)

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  12. What a glorious picture. Oh, I want to be standing just there. The heather is blooming in September, right?

    I think I will need to plan my dream trip during that time of year.

    This was really a peaceful and glorious link to Rainbow Summer Schools Violet.

    Thank you for linking.

    A+

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