Jane at Levant: ABC Wednesday and H is for....

Tuesday 6 September 2011

ABC Wednesday and H is for....

ABC Wednesday and a few favourite H pics and thoughts to share - first one is H is for Harvest - lots of Hard work and Happy celebration of bringing the Harvest Home.

This lady was demonstrating the art of making a corn dolly - from times gone by at the working farm museum visited a few weeks back - earlier that day we watched as a television crew filmed the action for a local programme.

We were told that each county had a different style of corn dolly - - which represented the spirit of the corn

H is for Heather - and the Back to Purple - project - to get the local Stiperstones Hill back to its original habitat

Hebridean sheep - a robust sheep - graze the young saplings - which would soon return the hillsides back into wooded areas - smothering the heather and hillside plants

H is for Heron a long legged bird - seen at the local reserve - Venus Pool - on a recent visit

H is for Hang Glider soaring high over the Welsh Coast at Aberystwyth - watched recently on a day away

H is for helicopter - and Elton John leaving the Greenhouse arena at Shrewsbury after a momentous event

H is for Thomas Hardy - 1840 -1928 - British novelist and poet - novels include Tess of the D'urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd

How about for a finale we all join a Harmonious sing song during Happy Hour at the local Hostelry!

9 comments:

Jane and Chris6 September 2011 at 06:08
I'll meet you in the hostelry,but my singing is less harmonious,more haphazard!
Jane x
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Roger Owen Green6 September 2011 at 07:37
Hay, I mean, hey - Elton John was in our area a couple days ago.

ROG, ABC Wednesday team
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Carver6 September 2011 at 08:05
I like all your choices for H very much. Happy H day!
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photowannabe6 September 2011 at 08:42
Love the idea that the habitat is being restored back to the original natural plant life. Fields of heather would be heavenly to see.
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Molly6 September 2011 at 10:45
That corn dolly looks very intricate. Have a 'Happy Hour at the local Hostelry' both of you xxx
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Leslie:6 September 2011 at 13:19
Happy Hour sounds good for me! lol Love all your H's today.

Leslie
abcw team
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Chubskulit Rose6 September 2011 at 19:02
That corn dolly is very pretty.

My ABC is about the Humongous Coke in Disney.
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MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...7 September 2011 at 06:47
What a wonderful Hodgepodge of H's! Great variety...loved them all. Thanks I really enjoyed this visit.
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Bernard10 September 2011 at 03:31
I'll join you for a Harmonious sing song at the local Hostelry any day! He,he.
I too thought that Corn Dolly the best I'd seen. It was very well done.
Re you comment on my blog about Cookham.
They are a funny lot on the other side of the River. (Thames). This is what they get up to next -
http://monkey-organ.blogspot.com/2010/09/thrills-and-spills-in-cookham.html
Cheers.....Bernard
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