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{Rachael, the Mama of the family}
- Time of past OR future Camino
- walking every day for the rest of my life
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I promised them stunning displays of spring flowers
BUT
Friends in Germany are telling me spring has come a month early - all the flowers are out and even starting to fade already. When I get to the Voie de la Nive and Baztan in early May and back to Pamplona mid-May will they be gone?
Kanga the walking Botanist. What a beautiful list for us all to look forward to (2 weeks time for me).
Annie
They are crocuses, and can grow wild as well as in gardens. We have some at home but are also glad to see them as we walk locally (UK)A little picture -dedicated to all pilgrims who love wild flowers. This was taken on the Jakobsweg, near Hohenschäftlarn, Germany, last year, mid march. The path was still covered by snow, so the flowers were as a little miracle, a promise of the coming spring.
I don´t know the name, I had never seen one of these, and I'd love to know.
My kids were just getting excited about the prospect of blackberries the other day and I had to point out that we are not walking in autumn this time, but I promised them stunning displays of spring flowers (and am on the lookout for blackberries when we walk here in NZ now)
BUT
Friends in Germany are telling me spring has come a month early - all the flowers are out and even starting to fade already. When I get to the Voie de la Nive and Baztan in early May and back to Pamplona mid-May will they be gone? (Now where is Rebekah's crystal ball?)
The wild flowers along the camino will be stunning in May .... I took this picture in 2011 on the Portuguese ...
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... and that is a wild meadow!
I always say a prayer of thanks for all the beauty I see along the camino
Apart from all these wild flowers that you will see, you will also be fascinated with the storks, who will be extremely busy, at least up till Leon. The kids will love watching them. Anne
They can be seen on hundreds of church towers. Sometimes special poles have been made for them to use for their nests. They come back year after year and do a bit of remodeling of last year's nest and set up home once again. AnneStorks?! We sometimes, rarely, see wood storks migrating through Cape May, NJ, in late May, but I never realized they may be seen along the way in Spain! Great news and a very special addition to the journey. Thanks.
Anne - aren't they amazing?!? On top of most of the churches - we have nothing like them here in the UK [well, not on the church roofs!Apart from all these wild flowers that you will see, you will also be fascinated with the storks, who will be extremely busy, at least up till Leon. The kids will love watching them. Anne
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