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Liz and her Bluebells
I have some of Mammy’s bluebells growing at the back door of Swallow Cottage. I love to see them coming on as we move away from the yellows of early spring. These are extra special because they came from my mother’s garden at home, and they are not the native Irish variety. Maybe she set some hyacinth bulbs under the hedge in the front garden, and they naturalised, but I looked forward to their arrival on their sturdy stems every year. So to have them growing at my back door now is very precious to me.
Every year, the Black Island in Castleblayney is covered in swathes of wonderful native bluebells. They are truly a joy to see and smell, and remind me of a bunch collected there and given to me by my husband on our first Anniversary, ‘going out’ in 1989.
Bluebells have a special place in my heart and are a perfect backdrop for photographing my scarves. Over the years, we have accumulated some nice modelled shots of the scarves among the bluebells with Carmel at Errybane and Emma in the Bluebell Wood on The Black Island.
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