{"id":849,"date":"2013-06-13T18:46:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T19:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=849"},"modified":"2013-06-13T18:46:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T19:46:40","slug":"a-carpet-of-buttercups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=849","title":{"rendered":"A carpet of buttercups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"A carpet of buttercups\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0297.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=849\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0297.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-853\" alt=\"IMG_0297\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0297.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0297.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0297-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0297-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>What started off as a quick walk with Lily the dog today beside the River Ythan at Ellon turned into a feast of photographs.\u00a0 The buttercups are out in abundance at the riverside walk near the Meadow Sports Centre.\u00a0 And the sun was out too. The yellow carpet of flowers quite took my breath away.\u00a0 I have noticed buttercups blooming in the Hatton field and along many of the roadside verges, but this was quite spectacular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-854\" alt=\"IMG_0299\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0299.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0299.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0299-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0299-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-856\" alt=\"IMG_0305\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0305.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0305.jpg 445w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0305-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-855\" alt=\"IMG_0301\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0301.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0301.jpg 445w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0301-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is not just buttercups.\u00a0 The banks of the river are also covered with Russian Comfrey. (At least I think that is what this flower is.) and there is red campion blooming too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-857\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-857\" alt=\"IMG_0311\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0311.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0311.jpg 445w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0311-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is this Russian Comfrey?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-858\" alt=\"IMG_0316\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0316.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0316.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0316-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0316-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderful area for a walk.\u00a0 It is a shame that flooding makes it quite difficult, if not impossible to negotiate\u00a0 at some times during the winter.\u00a0\u00a0 But today it was dry and I was able to sit down on the gross and get up close and personal with the buttercups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0336.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-861\" alt=\"IMG_0336\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0336.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0336.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0336-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0336-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What started off as a quick walk with Lily the dog today beside the River Ythan at Ellon turned into a feast of photographs.\u00a0 The buttercups are out in abundance at the riverside walk near the Meadow Sports Centre.\u00a0 And the sun was out too. The yellow carpet of flowers quite took my breath away.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-further"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}