The Covid 19 Flu pandemic has been written about ad nauseam, so I won’t add to it in this post. However, some of the effects of the pandemic are less obvious, such as the cutting of the grass in the local parks around Glenrothes.
I hadn’t ever noticed how often the grass was cut, until now……….
We have a park that at first glance looks like it has a slight dusting of snow on it, in the middle of July!! Admittedly, my long distance eyesight isn’t what it used to be, but it was a very different view to the normal green grass (or yellowish if we are lucky enough to have a dry spell) of this time of the year.
Clover covering Gilvenbank Park, in Glenrothes
It turns out the white colouration is caused by clover flowers, which are normally cut before they have chance to flower.
Close Up of White Clover, Gilvenbank Park, Glenrothes
Personally, I think they should do this every year, as the bees are having a real feast at the moment 🙂
Fife Photos & Art 
It’s happened here too. Councils weren’t scalping all the grass in sight and the bees have loved the wildflowers that popped up. We’re back to “normal” as far as council works are concerned — which is such a shame!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I was beginning to think it was a new green policy, but alas, Su, they’ve now scalped ours too 😦
LikeLiked by 1 person
☹️
LikeLike
Hi Fife, it has been a while. How are you doing? Happy you are healthy 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Martina 🙂 Everyone is fine thanks, hopefully you’ll see a wee bit more of me now.
LikeLike
Nice to see you’re back. I hope you and yours are doing well. I like the clover and it’s good for the soil as well. Cheers!
janet
LikeLiked by 1 person
Janet, it is really good to be back 🙂 We are all fine, I hope the same is true for all your family and friends. If I remember my school education, clover can be used as a nitrogen fixer in the soil, so as you say, it is really good! They should let it grow more every year 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
We’re doing well. We moved to Arizona at the end of March, so we’re hitting the hot time, which makes life interesting and very different from Illinois. 🙂 But so far, so good.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Arizona will certainly be a lot hotter than Scotland, we think 70 degrees is too hot!! But I’m glad to hear that you are enjoying the fact that you have moved! The state certainly has some interesting geology, and some great wildlife 🙂
LikeLike
My parents live here and they’re 90 and 91, so we wanted to be near them while they’re still around. We’re also able to help out when and where needed and my brother, who lives nearby with his family, has been a big help while we were farther away. It’s dry heat, which makes a big difference, but it’s certainly hot, 109 today. 🙂
LikeLike
It is brilliant that you can still get to see both your parents, mine are about 5 years younger, and I feel very lucky 🙂
They are now very lucky having both you and your brother close at hand.
The dry heat is definitely better than the humidity, for most Scots 68 degrees is about the limit, personally I don’t mind but my about 80 degrees, but over 100F, that’s just way too hot! Lol!
LikeLike
Loving the clover 🙂 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank’s Jo, I was about to say that there will be plenty of clover around you, but I see you’ve moved to Portugal, I’m most envious! 🙂
LikeLike
It’s a lovely place to be, but my family are stuck in the UK and I’m finding it hard at the minute.
LikeLike
I imagine it is tough 😦 You move to a wonderful part of the world, and then this happens to spoil it 😦
LikeLike
I’m sure all the insects and possibly birds will benefit from the absence of grass cutting everywhere. I love the look of the clover. It’s such a pretty flower.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank’s Millie, I love the way the red and the white seem to merge sometimes, to give beautiful shades of pink clover.
LikeLike
I noticed we had crops of fungi here in south Texas which is not normal at this time of year. It hasn’t even been particularly rainy.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Maybe it’s a global phenomena, connected to global warming?? It’s certainly interesting to here that you are getting unusual fungal growth too. It would be great to know if any other parts of the world are getting the same thing happening.
LikeLike