Hyacinths on a soft day

It has been one of those overcast days, a damp misty drizzle hanging in the air; the sort of weather I have often heard referred to in County Kerry as "a soft day". I was hoping for dry weather to go and visit local bluebell woods but it just felt too cool and damp. More a sort of day for reading the newspapers, lighting the woodburner, strumming a few songs on the old guitar and staying snug and warm.
Later I ventured into the garden for twenty minutes and took a few pictures of the bluebells closer to home.

The Woodland Trust website offers some unusual facts about bluebells:
1. In the Bronze Age, people used bluebell glue to attach feathers to their arrows
2. The Victorians used the starch from crushed bluebells to stiffen the ruffs of their collars and sleeves
3. Bluebell sap was used to bind pages to the spines of books
4. According to folklore, hearing a bluebell ring is a sign of impending death!
5. Legend also says that a field of bluebells is intricately woven with fairy enchantments
6. Bees can 'steal' nectar from bluebells by biting a hole in the bottom of the bell, reaching the nectar without pollinating the flower.

If you are still reading, I just backblipped a photo of the young roe deer that visited our garden yesterday.