dog's eye view inside the stellata shrub, contemplating the sky
and the blackthorn bush is on the verge of flowering.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
more Spring things
everything is coming out at once this year, including the exuberant and fleshy marsh marigold (also called kingcups, or bachelor's buttons) (top) and an almost perfect, if quite early cuckoo (or may) flower.
village celandines
it has been a very sunny day and the celandines were all out on the verge leading into the village. The building on the left is the site of the old village pub (Half Moon cottages now). In the background is the war memorial, the bell tower of the old school, and on the right, in need of a lick of paint, our village social club.
by the gate, Orchard House
In early Spring there are no leaves on the trees and shrubs to obscure the view from the end of our land, so the church is framed by primroses and celandines in the foreground, and a purple splash of aubretia in the mid ground
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
harbingers of spring 2
meanwhile the puddles in the woods are a seething mass of tadpoles, and the water-boat men are once again demonstrating the properties of surface tension
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