As spring really takes off there are buds bursting all over the place and it’s fabulous! Last week the leaves on the Rowan (Mountain Ash) in my garden were bursting out: Today I spotted the first of the buds to burst on the Beech tree in the front. Most of the tree is just buds,Continue reading “Budburst”
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Spring Blooms
These are some of the newest spring blooms to appear around the village at the moment. Greater Stitchworts have been popping up since the end of March, but they’re now at their finest, with lots of little white star-like flowers coming up and taking the mantle from the Celandines. I’m rather pleased with how thisContinue reading “Spring Blooms”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity
Serenity This is where I find my peace and serenity in nature among the small things where new life lies waiting for warmer days and spring is just around the corner In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Serenity.”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers
I was thinking about the Weekly Photo Challenge, which is about ‘Containers’ this week … and wondering if there was anything I take photos of that would fit. As you know I’m mainly nature and macro, and don’t take a lot of photos of anything industrial, which is what the word containers make me thinkContinue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers”
buds
promise found in hidden places upsurge of emerging hope warming the chilly air
Springtime
Yesterday the weather turned nasty again with strong winds and lots of rain. If you are in the UK you may have seen my local town Aberystwyth on the news again as a big tide was predicted along with the strong winds. It wasn’t as bad as in January but the sea did crash overContinue reading “Springtime”
Beardy Buds
I took these photos a week or so ago, but forgot that I hadn’t blogged them yet. They are buds from the little willow tree in my garden. They’re soft and fluffy and feel like animal fur if you touch them, and I think they look like little white beards 🙂
Snowbuds
It’s amazing how the buds are there growing, unaffected by the snow covering them. They just get on with it preparing for the spring with no doubt that it will come.
New year, new growth
In a rare dry spell, I ventured out into the garden looking for signs of new life and found a few buds 🙂
