Yesterday I celebrated the first butterfly photo of 2020. Today I'm celebrating the last of my snakes ... Snake's Head Fritillaries of course, not actual snakes. I had six flowers this year and here's how the sixth flower has been getting on. This is flower number 6 as it was on March 22nd: By April… Continue reading Last Snake of 2020
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Busy as a Bee (but not a Bee!)
It's hard to carry on as normal when the world is in chaos and we're all wondering what will happen. But it's important for our mental health to try and do normal things, especially when there is nothing practical we can do to make things better. We can feel helpless and anxious, so keeping busy… Continue reading Busy as a Bee (but not a Bee!)
Splashes of sunshine
Celandines are growing now and starting to speckle the hedgerows with little splashes of sunshine. Spring is coming! 🙂 Sunshine in a flower
Crocus
The crocuses seem to have taken a bit of a battering in the storms lately, but I found a couple that were still intact. Sadly no purple ones, as they seemed to be in a worse state than these golden yellow ones. At a bit of an angle but standing up to the storm Not… Continue reading Crocus
Red Dead-nettle
My usual Red Dead-nettle spot hasn't let me down this year. There are, as usual, lots of pretty little flowers growing there. I like to know that year after year, I can rely on the various different spring flowers to appear in their usual spot, at the usual time. It's quite comforting. Lots of plants… Continue reading Red Dead-nettle