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Some Things I Missed…

Such a late spring.

Grey, brown and black.

For eternity?

Then:

Everything seemed to happen at once!

I hope to post more pictures from my garden, and from the local park, during the rest of the week.

Thaw

After a few days of sub-zero temperatures, the garden is starting to thaw out. Green is making a welcome comeback, spiking sharply through the dwindling snow. Smooth pebbles gleam. Fog hovers protectively.

There’s more birdsong today. A sense of spring, waiting. Just out of sight.

Soon…

Remember

We’re braced for some cold weather here. Snow will fall, they say. The usual struggle to get to work, when all we want to do is stay inside with a hot drink and a good book.

But catkins remind us that spring is close.

Cold Day in the Peaks

It was beautiful in the Peak District this afternoon. Beautiful but cold. No flowers, no birdsong. Yet.

Robin

I love to see (and hear) a robin in the garden.

This one looks rather thoughtful!

Siskin

I bought some sunflower hearts a few days ago, to see if goldfinches liked them as much as I’d heard. Within five minutes, they had attracted a siskin: a first for this garden!

I didn’t have a camera with me at that point, but I’ve managed to take this photograph of a siskin* on the nyjer seed feeder. They obviously enjoy eating that too.

I’m afraid the picture was taken through glass, so the quality isn’t of the highest, but I’m hoping for more opportunities.

 

*To add to some that I included in a previous post: Visitors.