tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post1908462452862916400..comments2024-03-20T09:03:19.787-07:00Comments on Careering Through Nature: Spring is Coiled So Tight, But Still Hasn't SprungSimon Douglas Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-58806850687659664142015-03-24T06:33:41.440-07:002015-03-24T06:33:41.440-07:00We continue to wait for the first 15C day, give or...We continue to wait for the first 15C day, give or take. That will light the gunpowder on the season.Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-10899918177164916322015-03-24T04:36:58.334-07:002015-03-24T04:36:58.334-07:00Love that Speedwell picture. Not a peep of anythin...Love that Speedwell picture. Not a peep of anything here yet!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-62641253537577569142015-03-23T14:45:03.445-07:002015-03-23T14:45:03.445-07:00This is Nottinghamshire! Hardly tropical either! I...This is Nottinghamshire! Hardly tropical either! It's quirky, I've seen pics from Norrth of here with butterflies and bumblebees, but none here reallySimon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-77003026134013996032015-03-23T12:22:47.759-07:002015-03-23T12:22:47.759-07:00Thanks for visiting my blog. I am intrigued by ho...Thanks for visiting my blog. I am intrigued by how far South of me you must live for things to be so much further on. This years nettles are just poking through the ground and only a very few daffodils are out yet. Nothing else is moving and definitely no chiff chaff sound. The earliest we have had returning swallows to our barn is April 11th - so we shall see.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-41810289691843748642015-03-23T06:38:21.882-07:002015-03-23T06:38:21.882-07:00Ha! Off road bikes and vans are something I've...Ha! Off road bikes and vans are something I've become radib about since I started cycling more.<br /><br />It's great running and cycling country. The town bores me at night, but I'd miss this if I lived in a citySimon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-78923395140743520302015-03-22T23:42:57.563-07:002015-03-22T23:42:57.563-07:00I believe you may well be right that spring is yet...I believe you may well be right that spring is yet to fully be sprung Si, although we did have our first brief visit from a Bumble Bee in the 'work in progress' wildlife garden yesterday.<br />The yellow flowering shrub might be Winter Jasmine I believe. Looks like you live in a lovely area and love the tree stump in the river, looks a great fishing spot to me. As for the bikes, perhaps a catapult?<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-9166947126841487062015-03-22T23:42:41.440-07:002015-03-22T23:42:41.440-07:00I believe you may well be right that spring is yet...I believe you may well be right that spring is yet to fully be sprung Si, although we did have our first brief visit from a Bumble Bee in the 'work in progress' wildlife garden yesterday.<br />The yellow flowering shrub might be Winter Jasmine I believe. Looks like you live in a lovely area and love the tree stump in the river, looks a great fishing spot to me. As for the bikes, perhaps a catapult?<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.com