It was raining like mad last night, it is raining like anything today, so I've spent New Years Day on the sofa.
In fact, we seem to have been enduring rain and stormy winds for the entire holiday season! There is so much flooding around here, with Sconce Park pastures and large chunks of Farndon village being below water. But I've still managed to get out running a few times, albeit going very slowly, and really enjoyed being out there, spotting the first signs of the colours of spring.
In addition to snowdrops, we have the first flowering aconite, mahonia and most strangely, cowslips in bloom in the library gardens.
I've enjoyed watching tweeping flocks of goldfinch working on teasel heads, long tailed tits flitting through willow trees by the lake and river, and on New Years Eve a huge buzzard sat on the ground in a paddock, staring intently at something under a battleship grey sky.
There's a lot of world out there, and I intend to explore more of it than I have been doing.
Si
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I look forward to your aconites every year Si
ReplyDeleteSoggy mzybe but you still fou d plenty of colour and life to report on.
ReplyDeleteThank you, it's getting better out there, if colder!
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