Blue and Yellow Rule in The Friary Gardens

 Friary gardens has essentially two main flower flushes each spring. 

The first is the time of the snowdrop and aconite, the first signs of renewal after the dull months of October, November and December. 

The second, as the sun climbs higher into the sky, is when glory of the snows, followed by daffodils, emerge from the ground to turn the gardens blue and yellow. 

All watched over by the giant oriental plane tree, the biggest tree in the town. 

As always, it's a sadly short display, only there a couple of weeks. But it is very beautiful. 

Si 

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 17.03.26 

Photos from This Week

Well I've had a very busy week, organising a massive annual party for our workers in Lincoln, which all went incredibly well although it was a bit loud for me, and crowded with about 1000 folk there dancing amid the laser beams.

I've tried to keep active at work, taking walks at break times, and seeing what was out there; a kilometre long flock of seagulls heading to roost, rooks massing in the dawn, the harsh football rattle calls of magpies, and the flocks of small finches circling around as daffodils appear in the workplace garden.

Me, I'm sore in lots of places, and fat too, but my training will ramp up, a most gentle of ramping ups however.

I think the weather this weekend will drive us all inside though!

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 07.02.20

A Daffodil by Night

I've not been doing much running lately, thinking it had given me a calf strain that was affecting my bowling.

I've learned this week that the actuality is the other way round. I've run 6km tonight with no pain. On Wednesday I bowled one ball before my calf went. I think the issue has been proved!

So, that's a rest from cricket for a couple of weeks before outdoor training starts in April. Meanwhile, I can do some more careful running, with some walking and cycling, and hopefully shift a little weight I've put on.

I've been busy trying to get my wildlife garden plans through at work, all seems good there but I've had to write to the local councils and highway agency about litter picking, and yes, for H and S reasons I've had to contact our insurers.

It's not all that bad, I thought we'd hit trouble over attracting bees in case anyone complained about allergic reaction risk. Not an issue at all!

Tonight's run took me along the edge of the cemetery, and even at night, the daffodils are looking bright and cheery.

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 24.03.17