Plenty of yellow

What a wonderful week we've had. Plenty of sunshine has brought out every shade of yellow in the garden. The crocuses were soon followed by the daffodils earlier in the month, now we have forsythia, marsh marigolds and what I believe is arum creticum. The garden seems to be exploding into life.

Welcome signs of spring

It was great to hear the deep buzzing of our first bumble bee on the winter flowering heathers. Unfortunately she didn't hang around to have her photo taken.

Fun in the snow

There was more frost than snow but our young visitors still managed to find enough for target practice with their snowballs and couldn't resist building the last snowman of the season.

Last of the snow?

They say that you have to have more snow to remove the "bones" from under the walls and hedges. I wonder if this is our last snow this year. The snow drops seem to cope with any weather when it comes. They emerged through frozen ground at the beginning of the month and seem to have thickened during the warmer days. The florist reckons that the harder the winter, the better the display of bulbs, so we should be in for a good show!

Bird food

I wonder how long these berries will last. The blackbirds and thrushes have been fighting off the robins and tits at the bird feeders and the chopped apples went very quickly yesterday. It's a wonder that any bird survives the cold nights. We must be grateful for good insulation and log fires!

More snowmen!

Where did these come from? I hope we're not starting a trend. I've already posted one lovely snowman and then these turned up. How many will we have by the weekend?

Happy New Year

These young holiday makers have had a great time building their snowman this week. The scenery is stunning with the sun shining down as well. The outlook seems to predict that the snowman may survive for a while!