Having a Domestic!

These two swans look like they are giving each other the cold shoulder! Suddenly any feeling of spring has disappeared under new falls of snow and a biting wind.

Heading for Spring?

Even with weather colder than at the winter olympics it feels as if spring isn't too far away. This morning we woke to snow but even so the blossom on my winter flowering cherry is starting to unfurl around the ice crystals.

Happy Days in Italy Picking Olives

Sunny Days Ahead

In the photo's I've been going through today I found this taken in Crete a couple of years ago. It has made me think of summer and warmer weather to come.

Wet Snow

As I post this there is a lot of very wet snow falling outside. This is one of those days when it is much better to play around on the computer than venture out so I've been setting up a Flickr account and uploading photos.

Upwardly Mobile

The ivy is making a determined ascent up this tree. There used to be another tree invaded by ivy that looked like a giant bunny with a pair of huge ears, but finally a bad winter storm brought its host tree down onto the lane.

On The Wing

It has been a good week for spotting birds. These pigeons were wheeling overhead - flying in formation, breaking, turning and re-forming - fantastic to watch - tricky to photograph! I have also seen a tree creeper working its way up a trunk thick with moss, a wren on the hawthorn, a nuthatch in our garden and a grey wagtail down by the brook.