Anticipating Spring

 Hello lovelies,
Yesterday we woke to sunshine and though it was cold I couldn't wait to go for a walk in the countryside.
The trees are still bare .......

And there is only a tiny amount of blossom, you have to look hard to find it........

But walking along quite footpaths and admiring the blue sky with cotton wool clouds was bliss......

The air was crisp and fresh and the sun on my back even had a bit of heat in it.........

There was such an air of anticipation ....... from the ploughed fields ready to be planted with a new crop......... to the willows in the valley already changing colour.

 I think the weeping willows are the first trees you can really notice beginning to wake up after their winter rest..........

the fields looked like patchwork , glimpsed over the still bare hedgerows.........

And there was slushy ice on the pond........

Yes , spring has not really got going yet , but it's so close you can almost taste it. There are buds on the daffodils and the Blackbirds are busy pulling up worms, possibly for their young ?

In the churchyard snowdrops are still in flower and it's the sort of day that makes you feel very blessed to have time to slow down a bit and appreciate it......

I even found time to photograph a very sweet cottage looking lovely in the sunshine ......

A bit of online research tells me that  this sort of timbered building will have been built in the early 17th century........400 years ago....wow.
 I LOVE simple ,old buildings .....of course I would love to try and draw this :0)

Not long now to the Equinox. ........oh Spring , my most favourite time of year.


P.S. I haven't forgotten about the PIF....I'll draw the winners on Sunday ....hope that's ok
Jacquie x