This Weeks Views

Hello Lovelies,

this week I've been enjoying the sight of a few sweet spring flowers on the bathroom window sill......

Outdoors it still looks very waterlogged and wintry..........

But I know how lucky we are to have escaped the worst of the gales and horrendous flooding that so many poor people have had to endure.
It was a grey day on Wednesday, and after I had finished  this walk the day descended into rain and gales.

It was rather gloomy but if you look closely there are some early flowers appearing out here, like these Winter Aconites

And the Daffodils and not that far from flowering too.........

We have even enjoyed some bright sunshine between the scary wind and heavy rain.

This little bird was singing away happily when I went for a walk on Thursday............

And the horses looked glad of the break in the weather too........

There are so many styles to climb over on this regular walk of mine. I look on them as a bit of added exercise...my outdoor step class :0)

Along the side of the road the Ivy berries look almost like bunches of grapes........

And this recently created pond seems to be doing a good job of draining  the field............

 I left the road and headed up another footpath.............

This is the state of many of our footpaths at the moment!...........

But it's worth squelching through the mud to find old tractors, banks of sweet Snowdrops...........

And beautiful catkins..........

Here's yet another style...........

Then it's out into the sunshine again and away from the mud...........

Through the bare trees and out onto the road.

I could hardly keep up with this elderly couple who were striding out in their walking gear.........

I hope I will be as sprightly  as this pair when I get older.

I certainly get a lot of enjoyment from the gentle exercise of walking and a sunny winters day is so perfect to get some cold air in your face and really feel alive..........

With the winter we are having at the moment  sunny interludes are not to be missed. I came home and tapped the glass on my barometer .............

It still said MUCH-RAIN.........sigh

Next week is a school holiday here and I'm just hoping the weather is not wet every day.

Jacquie x