Hello Lovelies,
Here goes with my second Nature post , using this lovely book as inspiration......
You can read January's post here.
Now for February.....it's a short month ....which could be considered a blessing . March heralds Spring proper ...which is my favourite season.
Still these lovely illustrations have inspired my to see the beauty that is around at this time of year.....(remember you can click on any image to make it bigger)
The days are getting longer and we have had some sunny days .......
When its lovely to look at the blue sky..........
and take pretty pictures of my beloved snowdrops.....
I found this verse in my nature notes book......
Perfect .
However I think the grey skys in these images give a truer impression of the bulk of this month.......
The ploughed fields look barren...
but look closer.........
It's great to see catkins , even in the gloom.....
This looks like I'm knowledgeable about these things, but to be truthful , I didn't even realise catkins grew on different sorts of trees till I looked at my book ....and the Internet :0) I took these pictures yesterday and wondered why the catkins were different colours ( maybe I'm a bit dense !)
Despite the cold grey weather the lengthening days are meaning lots of shoots are appearing and the birds are singing loudly. I never seen to manage to photograph birds so I was pleased to snap this wood pigeon on its nest .
and I'm sure this bruiser was smiling for the camera :0)....
All this nature observation is helping me not to wish the winter away too much and according to the folk law sayings , miserable weather now will mean good weather later in the year......lets hope so :0)....
Hope the half term is going well for you,we've been swimming this morning ,more water :0)
Jacquie x
