Spring

It was a beautiful clear blue morning, cold and crisp, reminding us that it is still a little bit winter. The trees are bare but all sorts of stuff is bursting into life and bringing joy.

This shrub on the way home from the gym (I cropped the rubbish on the grass out of the photo):

And after pancakes and tea and chat and birthday cards I pottered around outside.

Crocuses out under the plum tree:

Primroses in the side bed:

New growth on the dog rose:

New growth on the physocarpus:

New growth on the kale:

A whole tray of viola seedlings that have survived the winter under the bench:

And the forsythia, that is still a tiny bush (maybe it needs some space to grow) and who blooms early and briefly, just beginning to do it's thing:

Stay safe. Be kind. Relish the joys of spring.