by loiswakeman
@ 07/02/2007 - 16:03:35
Despite the promised sleet or snow tonight and increasingly grey skies, there is a definite feel of the turning of the seasons here: probably rather prematurely. Squirrels are busy chasing each other through the trees with carnal intent and showering hazel pollen into the air; the dawn chorus is getting stronger and stronger each morning. From a single primrose on the hedgebank on Sunday to a fair sprinkling all along the lane today, and the first glossy golden celandine and a few early dandelions.
Yellow in all its variety is the fashionable colour at this time of year: we have lambs' tails and gorse too. (There is a country saying that 'when gorse is out of flower, kissing is out of fashion'!)
07/02/07 @ 18:20