Late winter gives way to spring

Late winter gives way to spring:

I love the bleakness of the beaches and lakes and bare trees, enclosed in a matt-white ether and sometimes mist and sometimes gleanings of frost.
Slowly it softens and brightens and colors beggin to appear, shapes get more defined and growths takes hold.

Foods were rich and heavy - pancakes, roasts, and then lighter - veg. soups, chops and sweeter heading for the fresher and freshest, sharp and brightest.

The end of last years stored produce - frozen gooseberries and black currants, chutneys, shriveled apples soaking up the lemon and mayonnaise in salads - being used up, time to plant the seeds for this years crops.

Ice-breaker swans in February

THE SUNSETS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW AGAIN

BIRDS ON THE MOVE

A FEW BUDS ON APPLE TREES

FELLED BY THE WINTER WIND

TASTES BETTER THAN IT LOOKS

MISTY LAKES

WATERS RECEDING

FRESH SPRING WINDS BUFFET THE WATERS

BULBS SHOWING

COLORS DEEPENING

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SHEEKY DAFFS

More Catch-up Oct 2014 to March 15 2015

With this new net access I can add some of last season and this season again - so while I can:
Swirley Snail:

Petunia:

Black Forest Gateaux: Autumn greed :)

Autumn Color in my hedge:

Tree Sculpture in the ISPCA garden

Ferns (just a very little sample of the myriad around at this time of the year)

Not a great mushroom year around here - it was pretty dry this year:

Then Came Hallow e'en

The Winter Fest with ornaments and living tree:

And luscious chocolatie deserts … again:

And red red flowers:

A late winter lake:

A February Sky:

February Sunset:

The swans had a good 2014 - hoping for another now in 2015:

A still cold day today, but the stove is warm and food on the way from local Chinese so here's to March and may the net connection keep going strong! Over and out.

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Catch-up !!

No DAU since October 2014!!
Well, the internet connection has been rubbish and there's been a lot of other stuff - 'though no sheep these days, just their wool and spinning and dying and photography and and..
Seems a bit odd to put Christmas photos on now in March - 'though might do so anyway later, For now, photo of a little Snow Day - this week. It didn't stay long but was wuite a nice chance to use my New Camera …. Canon ESO 1200 DSL.. a very "cool" thing indeed.