MARCHing ON

 Well, no need to leap this year, the lads safe from proposals and the first daffodils coming out.

Tuesday was sunny, March 1st, the first day of meteorological spring. Back to winter now.

So - spring flowers - we have seen pussy willow, hazel catkins and winter cherry out but here in the garden it is the smaller stuff.

Tom's crocuses at the top from the wood, then the little daffs I brought in a pot from our previous house, anemone blanda  yellow and purple crocuses more daffs and the first primroses.

There is lots of new growth but also things sometimes come to an end.

Fortunately this bracket fungus was not here but down at Conishead Priory where they lost several magnificent trees in the storms.

Down at the pond the frogs keep spawning. I think the heron will be here soon.

The rhubarb is coming on erupting through the soil surface and looking good in the forcing pot. We must remember to freeze some this year, forgot last.

I see some Russian millionaire has offered $1 million dollars for Putin to be removed. What is it with these Russian leaders having their names ending with -in? Putout would be better.

Why anyone would want to be remembered in the same breath as Stalin or Hitler, let alone Genghis Khan etc etc beats me. He has done the unforgivable thing for a politician and cornered himself - no way out now with the world recalling him as a good guy. Ah! Vanity!

What a world, just me and a black dog. 😟