Yes, there really was snow this morning! Only a few flakes but it definitely was snow – and it was certainly cold enough – with an east wind that would cut you in two. So this is a nice sunny picture of broom down by the tennis courts on balmy Thursday of last week. Although …
Garden improvements!
As it was the weekend I decided yesterday to leave Hampstead Heath to those who could not go there during the week and concentrate on trying to bring some order to the garden. And it is amazing what a bit of mowing can do…. Not Kew – but looking as though it could turn into …
More primroses…..
All the way from Sue’s hillside in Dorset – along with a large handful of snowdrop bulbs. How exciting…….. But where to put them in the garden? That is somewhat more of a question as my new garden, although it has great potential, it is a bit of a mess at the moment. And down …
Some musical relief
Just launched…. Check in to Livingroom-live.com at 6pm and you will be able to watch and listen to George Fu and Tamsin Waley-Cohen playing Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304 live from George’s living room. (Well, I am assuming it is his living room, as it looks like his grand piano!) Another of …
Deepest Dorset
These are Sue Cane’s primroses – the hillside carpeted with them. Sue lives in a wonderful cottage on Forestry Commission land just outside Lyme Regis and her carpet of primroses will soon be replaced by a carpet of bluebells. Regular readers may remember that I spent an extremely enjoyable few days with her the winter …
Back on the heath….
OK – so –what is he – or she? I could not find him/her in my Book of British Birds – but then I didn’t really know what I was looking for. But very friendly as he/she allowed me to get this close with just an iPhone – no long distance lenses. (Thank you, Tom …