Sunday morning dawned bright and shiny and I was up betimes. Not only up, but up at Kenwood where the daffodil bank is just starting to come into its own. Although somewhat overshadowd by the daffs, lurking at the bottom of a tree was this lovely clutch of croci. Further into the woods I came …
Hampstead Heath
Hints of spring
Iris reticulata and snowdrops – SO pretty. They were nestled around the bottom of a tree at the North London Bowling Club but I forgot to include them in the last post. It was not looking that spring like in Kenwood Woods yesterday – but the sky was blue and the sun did keep dipping …
Allotments and the Bowling Club
The other evening I found myself up the far end of Highgate and happened on a large metal fence and gate saying Highgate Allotments. I was initially attracted by the lone pair of daffodils trying to cheer what was a fairly grey evening – but as I was snapping them a friendly lady with a …
Random images – with heron…..
The weather has been grey and uninspiring for the last few days and I have been super busy so I apologise for the blog silence. As a small peace offering here are some random heath shots from the last few months – and some slow watching with our heron. I found him in the middle …
In praise of sun – and walking poles
The last two days have dawned icily cold but sparklingly sunny. So on Wednesday morning I set off down the Highgate path early, lest I miss it all. Once on the heath, the snow was not lying deep, and thick and even – but what a difference from the day before. And further across, above …
A bleak Monday afternoon – and buglife
It was fairly cold and unattractive but I didn’t want to deprive those of you down in the south west who are snowless, of the chance to get chilled with us Easterners. Still, the trees were looking rather fine. And the snow had made some lovely patterns on some of the fallen logs – and …