My big mouth!

Me and my big mouth, saying that we will get frost! We got rain instead!
The weathermen has promised us snow, but where I am it usually turns into rain, my honeysuckle is a mass of green  leaves and that is unusual for it as it normally starts April time.
In the future I will be doing traveling more so I will be writing about that as well. It is a part of the country I am not familiar with so it will be interesting journey.

Sparkling.

Saw a bank covered in daffodils . The sun was glinting on the heavy dew making the dew really sparkle. It is a cold night and the stars are really twinkling so we might be in for a frost. The night sky is bright and clear. Also saw some primroses out on the same bank.

Squirrels races.

Watching 4 squirrels playing it looked liked that they was playing chase, or tag. Then they decided to have a race on the road, don't worry it was a very quiet road. The first 2 squirrels were really racing against each other. The 3rd squirrel kept on stopping and turning around for the 4th squirrel. And they all got to the winning tree, I was going to say the winning tape, but it didn't sound right. Then they all shot up the tree. It was fun watching them.
The fields are still slowly recovering from the recent rains and I notice that there was a lot of water fowl. In one field there was a stork standing at the waters edge, so still, you would of thought it was a statute , but you could see a slight rifle in the feathers as the wind blew.
Also there was a lot of seagulls in the makeshift ponds. Some of the trees are still under the water. And in the drier areas the rabbits and hares were about going about their daily business. This was all seen on the train coming home.

Hopefully better weather is coming.

Went to my local shops today and saw my first snowdrops. In fact saw quite a lot of spring flowers. So even though we had all that rain, the spring flowers are battling through. As I went up to the shops it was the refreshing rain and it was  nice to have a walk in it and not to get soaked.
The fields near me are slowly recovering,but the fields are so muddy, hopefully they will recover soon.

Dry mornings.

Woke up to an other dry morning, that is 2 dry mornings in a row. Admittedly it has rain during the day, but it was normal rain.
The blue hyacinths are nearly over now, but the scent is still lingering , the pink hyacinths are taking time to come through, but the wait will be worth it.
The Christmas cactus has got flower buds on again, from a plant that would not flower to one that does is really lovely. If you have house plants which do not flower try moving them . The cacti have gone into the bedroom which is at the front of the house and picked up so well, from being at the back of the house. The hyacinths are at the back of the house and are doing well.
My brave daffodil is now being join some more daffodils. It will be interesting to see what will happen to the tulips, no sign of them at the moment. The violas are doing well.

Flowers brave the rain.

When I put the rubbish out I saw one brave daffodil standing just like a solider on parade.

My friend's lawn is covered with purple crocuses. You would think that with all this rain that they would stay hidden for a while. 

We went for a walk in the park and saw yellow crocuses coming through. The river which runs through it has not quite burst it banks but very nearly.

At this moment of time the sun is a pale yellow and there is blue sky and white clouds not grey clouds. Wouldn't it be lovely if this would stay like this for a long while.

Busy birds.

When I was out the other day I notice that the birds were busy gathering material for their nests. Saw magpies ,crows , pied wagtails, sparrows. And when I walked past a bush a chaffinch flew down to say hello.
My little violas are still pushing through bravely , they are so beautiful.

A unhappy bunny.

Not a lot happening apart from rain. Yesterday was not to bad at first then the rain came again. This morning is an other grey day.
I didn't really believe that MP who said that money sent abroad will help the people here with the flooding, sorry but that is claptrap. If he was flooded , he would be the first one to complain about not receiving help. How insulting is that. As I said in my earlier post, where I work the road is flooded and still is, but we are fortunate as we are quite a bit above the road, but it's still mean we have to walk in the water to get to our place of work. So the people who are flooded I do hope that they get all the help they need.

Hope.

After a nice couple of days ,the rain came back and the river near me burst it's bank. So the road is flooded.
Where I work is high above the road which runs straight the building, which is fortunate, as that road got flooded. So when we left we had to wade through quite a bit of water.
But on a more positive note the afternoons are getting lighter. Also when I came past my front gate I noticed that the violas are beginning to poke their heads through.
At the moment the sky is a clear blue .

At the moment no rain.

Woke up to a blue and pink sky this morning. I so want to go out and start sorting the garden out, but the ground is so soggy.
My brave honeysuckle despite all this rain is still sprouting leaves. This is most unusual as it is a late flowering one. I guess it enjoys the rain.