The weather is very deceiving at the moment because although it is bright, clear and sunny you only have to poke your nose outside the door to get it frozen off with the fierce, cold biting wind.
Despite my cold which seems to be hanging on, I wrap up warm every day and if I don't have to go shopping, I go out for a walk for about an hour.
Today was no exception. The sun is a little higher in the sky and when you actually get out of the Arctic wind, it really does feel like spring. That together with the birds singing and pairing up and the buds getting a bit fatter by the day, you know it won't be too long.
I'm like an impatient child waiting for Christmas or birthday because I just can't wait to get out into the garden to potter and start clearing away the dried foliage that has protected some of my plants through the winter. I can already see some of them beginning to poke out little shoots as if they're checking to see if it's warm enough to put on the full force of growth. But not just yet, it's too early and too cold.
At the top of my little garden I have a bright pink camelia which has a lot of fat buds on it this year and some of them are just beginning to show the pink of their petals, but I think they know it's too cold to open up because they seem to have been that way for a couple of weeks. Last year it didn't flower at all because all the buds fell off but that may have been my fault for letting it get too dry in the summer before, so last year I kept it well watered. After it has finished flowering this year, I am going to trim its roots and put it in a larger pot with new compost so that it will look twice as good next spring.
Until the weather warms up, all I can do is press my nose against the kitchen window and wait and watch and wish!
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