Today the weather was almost springlike although the wind was still a bit chilly and fresh. We did have a few sunny spells which is always enough to give the heart a lift. Now the birds are really pairing up in earnest and looking for places to nest especially the little house sparrows who are beginning to investigate possible new homes under the tiles of the houses around the corner. When they find something they think might be suitable they sit on the guttering chirping their hearts out.
The dunnocks, robins and blackbirds were also singing their best songs on Castle Green this morning when I walked around and the daffodils are starting to flower too. I think they are coming into flower because they are in a sheltered spot on a slope under the trees, yet only three weeks ago there was hardly a sign of them. There is a large mahonia bush in full flower there too and it's delicious smell always reminds me of lily-of-the-valley.
In the garden the crocuses were wide open and a few dwarf daffodils are coming into flower as well. The pansies have recovered from being frozen solid when we had the snow just before Christmas and the perennials are starting to show green shoots so I cant't wait to get out there to do some tidying up. I don't think it will be this weekend though because the weather is supposed to remain changeable.
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