March in, Spring up, Step out.
It is now 1st March and I’m very glad to have got here at last. It has been a long, dark, cold three months from the beginning of December and it’s now beginning to warm up. The winter has been unusually cold, for this country, with temperatures well below freezing for a lot of the time. Some gardens and estates have not opened to the public at Snowdrop time because even the Snowdrops were late.
However the Crocuses are now in flower and the Primroses are beginning to show their faces. Augustus the pheasant has been strutting round the garden in all his finery as he tends to do at this time of year.
Looks like Spring is on it’s way.
We are hoping that sometime this month we will have some good weather and, if so, we plan to spend a couple of nights in The Chilterns doing some walking. Amanda’s foot is still not back to normal but we are hoping that it will enable her to do, at least, some shortish walks.
That trip will also, hopefully, act as a tonic in preparation for the American invasion (Marie and Lisa) which occurs in exactly one calender month from today and when Essex and Suffolk will be in total chaos for a week. 
Watch this space!
5 thoughts on “March in, Spring up, Step out.”
It is so good to know spring is arriving in your part of the world. (the forcaste here is for 8 to 14″ of that white stuff. Hopefully Lisa and I will be shoveled out in a months time. ) We land in the UK on April Fools Day
, so yes there could be chaos or at least our enthusiasm will be enough energy to get the spring bulbs blooming.
I look forward to “following” you on your mini break.
Annecyborn(Quote)
I managed to get picture of Augustus today, 10th March, so have added it into the post.
Barry(Quote)
You threw me by slipping in lovely Augustus, I thought I had missed a blog. What a beautiful sight he must be. Lately I have been seeing ugly turkeys. Again, you have me beat.
Annecyborn(Quote)
Where does Augustus live when he isn’t in your yard?
We’re slowly seeing birds around here. The chickadees are flickering just a bit, but robins have yet to be seen. Guess those are the real harbingers of spring, altho for me it’s a tiny sparrow with a very distinctive song.
Here’s hoping the Chilterns see you within the next few weeks
Miss Annecyborn…stop talking about your trip
Tracey(Quote)
When he’s not in our garden he’s probably in one of our neighbours’ gardens where there is plenty of cover for him round about. He tends to do this in the Spring – protecting his territory from any young upstarts who may be tempted to try and muscle in.
Even when we don’t see him we often hear him croak somewhere in the undergrowth.
We have robins (different sort?) all year of course.
“Miss Annecyborn…stop talking about your trip”
I don’t think she can.
Barry(Quote)