The whole country is gripped by snow and ice - our transport network grinds to a halt - schools close - panic buying in supermarkets.
Meanwhile, along the river Wear near Durham city this morning, these sallow catkins were shrugging off their bud scales, ready to bloom as soon as it warms up a little bit.
Nature is irrepressible......
A sight to gladden the heart Phil!
ReplyDelete......... every day is a day closer to spring ......
ReplyDelete......... every day is a day closer to spring ...... I'll drink to that, can't wait for spring
ReplyDelete.... I'm looking out over a snow-covered landscape now, Andrew, and imagining what it will look like in three month's time...
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