Animals, plants and insects are racing to catch up with the calendar.

For proof, here we have wood anemones


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Spring has most definitely sprung - in fact, it's bouncing in like Tigger on Speed. A week ago the grass was sulking in browny-green and only the Hawthorn was showing occasional signs of blossom. (Around here, May generally comes in in early March nowadays.) Now the woods are green. All the trees except the oaks - always behind everything else ( Read more... )

Down in Roding Valley Meadows, there are lots of amazing wild flowers, some of which I can name:

Purple Loosestrife


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