Spring with a side of cold

In my Enid Blyton head, spring is a time for skipping through green lanes with banks studded with pin-pricks of colour from primroses and violets that look like tiny fallen stars. Birds would sing in the spring from the hedgerows and the weak sunshine would still kiss your face with warmth. It is hard toContinue reading “Spring with a side of cold”

The coming of summer

After what seemed like weeks of dull, misty, cold days the summer arrived in this part of Norfolk yesterday. It was fabulous! The air barely moved and the birds seemed too lethargic to eat. Even the thieving squirrel (who I secretly love) could not be bothered to brazenly rob the feeders but was probably restingContinue reading “The coming of summer”