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The end of the winter? and the beginning of the spring? A bit early to tell but the daytime temperature has risen from -8 to almost 10 in the last 5 days. Fingers crossed!

Blades of grass forcing their way through the snow and ice to feel the warmth of the sun.
Happy blue Monday :-)

Taken in Ashridge forest, Hertfordshire, England. The forest where many scenes from Harry Potter were filmed. Seas of blue bells as far as the eye can see.

Happy Bokeh Wednesday !

A shot from my garden, a bud of the Allium, you probably know them as those tall green stems with big purple balls on top. At five pounds per bulb they are not cheap, think how happy I was to see 40 (yes 40) of them appear in the garden of the new house over the last few weeks!

Happy Bokeh Wednesday !

Explore #1 WOW that's amazing, thanks everyone.

In fact it's been a pretty dry April but as the month draws to a close the new leaves of Japanese Acer begin to unfold and the rain returns.

Once upon a time Saturday on Flickr was "Purple Saturday", not sure if that tradition still exists but here's a purple pic on Saturday anyway !! :-)