Champagne flowers

June is packed full of fizzy white flowers that bubble away in the hedgerows or on the verges.

Pyracantha, hydrangea, elderflower and cows parsley.

Beautiful sprays of white blooms that brighten up these (supposedly) halcyon days.

Our tiny glimpse of the sun endeth…

At the beginning of the week we experienced a phenomenon we had almost forgotten what it was like.

The sun came out – for a total of two and a half days.

And with it plant-life sighed in relief and started to progress towards spring, like this dandelion, who without the sun wouldn’t bother opening up.

But now we’ve descended back into grey and rain, with even more snow up in the north. It looks like those halcyon days were merely a taster, just to boost our spirits a little, but in case we were starting to get spoiled, it’s been taken away again.

Oh well, the wait continues.