This phenomenon is so short lived I have to capture it before it is gone.
Our ornamental horse chestnut tree has new leaves that are this amazing coral pink.
It doesn’t last long before they transform back into ordinary green horse chestnut leaves to resemble any smaller version of the conker tree.
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.
Watching nature while walking 