Diary of a weekend gardener

Perfect weather for just looking

Beautiful day. High pressure and still. Sun came out about 1pm and it was wall to wall blue for a few hours. The grass seemed to grow half an inch and the first clutch of cream crocuses tentatively opened up.

A small flock of greenfinches spent the afternoon picking at the poplar branches. A pair of collared doves hopped nonchalantly through the birch tree. The crows preened each other in the elm on the street and the song thrush belted out his call for a mate.

I spent the day in the garage, which fortunately looks out on the garden so I could stop every now and again and admire the way the light caught the bright winter stems of the cornus and the frothy fronds of the miscanthus, not yet cut down.

There's much to do, but it can wait a little.

posted by Sue Beesley @ 6:53 pm