I have noticed the buds as well and a couple of big bees yesterday, spring is definitely on the move. My favorite time of the year and hoping to be able to take some bus rides into the countryside next month with my camera. Swifts come late here, I find it is only when it gets really hot they come swooping at the back of me, they fly right up to my big window, a pleasure to see them, so sometime June or July before I see them. Never seen Martins outside my block but get big collections of them on the beach in the autumn before they fly off to Africa. A lot of migrants start coming next month and a lot leave as well. Probably start seeing whitethroats and sedge warblers soon.
I have just sown some lettuces and spring onions in some little cell plugs and put them on my windowsill yesterday, I did well with them last year in the first lock down and I have replaced my black current bush with a Blueberry bush, the blackcurrant perished, maybe the wind, too high up and exposed so maybe the blueberry will do better.
All things to feel happy about and boy do we need it, just have to avoid the news and the BBC in particular, talk about wallow in it. I know it is bad and no one has more empathy than me but they just keep rubbing my face in it all day long. So, sod them, feels good, vaccinated, spring arriving and I can travel a bit next month and I will wallow in the spring countryside instead.
17c predicted for next week, that will be something.
