Friday 15 March 2024

72 micro-seasons 8

Janey -
Blackthorn braves the still icy breeze

Helen -
A tiny, delicate but broken tulip stem flourishes indoors, brave striped colours emerge.

Saturday 9 March 2024

72 micro-seasons 7

Janey...
On the bank, a too-early bluebell

Liz...
Finally, blue sky

Helen...
faint scent of damp mown grass …


Tuesday 5 March 2024

72 micro-seasons 6

Janey

There's snow on the hills

as over-eager blossoms

regret emerging...


Helen

March is mean with streaky skies and a wild, raw sleet.

Thursday 29 February 2024

72 micro-seasons 5

Janey

Hard, bright, wilding skies

rushing, foaming high-tides and

a full-moon rising


Helen

Hellebores and fritillaries astonish with their speckled splendour.


Liz

Warm sun through wet branches glistens on dewy grass

Friday 23 February 2024

72 micro-seasons 4

Janey: Hyacinths pushing their way through sodden black soil.



Helen: Snowdrops still lighting the way down dusky hedgerows

Saturday 17 February 2024

72 micro-seasons 3

Janey: Quinces in flower, and the first wild cherry blossom


Liz: Rain falls on waterlogged fields.


Helen: Today is the colour of gold - fat pale lemon catkins against the sky. A Goldeneye on the water puffing and preening. Sunlight pushing its way, surprisingly, into the house

Wednesday 14 February 2024