Spring brings...

...some of my favourite flowers. So I thought I'd share what I saw on a walk to town - and back on the first day of spring.

So Autumn didn't stick around much

WINTER IS HERE

Well it feels like it anyway. The last of the leaves are clinging to the branches, and the temperatures have dropped significantly. Getting out of bed in the mornings is getting harder.

There have been amazing sunrises and sunsets all over the country, frosty mornings, threats of snow, some glorious days and plenty of crisp clear nights. 

 sunrise 21 May

 clear nights

 bare trees, some already laden with the promise of spring

Camellias beginning to burst into flower to brighten the wintery days

and these I almost forgot I had planted !