Yet again it’s been about 4½ years since we had a “Buggered Britain” post. I blame the plague, largely as it’s meant not going anywhere much, and consequently when one does the eyes and brain are out of practice looking for photographs. Somehow I have to get everything working again.
Anyway the other day, travelling along the A40 to Hammersmith Hospital, I spotted this pretty mess: a mixture of fly-tipping (or just lazy householders) and incomplete clear-up after roadworks – all of which has clearly been there, creating an eyesore, for some months.
It was actually sunny today, on and off, although quite windy. And Spring is definitely beginning to burst out all over. So I thought we’d have a few quick snapshots caught between gusts of breeze.
The early celandines are still flowering; there’s a goods scattering
all across the garden (which shows how wet our garden is). [Click the image for a larger view]
Of course there is also a good crop of golden dandelions
coming along for the early bees. [Click the image for a larger view]
Our columnar “ballerina” ornamental crab apple tree has been a mass
of bright pink flower for the last week. [Click the image for a larger view]
Meanwhile the Pinova eating apple has burst into bloom;
I’ve no great hopes of a good crop as there seem to be no pollinating
insects abroad and the compatible Falstaff tree is only just starting to flower. [Click the image for a larger view]
Strangest of all, how did this deconstructed bird feeder get from
it’s hanger to the middle of the lawn?
The fox was seen on the trail camera playing with it one night,
but I can’t think a fox managed to get up and dislodge it. [Click the image for a larger view]
Something somewhat silly for this month’s self-portrait … cut up a photo and stick (bits of) it back together. I’m not sure this really works, but it’s as much as I can do through this filthy cold.
Pieces of a Scruff [Click the image for a larger view]
Dwindling Hair It’s only in the last few years I really noticed my hair is thinning and receding a bit;
like my father I’ll probably never go completely bald [Click the image for a larger view]
