The equinox has come and gone and the clocks have moved forward 1 hour – but
the wind still comes from the north and the east and it feels more like winter than spring.
Spring has been on hold for a while now and there could be more snow to come they tell us and so we wait patiently for warmer days.
Contrasting days of clouds and sunshine, brief moments of warmer air then chill winds, rain, snow, ice. Grey sky days and rare blue sky days.
The pussy willow by the river Stour is beautiful, silvery white against a blue sky.
At Arne nature reserve the woodland is dark, silent, no birds singing but at Shipstal point the oyster catchers feed in the shallow waters and egrets can be seen in the reed beds.
Silver birch at Arne
The Chesil beach will soon become a garden of sea pinks and yellow horn poppies. The dark shoots of sea kale are just peeping through the pebbles. On the heath the bright yellow gorse is in flower.
Spring is definitely in the air – almost!
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