We had our first real frost of the winter and temperatures dropped to –2c….so you might say that isn’t that bad for January. The skies remained clear and the sun cut through the Birch on the hill. The valley held onto the frost for awhile but as you can see it was only a ground frost, no spectacular crystal displays on the trees……
Whilst the Rhododendron Bud above would not be flowering in the coming spring, the Pine Cone atop the tip of this Scots Pine was immune from the frost and relishing the suns warmth…..
No time to linger today so it was back to the Office. But that was no hardship with this little Dunnock (Hedge Sparrow) singing loudly outside my window. So maybe he knows that spring is on the way…… or may be he is in for a sharp surprise (like all of us) if winter does visit us with it usual attributes!
20th January
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