The morning sun cut through the Sycamore Woods lighting up dark corners whilst creating others. It looked and felt cold as winter should.
Apart from some very light frost and a sprinkling of snow we haven’t , as yet, had a winter. We are even told that December and in fact the whole of last year was the warmest on record….they even added that many places in England looked to be heading for another warmest January record.
Fungi that would normally have succumbed to the ice and frost of winter still seem to be thriving, with new Fungi Flurries on many a dead tree stump….
One early sign of spring is when the tips of the Silver Birch start to turn red as the new growth starts to spark back into life….It is a little early by usual standards but some are showing those early signs…..
Down by the Lake it looks a good deal colder, the colours are muted, the water looks dull…..
and the gulls are fighting for any scraps that are going…
Winter probably has a sting in its tail….or is it that all the seasons have just slipped back and winter hasn’t started yet?
17th January
(C) David Oakes 2015
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