Monday, February 07, 2022

Winter flowers, purple buds and flannel sheets.

1. Under the hedge: snowdrops. Along the verge: winter heliotrope. Beneath the magnolia's furred buds: bright yellow aconite.

2. These bare saplings growing at the bottom of the field have fat purple buds.

3. To come home and find Nick has changed the bed, putting on warm flannel sheets.

Steaming, cold and drawn away.

1. After a night of long rain, the common gently steams. 2. The air seems very cold on my skin after the run of heatwave days; but walking a...