Rising from the ground

Things have started to happen in the garden this week all the Snow drops are out now and he doffodils are starting to shoot up I took some pictures this evening yes after work! (days are getting longer springs around the corner)I,m really looking forward to a couple of dry days so that I can tidy the garden a little and get it back into some sort of shape. Here,s a picture of Lou,s standing stone I,m in a bit of a quandary I may need your help When i first dug this Stone out of the ground Lou said it would make a great headstone for her grave, then when I put it up on the little hill she loved that too , so here,s my problem I agree with her as a headstone fantastic and as a feature in the garden also great so come on all out there help me decide Lou trusted your comments and so do I

The day of the Siskin

Well I'm back from sunny warm Tenerife, back to a storm beaten garden and lots of rain, however tday its been quite settled and a flock? of Siskins decended on the garden. I took loads of photos of them grazing only to realise ( after theyed left i had the camera set wrong (I can here Lou groaning) so they were all blurred, i did manage a couple of shots of them on the feeder and caught this Coal tit on a bush. Everything is starting to sprout all over the place now so there are some exciting times ahead I cant wait. Oh I forgot to mention this female blackbird giving me the eye when i was in the kitchen