Sheep and Old Man's Beard . . .

I varied my short regular Sunday afternoon walk today.  I thought I'd go and say hello to the sheep . . .

 Although actually it looks more like the sheep are coming to say hello to me!

 We used to call this Old Man's Beard, as  child . . . 

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Back at home, it's lovely to see the Spring bulbs coming into their own.

We've enjoyed the snowdrops. It looks now like the bluebells are well under way .

 Tomorrow is the last day of February and then once we get into March, things will really get going in the garden. I can't wait!

Yellow and blue; the colours of Spring - at least in our garden.

OK folks, here is my annual blog post on the garden!  

The mild weather today tempted me into the garden with my camera.  It was overcast but never mind, the garden is definitely waking up - hooray!

The only trouble is, so are the weeds, and just look at all the moss and dead leaves everywhere.  Plus there are bits of prunings that have been blown from shubs and hedges.

I've promised myself that the next free day I have  when the weather is anyway near decent, it's going to be on with the wellies, out with the rake and into the flower beds.

Meanwhile, here are a few photos to show why I'm feeling so cheerful today.

How can anyone not feel optimistic at the sight of a glorious bunch of daffodils?

Our little rockery is definitely waking up.

Blue and yellow are just perfect for Spring.

Tête-à-tête  daffs and iris reticulata - just made for each other.

An honour guard of daffs as you approach the front door.

And, just to inject a little colour, here's a photo of our camellia which has been in flower now for quite a while. This photo was taken ten days ago.