"Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men".  ~Chinese Proverb

 

 

 After an unusual warm december and first half of january,just when we thought spring was already started,(not only we,but the plants outside were also in the mood),King Winter decided to end our dream with a couple of very cold weeks.

   


A lot of plants were damaged and we have to wait  and see which one's didn't survive it.
It seems that my Laurel (Laurus nobilis) that I had for 15 years,didn't make it,his bark is 
torn and the leaves are brown.There are also a couple of Buddleja davidii and Phormiums
that looks terminal.


Today, I discovered the first blossom on a prunus,and it seems that spring is now definitely
here!:-)The garden is still very 'bald' , but there is enough to see already.

The bird in the pond is Daffy Duck,one of our Indian Runner Ducks, I hope to write about them  another time.
Next picture is a crocus.

A bee on the Bergenia.

The prunus blossom.

I made the next picture last evening,the un-opened blossom of an Amelanchier lamarckii.

Some kind of -beautiful!- fly on Caltha palustris.

Macleaya cordata is gonna grow.

And nothing to do with spring,but I liked the way this feather was catched by a branch.

Chaenomeles.

And with spring,there is also love in the air!