Belated Boxing Day Walk...

Yesterday was Boxing Day in the UK. After all the feasting and excess of Christmas Day, we like to go for a long walk on Boxing Day, preferably well wrapped up over frosted fields under an ice blue sky. Yesterday, though, the weather didn't play along and we had one of the wettest days in a long time with parts of the city flooded.

The back end of our garden was under water but that is nothing compared to the people who have had their homes and businesses flooded out. We consider ourselves very lucky. Today has been a cold, blue sky day so we went for that well needed walk, wrapped up against the weather. On returning home I spotted these shoots of spring bulbs that have begun to grow encouraged by the mild weather in a pot by the front door. I think some are tulips and the tall, thin ones might be Iris. We will see.