Cute

Finding ourselves unexpectedly free in the North of town we took ourselves off the the Botanics (even arriving before opening time) for our annual pilgrimage to the Witch Hazels.
On most bushes the colourful bracts were not fully developed so a follow-up visit is planned; meanwhile our stroll interrupted a small squirrel hiding behind the branches of a Sweet Chestnut tree, to the amusement of a young family close by, so wins the blip.