FIRST COOTLINGS

I think they must have just hatched and were only just coming out from under mum or dad, not yet in the water.

The extra is a funny little stone that someone must have hidden among some tree roots. It caught my eye (or vice versa) as I was walking past.

Storm Kathleen made my trip to the recycling centre quite exciting. Wrestling several pieces of large flat cardboard packaging from the car into the skip was worthy of a cameo in a silent movie, and large sheets of polystyrene even more so! It was so warm this afternoon we had all the doors and windows open, but had to wedge the internal doors to stop them slamming shut as the wind came through.