Spring?

Clearly not! Although we did not have a frost this morning, it has been raining; later during the morning we had some sleety rain. Now at almost 1400 hours it is almost dark. Both cats have been in most of the day as it has also been very cold and windy.

I saw these bulbs when I opened the gates this morning in order to visit my daughter’s home to feed her animals. The family have been to Sheffield this weekend as Victoria was fighting in the ‘Nationals’. Her coach said she would be pleased with her if she made it into the top ten; we just hoped that she would win at least one fight. In fact she did very well, beating higher graded brown belts, (she is a blue belt) and one girl that she has never beaten before. She lost the fight that would have taken her into the final few in order to fight for a bronze medal. Her coach was absolutely delighted with her; Victoria came seventh out of twenty-six. Next weekend, both Victoria and Oliver are fighting again in Sheffield, so I will be on cat and fish duty again.

Today’s blip shows some bulbs coming through in one of the front borders; there were several more, so not just a fluke. The snowdrops by our gate, which I always blip as soon as I see them are nowhere to be found, although they are usually through the ground first.