Not a lot of change at the tree. The lesser celandines between its toes have been nibbled to their stalks. At the foot of the bank, the dip is dry. When rain comes it will be soggy. Sometimes it's a sluggish small stream. The patches of green down there are celandine leaves - not enough to impress though. Meanwhile, the bluebells on the left of the picture (hope they are bluebells! - time will tell) are bulking up.
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| March 8th 2011 |
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| February 9th 2011 - in colour! |
The sky has changed. Not all the time - but when I took the latest pictures (8th March 2011) it was blue.
This is the view of the bank opposite, from beside the tree. The sky might be blue but the light is cold. (The shadow on the path is of the next tree along, not the one we are observing. It too is a sycamore.)
At my feet, a clump of moss; a marker so I know where to stand next time.
And on the moss, a sycamore seed. Already it has a root boring into the earth. With this anchored, it begins to wrench its head from the wing.
The parent trees remain leafless while their offspring need light for first shoots.
