Cherry blossom 
Bumblebee on dandelion 
Daffodil 
Primrose 
Bog myrtle 
Gorse 
Larch
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #143 – Colourful April
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Silent Sunday 11th April 2021
June Berry Blossom
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #142 – You Pick It!
Regular readers will know I have written before about our Robin Friend. One great advantage of having a robin that is near-tame is that he allows us to get up real close. He was quite comfortable to preen away, with me standing right beneath him.
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Inspired by this week’s Lens-artist Challenge and of course Robin-friend himself.
Silent Sunday – Happy Easter
Happy Easter
Six on Saturday- 3rd April 2021
We have been enjoying lots of lovely spring sunshine today. Does the soul good.
Also doing the soul good is seeing the first of our solitary bees – these are Ashy mining bees. Beautiful bees that need a bare soil bank to nest it.
Tulips have also opened – adding splashes of red.
Tulips
The tadpoles are growing.
Tadpoles
The comfrey is flowering in the polytunnel and not far off outside.
Comfrey
We don’t have much spouting broccoli, but at least there is some.
Sprouting broccoli
And finally a lovely present of a flowering currant, just need to find a spot for it now.
Flowering currant
Thanks to The Propagator for hosting Six on Saturday.
Have a lovely Easter everyone.
Wildflower Friday
Lesser Celandine
Lesser celendine
Silent Sunday
Change of scenery
We are still in lock down here and don’t get to venture beyond our 5km, so I for one would really enjoy a change of scenery. But perhaps changing from colour to black and white, (borrowing idea from Patti here) may be enough for now.
Frog 
Robin 
Sheep 
Bumblebee
Six on Saturday – Pollinators return
It is always a special moment when we see the bees and other pollinators returning to the garden in the spring. So for this week’s Six on Saturday, I am going to just share six pollinator images.
White tailed bumblebee queen on dandelion
bumblebee leaving willow catkins
Hoverfly enjoying the same willow catkins
Insect on coltsfoot
Small tortoiseshell on willow
A pollen covered hoverfly
