MaccCam
- Springtime in MaccLand
Spring is certainly arriving.
Daffodils blooming, trees blossoming, lambs gambolling, a young
(and even an old!) man's fancy turning to thoughts of ...
Here first, however, is
a much delayed portrait of the most visible representation of
MaccLand and which will need no introduction to Maxonians
Visitors and friends should
know that White Nancy, here in all her spring sunlit glory, sits
at the Bollington end of Kerridge and is visible for miles.
I will return to the area
another time but we are here to celebrate Spring, are we not?
In window-boxes, troughs
and gardens the snowdrops have come and gone, the crocus has shown
their gaudy selves and now the regal nodding daffodil is opening
to the extended sunshiney days.
This mass display was planted
by Prestbury Gardening Club in celebration of the Millennium.
It is hard to tell, but it may be they were planted to spell out
'2000'.
In the churchyard banks
of naturalised crocus are a patterned carpet of white and blue
with occasional splashes of daffodil yellow.
Hawthorn trees are still
bare but leaf buds are opening on hedged hawthorn in sheltered
sunny places while shrivelled berries blacken and drop.
On the open hillsides and
between the hawthorns the gorse is bursting out yellow.
...
Tiny pale pink blossom creates
a lacy effect on a Prunus (?) tree.
Cats are sunning themselves
even in the unpromising looking places!
This cock pheasant has felt
the urge to wander ... into my back garden!
Poor quality pic, sorry,
shot through glass from a bedroom at some distance :o(
A little young to be in
full gambolling mode but big enough to get their number linking
them to their mum. The cautious mums retreated with their little
ones whenever that strange creature appeared at the edge of the
field - so, shot at a distance.
One slightly belligerent
mum and one deeming discretion best trots away.
Hellebores, heathers and
what looks like Daphne mezereum's unmistakable pinky-purple flowers
but I'm told could be an early Azalea/Rhododendron. Anyway they're
all blooming nice and nicely.
As well as working on the
garden it's maybe time to start working on the car ...
... this one, I fancy, needs
more than a little attention!
'One careful owner'? Perish
the thought!
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