The day was dull, not much sign of life, even the wildfowl were scarce. But…the catkins were out!!!
Celebrate Life, the first title from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week
The day was dull, not much sign of life, even the wildfowl were scarce. But…the catkins were out!!!
Celebrate Life, the first title from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week
Nice! They look so jaunty. Happy New Year, Crispina!
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Thank you. It was a very dull day…except for those catkins!
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What are these? Iβve never seen nor heard of them before. Theyβre quite beautiful π
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They are the *flowers* of the hazel tree. We call them catkins. When covered in pollen they’re like dripping gold. First colour of spring!
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Oh, that is a lovely way to celebrate life!
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So early. Great to see them!
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We are so far from any of that!
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It’s a tentative beginning. Hard frosts & snows can yet appear!!!
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It is snowing steadily here. I shovelled a good five inches this morning and it hardly shows… Sigh…
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We have possible snow forecast for Monday. Which is a pain cos we’d intended to bus up to North Norfolk coast. Not sure of that now. Could make good photos.
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Oooh… I realise it is a pain to trudge through the snow – We must have gotten a good 8-10 inches in the Thursday to Friday last night time frame. They make excellent photos π
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Snow didn’t happen. I didn’t go walkies, I haven’t been well. A bug? Side effects of meds? I don’t know.
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Oh, so sorry to hear that. Hope it is nothing serious and can be rectified soon.
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I don’t know the cause of it. Several possibilities. But I am recovering.
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I am happy to hear that!
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What an intriguing and delightful photo; I’m not familiar with catkins and had to do a search. Wonderful!
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These are hazel catkins. But willows, poplars & birch all set their different types of catkins. I love th catkins of black polar: They are richly crimson, so vivid!
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Those I shall definitely look up!
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