Times of Change.

This is a corner of Rutland Water. At the beginning of March, when we went to stay nearby, we didn't realise how lucky we were to get away from home. The weather was fine for the whole three days, during the day and the sun shone but the wind was so cold that it was impossible to sit outside or for me, anyway, walk far. It made a pleasant break, however.

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Now we are a few weeks down the line and everyone is being asked to keep themselves at home. So far, the weather's been dry with lots of sunshine (where we live, anyway) and this is currently, a warm, dry Easter, which doesn't often happen. We are lucky to have a garden to sit in and everything seems to be putting on a growth spurt. Our garden is a work in progress but despite having few plants at the moment, we have lots of Bumble Bees - and others too, some of which we can't identify for sure. The birds can and do rely on a good supply of food and throughout the day, lots of little ones occupy the old hedge at the bottom of the garden and visit the feeders when the larger birds are away. Sparrows squabble and Blue Tits and Robins flit about. We have a family of some sort of Tit in the bird box this year, too, which is very pleasing.

Try as I might, so far, I haven't been able to take a photo of the incumbents and neither of us have managed to completely identify with kind of Tit it is. At more of a distance we see and hear the resident pair of Buzzards, although I once say one sitting on the fence in the garden, too.

Some of the plants, mainly the potted ones, are looking good.

It looks as though we are going to have a good crop of Lemons again this year.

We both try to get out for our daily exercise. I am a bit limited in where I can go because I can't walk far and I can't use the car to go anywhere else for now.  The verges are showing the effects of the weeks of rain we had before this drier spell and are very churned up in parts but there are still Primroses and Bluebells and quite a few clumps of Dandelions - not as many of these last as I have seen in past years, though, I fancy. There are lots of Lambs hereabouts too.

Time now for tea....so more another time.