Spring has sprung

In spite of my best intentions January has half gone and I haven't posted yet. I promised myself that the studying was not going to take over my complete waking hours this year - after all there are more things in life that I want to do. I even took on a lighter study load, but it seems that it is taking up the same amount of time as last year's commitments.
Then today, as I was emptying the kitchen waste into the compost bin I noticed that the worms have come out of hibernation and are crawling on the inside of the bin. So I looked for other signs that the cold spell has gone and that the garden is waking up.


One of the earliest signs of Spring - just one cluster of catkins is beginning to grow on the twisted hazel - it managed two sets of catkins last year - so fingers crossed.