Spring Woodland

Walking in East Blean Woods today, the ground was carpeted with wood anemones

The coming of spring always makes me think of Dream by the Moody Blues

When the white eagle of the North Is flying overhead

And the browns, reds and golds of autumn 

Lie in the gutter, dead

primrose

Remember then, the summer birds 
With wings of fire flaying
Come to witness Spring's new hope 
Born of leaves decaying

periwinkle

miniature forest of moss

As new life will come from death
Love will come at leisure
Love of love, love of life
And giving without measure

celandine

Gives in return a wondrous yearn 
Of a promise almost seen
Live hand-in-hand 
And together we'll stand 

On the threshold of a dream....

 Love these trees, they seem to have their arms around each other!

Wild flowers

The bluebells are almost over now, but early orchids are quite common if you know where to look.



Along the banks of the woodland streams there is one plant that you know you're going to find before ever they come into sight. - wild garlic is just coming into bloom. So pretty, like little starbursts in the shade.


I'm so lucky to live in such a beautiful area, Kent really is the Garden of England.

Blooming marvelous!

It's bluebell time in the woodlands of Kent, south east England.



They've just started to come to bloom, a few days and they'll be past their best. Right now though, they're in their glory, blue carpets everywhere.



No bluebells in my garden, but my pond plants have started to flower




and the very first of the aquilegias is out - isn't it stunning?



Their folk-name is Granny's bonnet, you can see why.

Etsy Sales Fairy

Have you got one?

I bought my sales fairy from raisinlike.etsy.com in January, and for a while sales came thick and fast! Meerkats were being knitted and posted like there was no tomorrow!

Sales have died down a bit lately, so I thought maybe she wasn't happy with her position hanging in my hallway.

This is my "pride of place" display point, my steampunk necklace lives there when I'm not wearing it, hanging from a fabulous carved recycled root which was a present from my son. Can you see the face that's carved on the wood? In the family it's known as the "elk"...and that's another long story!

Anyway, I digress...

To cheer up the Sales Fairy I took her geocaching (you might have guessed!)



Here she is, sitting on the cache with the predictable meerkat. For those in the know, there are a couple of geocoins and travelbugs in the pic. It was a fabulous hiding place, a hinged hollowed out log in woodland!


Then the meerkat and fairy had a go at stalking...



Doubtless this will have you hotfooting it over to raisinlike.etsy.com for your own Sales Fairy LOL