Another job this week has been removing and folding the shade netting which has surrounded the citrus trees since November. It left an almost weed free area under the trees.
As the seasons advance, so the flowers change. From the early spring varieties, to later annuals, like the scarlet Poppy.
Some of the most spectacular flowers only show for a few days in the spring, then they are gone. Like these Arum, known as “Lords and Ladies”
Walking the Maquis in late afternoon lets you see nature in a different light.
Every day there are changes visible, from the first leaves on the Fig trees, to Crocus dying back to be replaced with Allium flowers
As the buds burst on the trees and shrubs, you are treated to all the magnificent spring colours that are in natures pallet.
The spring blossom looks fantastic at the moment. It is the Dol Hanami festival
Dol is bursting into spring. Everywhere there are the spring flowers, early insects and buds swelling on plants.
By late January, there is considerable warmth in the sun. We also now have more than an hour of sunlight each day.
The setting sun illuminates snow falling from a cloud.