Some pictures to celebrate Spring, which has come in early and lusty this year to the area around my home village.
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Up and under
A lamb suckles on a farm overlooking the Creedy Valley
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Devon Bank |
Wild primroses beside the byway leading down to Shaky Bridge.
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Spring Greens
Lush lawns, leafing trees and budding gardens in West Sandford
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Bursting |
A horse chestnut bud, Sandford Millennium Green
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Flotilla |
A dozen ducklings on the pond, Sandford Millennium Green.
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Wood Anemones |
A common wild flower in these parts, I'm happy to say.
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The not-so-new guy and the positively old guy |
Me and him at Shaky Bridge (pic by Annie B).
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Bliss |
I
love the expressions of the ewes centre left and bottom right.
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Hi there |
Confident lambs walk towards the man with a wolf on a string.
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Quiet flows the Creedy |
Now the winter swells have fallen, the doggy playground of Creedy Beach has been revealed, albeit altered by the surge of the river.
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The Promise of Summer |
The entrance to a garden, with glimpses beyond, is always fascinating. This is West Sandford; the cobble setts are quite common in the parish