Mid March

Mid-March

Winter still hanging on

With frosty mornings

Scrape the ice off windscreens

Warm coats, hat and gloves, against the chill wind

In the garden the remaining leaves of gone-over Crocus flowers

Empty twigs on patio shrubs in pots

Rockery plants hanging from a wall with brown dead growth hanging on

Winter pansy's waiting to be replaced

And yet there are signs of spring

Leaf buds on the Fuchsia hedge

On the wall the upright Camellia Bush is full of flowers

A huge splurge of pink against the dark green leaves

Daffy's in odd clumps

Some in full flower

Others in developing bud

Promising a better show

Grass is growing - needs a trim

Check for frost overnight

Carefully trim around past displays

To let the leaves, die back and feed the bulb

Birds: Goldfinch and Small Tits have returned from winter in the sun hols

Blackbirds, Sparrows and the Robin

Dashing about collecting twigs, bits of soft bedding

To build their nests

Days are longer

Sun rise earlier

Sunset now follows our evening meal

Soon the wished for, warmer weather, will be with us

Wild Rose

March 2020

Reviews

[Carola]

lovely descriptive observations here.
good to read you still have sparrows where you are, i read somewhere that in the UK about 90% of sparrows have disappeared. we used to see lots of sparrows around shopping centre cafes here & also in gardens, hardly ever see them now. i feed our wild birds here, i think they need a helping hand.
we are in autumn here, for me it's the best season, but i also like our cold winters (it's cold for us.) i wouldn't like to live where it snows 'cos it takes you forever to put warm clothes on before you can venture outside.
cheerio carola
ps. line 13 has a typo -- "spurge" it needs an 'l'.... splurge.

[Wild Rose]

Thanks typo has been corrected
We have an enclosed garden - It is surrounded by a lowish fence and shrubs - one wall is corvered with climbing plants
Cat could get in; gradually we have made up the entrances and escape routes - one last week qas running round hairless - we had made up all the routes, and the top pf a fence had wire netting to stop escape
We ar on the dege of twn with fields in view (just)
Snow or cold weather for us putting on warm clothes is sort of normal > But then we live lose to mountains (10 miles) and used to go up all year round. Thermal underwear over normal: warm shirt, jumper, Jacket - hat fingerless gloves

[Cyrano]

"Empty twigs on patio shrubs in pots

Rockery plants hanging from a wall with brown dead growth hanging on"

Amazing rhythm and rhyme. The whole poem is super visual. Is it your garden? You mjst have a beautiful garden if so.

[Wild Rose]

Yes Cyrano it is our garden as viewed from the kitchen window
Thank you for reading and your comment

[Cyrano]

You're welcome. Its a very warm take on late winter. Ive enjoyed some gardening in the past. Id love to grow fruit trees some day. Really illustrates the symbiotic alliance between man and plants

[Wild Rose]

Thanks
I hope you do get a place in which to grow fruit trees

[Fran Marie]

ah yes the transitional
season of spring..time
for old man winter to
take leave..bring in
the sunshine..

nicely penned

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Fran Marie Been watching some Small Tits in and out of a bird box this morning
Things you do when you are confined to home

[Dave Brown]

It sounds a tho our climates are quite similar
same things are happening her and the last couple of days have been close to hot with more forecast
planting time is on its way
Nicely done description

[Wild Rose]

Thank you we are in NW UK open to the winds across the Atlantic Ocean you wouldn't go out without a coat today

[Dave Brown]

No, we are still in coat territory but I was sweating while working in the garden yesterday
First time that has happened
Stay warm

[augustus]

When naked in my garden I have, like you, observed the signs of spring! It tends to be a little chilly these days, but nevertheless worthwhile! I did like your prose!

[Wild Rose]

We will have to come and sit in your garden . Ours is overlooked
Its chilly with coats on here
Thanks for the comment

[augustus]

It has been my pleasure! (I didn't stay naked for long!)

[Wild Rose]

Thank you I am please you like it
Now we are restricted to our movements I may have to use the garden and seasonal changes more

[Katrina Mckeown]

Winter is lasting longer this year for sure! Love your use of imagery and I totally love Robins and our wildlife friends ..it’s lovely thought of them building their nests .

[Wild Rose]

It certainly is staying longer > Specially now we are in lock down > We can go out for exercise but where > Down to the harbour and home
Hope it warms up soon so we can sit outside
Thanks for reading and commenting

[Katrina Mckeown]

You’re very welcome Enjoy the harbour Wild Rose I do hope it warms
up soon ! Kind regards Katrina

[Umar Aziz]

Some lovely birds here.I love goldfinch and robin.
"Dashing about collecting twigs, bits of soft bedding to build their nests" i love this.
enjoyed your poem so much.😊

[Wild Rose]

Thank you
Observations from our kitchen window

[Umar Aziz]

Very interesting.
You are welcome.