We had minus five Celsius in the greenhouse. Outside it would have been a lot colder….
Laurel bowing doing yoga in the early morning sun.
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Frozen pondscape with silver birch
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Oak “fingers” in the sun…
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Relection in the unfrozen overflow from the well
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Vibrant green in the well overflow…blowing bubbles…
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Watery light
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Frozen stiff …
The idea was to try to find some colour…
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First primrose ~ 1cm across
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My glamorous assistant Bowie the non binary stray cat.
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Magnolia bud
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Pretty in pink
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Daffodils will be ready well before Dewi Sant..
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Water drop at Traou an Dour
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Toffee apples?
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Kate Moss?
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Daffodil soldiers standing at attention
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A rose by any other name – starting to bud already!!
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Vibrant violet….
Trébeurden est une station balnéaire bretonne sur la Manche, à l’entrée de la baie de Lannion, classée station touristique le 13 juin 1921. Elle correspond à la partie occidentale de la côte de granit rose. Ses principaux atouts sont ses sites naturels protégés, ses plages qui bénéficient pour deux d’entre elles d’une exposition sud et sud-ouest rare en Bretagne Nord, son port de plaisance doté d’un bassin à flot, son port municipal et ses autres mouillages. Trébeurden se trouve sur le territoire de l’ancienne province du Trégor. Ses devises sont : « ar mor eo ma flijadur » (« la mer est mon plaisir ») et « S’attache, qui m’aborde ».
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All these photographs were taken within the space of an hour…the weather can change fast here!!
“Sur 1,4 km de sable fin, la plage de Trestraou est le lieu privilégié des estivants en villégiature à Perros-Guirec. Appréciée des surfeurs et autres amateurs de sport nautique, la plage de Trestraou ne manque pas d’activités : club pour enfants, restaurants, casino, centre nautique… Le panorama donnant sur les 7 îles au large des côtes constitue également un atout phare de cette plage, vous pourrez les rejoindre grâce aux vedettes situées en fin de digue.”
Inpatients from the local asylum are allowed out to bathe…
There was a break in the weather so it was time to get busy with the wood. In Chinese astrology I am a Wood Dragon. So 2024 will bring in a Dragon year and I will be 60.
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Here you can see our ash pile from the log burner and our three compostors.
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There is a broken up palette for kindling and some smallish pine…
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It really fell like this! This is not posed.
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First wheelbarrow full…
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Second wheelbarrow full…
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Ta-dah as if by magic all the wood has gone…
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The puddle outside my “office”. I will go and get the water pump for the basement / vide sanitaire. There is already some water in there.
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Le Jaudy is about 15cm below the footbridge, we are due another 1 cm of rain today…
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It is hacking it through from the mill, le moulin…
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It is a bit freaky standing on the bridge with the torrent underneath…
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Les soldats are bending in the wind…
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Looking downstream, it is a good job they removed the fallen tree otherwise it would be backing up…
Children…
There can be hope and joy…
Pictures from Reuters…
When we arrived we were the only people on the beach. This was a first!
Was it because the cost of living crisis has caused food to cost more?
Or because they banned smoking?
No we arrived during the sacred two hour lunch break. After that a few more people arrived.
We had the best of today’s weather…
This part is the deepest red.
Traou an Dour 
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