Today wasn’t quite as nice as yesterday, but it doesn’t stop the spring from coming along. I found hepatica buds behind the garage, and they weren’t there yesterday because I looked and didn’t see any. The crocuses are also increasing every day and I can even see a snowdrop on the way, only leaves mind you no bud. I’ve only had snowdrop flowers the first year after I planted them, since then it’s only been leaves. So if they start blooming next week, hopefully this is the last of the crocus pictures this year, but at least it’s a yellow one. Out of the 23 crocus flowers I have at the moment, all but three of them are purple and the first two yellow ones were unphotogenic so I was happy to see this third yellow open already today. A small thing, but big enough for the macro lens!

Then I went for a walk down to the lake. The water level is really low as it always is in the spring, probably around 1m lower than normal. In the autumn I needed wellingtons to approach this old boat from the shore, but today I was able to walk around it without any risk of wet feet. But I did have to watch out for the numerous willow grouse droppings (if you look carefully, there’s a pile to the right of the boat). I think it’s willow grouse anyway, I’m not a bird dropping expert… if not willow grouse, then black grouse. But if it’s black grouse, then I would be very surprised because this doesn’t seem like a black grouse kinda place.

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These are the first pictures I’ve processed on the new laptop. The screen takes some time getting used to, it’s very bright so everything that looks ok on my big monitor looks too bright on the laptop. But a lot of the problem has to do with the viewing angle… need to remember to always use the same viewing angle when I process the pictures!