Everybody (including me) has been complaining about how cold it has been. But last weekend, it turned around – we finally started having nights without freezing temperatures, and now the nature is changing so fast that you could probably see it if you looked hard enough. The first flowers are up – I saw a lot of coltsfoot last weekend, and a few butterflies as well, and some of the flower bulbs I planted last year are now delighting me with the first flowers. I planted a whole lot of them to different spots, because I had no idea which places would be good. Just as well, because I don’t see any life in some of those spots while others, which I had already forgotten I even planted, are now producing their first flowers. I’ll do some macro shooting this weekend for sure!

Yesterday evening when the sun was going down, I saw a group of roe deer cross the field again but this time they were a bit closer to the house than they normally are. Still not close enough for my 300mm lens, but I wanted to document it anyway because it does show the stage of the snowmelt. 24 hours later, there are only some scattered tiny patches of snow left.

Even though the nature is not looking at its best right now (understatement – I think this is when the nature looks at its absolute worst), I find it incredibly soothing to see things emerge from under the snow. It won’t be long now until things will be visibly green!