Blossom

This morning was sunny and bright but very cold. I had planned to get up early to take some sunrise photos at Bushy Park, but when I saw that it was going to be -4C at that time I hastily decided against it! It got to 7C today and that was not warm at all! I walked Xena in the woods and got so cold and was very pleased to get home to a hot cappuccino after the walk. 

After lunch I went to RHS Wisley and I was pleased that I had pre-booked on such a sunny and bright day. However as I got there I noticed white things floating in the sky and I thought it was petals from the blossom, as it was very windy and there are lots of blossom blowing about - but no, it was big snow flakes! It did not last long and the lovely blue skies had gone.

I timed my visit to Wisley a little too late, most of the blossoms and spring flowers were a bit off - all the cherry blossoms, the daffodils, the magnolias, grape hyacinth and even the wild flowers were showing signs of fading. I loved these, I don't know what they are but the I thought that colour was so unusual.  

I am waiting in eager anticipation to hear what the government will announce next Monday about travel plans. There will be a traffic light system of green, amber and red countries with different Covid regulatory requirements for each type of country. I just hope there are a few countries on the 'green' list as Gavin and most of his staff, like many others, have found they have worked much longer hours during lockdown and it has been a hard year so they do need a holiday, and need it sooner than later. Countries will be classified according to their vaccination rates, Covid-19 infection rates and prevalence of ‘variants of concern’ as well as their systems for tracking infections and variants, which does not leave many places to be on that 'green' list!