A golden Easter for 2023

This Easter in Southern England whether you were in a city or town or rural expanse was filled with the joy and delights of the unchanged elements of nature that call us to look up to the sky filled with golden, silver and startlingly white blossoms of this time of year. As we walk on concrete streets or green-filled pastures bright golden dandelions speak of buried treasure and perfectly formed white stars appear on upright mouse ear plants and the sprawling foliage of its close relative the chickweed pictured below. ​

​Bright yellow primroses ( pictured below) decorate street-lined escarpments which grow beneath golden pollen-filled pussy willow catkins and white cherry plum blossoms which are rapidly being replaced by the deceptively delicate looking flowers of blackthorn.
The blackcap, robin and tits sing on breathtaking clouds of pollen produced from the vibrant white flowers that cover the trees like drifts of snow burdening branches with beauty. Kestrels hover, the red kite soars and crows cackle from woven nests.

A yellow green tinge from maple tree flowers, the unfurling of hazel and hawthorn buds decorated beneath with the first white anemones (pictured below) star-like stitchworts and clambering cleavers. The dark outline of snake-like branches and gigantic bollings of the oak remain imposingly stark against the backdrop of a riot of colour and melodious sound. The hum of insects and the first buzz of bees approves the enriching pollen-filled verdure of an unburdening landscape of pure bliss.

​Everything we possibly need is above, beneath and all around us, whether we are in a city or in the countryside, beauty surrounds us, take the time to truly look, hear, feel and immerse yourself in nature.