May

Spring took a while to get established this month with frosty morning starts sugar coating the plants which have come to the surface. The light is different , there is a quality to it now that helps the woodland sparkle even though it is still sparse. Within a few weeks and the temperature raises, nature responds as quickly as those rays hit and warm the earth. It is magical , buds are forming everywhere , leaves are populating and dancing around their mother trees , new plants from popping up to almost in bloom are starting to fill the woodland verges. The inner forest provided intrigue during the winter but it still having its own happenings too : fern fiddleheads are everywhere to be seen , the lush moss from a wet winter adds texture with its myriad of greens and if closely inspected reds and yellows adorn it. For me , i like the idea of the rising sun coming from my home , the solitude and cool temperature of early morning as the light is softer whilst it percolates through the trees. The reserve invites you for a wonderful chilled out walk through nature at any time and now with a wonderful soundtrack of the birds chattering to each other telling each other how their sonf awoke the trees for spring.