Magnolia bloom in Thompson’s Park, Cardiff
I started the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown a fortnight ago with the intention of visiting a park every week for some exercise, but already I am slacking. So far I have visited only one – Thompson’s Park.
It is our nearest park but I hadn’t walked through it for a few years, since I started working down in Cardiff Bay. There was a time when I visited it monthly, and here are my images from those days.
Those posts include the oak tree I followed in 2016 – which still stands. This was it on March 24 this year…
Oak tree in Thompson’s Park…
…which I called the pigeon tree before I had identified it as an oak
The Goscombe John statue Joyance is still there – less attractive to scrap-metal-merchant thieves now it is a resin copy
The park is full of spring colour at the moment and here are some of my images…
One of many cherry trees (I use the word loosely, but some sort of Prunus)…
…interesting shape…
…a closer look at the flowers
Pink cherry…
I couldn’t get too close as a couple with their dog were sitting nearby
Another pink one…
…and a closer look
Another white one…
…the flowers – I wish I had the patience to tell the difference between apples and cherries, although I know it’s something to do with the number of stamens
The colours do not just come from cherry blossom…
Magnolia…
…a closer look…
…and the contrasting celandine beneath the magnolia
Purple crocus
Pale crocus
Balkan anemones (Anemone blanda)
Blackbird (Turdus merula) on a path
Crow (Corvus corone) on a chimney pot next to the park
On the way home – a last look at the park through a side fence
The Squirrelbasket 
We wait and wonder, if our lockdown will be extended beyond the end of the month. If we could at least walk a little for fresh air and exercise (beyond the garden …
I do hope all goes well with you. I know you are a great wanderer in the big outdoors during normal times!
Stay safe 🙂