Posted in Garden visits, Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged Nature, Spring, Trees, Victoria Park on March 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Everywhere in Victoria Park on my March visit there were crocus growing in the grass – although these were accidentally in the middle of a flower bed
As usual I took some general pictures around Cardiff’s Victoria Park when I visited in March for the monthly Lombardy poplar tree following update. Here are the latest images… (more…)
Posted in Nostalgia, Uncategorized, tagged Nostalgia on March 21, 2021| 8 Comments »
When I’m not working – my desk with office laptop switched off
This weekend is the anniversary of my starting to work from home. I don’t really want to talk about it and there is no need for you to read this, but I still feel I must mark this most unusual of years!
I have been one of the lucky ones, working full time from home for Cardiff Council Highways and earning a wage. With fewer distractions I have probably achieved more than I would have in the office. I am blessed with great colleagues and with bosses who don’t micro-manage me. We keep in touch through Teams – a business equivalent of the much-mentioned “Zoom”.
In a way I feel jealous of those who have been forced to do “nothing” for a year as I have found so very little time for myself and my hobbies. But that is churlish and ungrateful. I am not starving, I am not alone and I have no children to home school.
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Posted in Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged Lombardy poplar, Nature, Trees on March 14, 2021| 10 Comments »
The buds of the Lombardy poplar in Victoria Park have broken
This was the week I needed to visit the Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) in Cardiff’s Victoria Park and I am happy to say I chose just the right day. Tuesday was sunny but I knew the rest of the week was going to be stormy with heavy rain and up to 50 mph gales.
I was hoping the pointed buds I had seen previously might have opened by now and I was not disappointed. This time I also decided to take pictures of the tree from beyond the railings in the park, to get a different perspective. Here are my pictures… (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2021| 15 Comments »
Cherry blossom in early March
It’s that time again for the monthly tree-following link box, which will stay open for your tree-related links until 7pm GMT on March 14.
Here in Cardiff it really starts to feel like spring apart from a slight nip in the air. The quality of the light is wonderful.
Later in the week I will look forward to visiting the Lombardy poplar tree I am monitoring in Victoria Park, not too far from home, but I wonder what the rest of you tree followers are up to?
Hopefully our regulars will have something to report despite the coronavirus lockdown. Any tree-related post is acceptable from contributors old and new.
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Posted in Cardiff, Garden visits, Gardening, Uncategorized, tagged Cardiff, Nature, Spring, thompson's park, Trees on March 4, 2021| 5 Comments »
Daffodils in Thompson’s Park
Monday was St David’s Day – the national day of Wales – and it is not complete without daffodils so I went to Thompson’s Park to see what I could find. Here are my pictures from a half-hour afternoon walk in early spring sunshine… (more…)
The Squirrelbasket 