Friday 9 December 2011

The 9th Day of Advent

What a difference from the scene this time last year! The garden was pure Narnia with the promise that an unsuspecting visitor may chance upon Mr Tumnus.The unseasonal warmth of this Autumn has finally given way to biting wind & rain as Winter sweeps in from the North.  I am not sure what the tender daffodil shoots & early snowdrops will think when Jack Frost burns them with his icy touch.  The robin & blue tits look in through the windows making sure that we don't forget to provide goodies for them too! As the year comes to a close & we prepare for the shortest day & the winter solstice the garden looks forward, preparing deep below the surface for the year ahead.