Crazy weather patterns seem to be dominating our first days of British summer time. If we are struggling, even with the help of all our gadgets and forecasts, imagine how the flora & fauna in our natural world are coping. Branches laden with buds, just waiting to burst, risk frost burn and worse from the intemperate climate. Today, London is predicted to be hotter than Ibiza and Barcelona, I wonder what the horse chestnut flowers will make of this? Poking their beautiful flower heads out of lime buds, they will unfurl their tender petals, encouraged by the sun's warm rays. And then, just as they relax and adjust, the icy northerly wind will whip round the corner and rip through the delicate sepals.
We are lucky in this country to experience the full range of seasons; from the stark silhouettes of winter to the soft hues of summer. Every day there are changes in the trees and flowers, free for us all to enjoy and, in my view, more wondrous and exciting than any Hollywood blockbuster!
