The sun is shining, but the wind is quite cold. We have lots of spring bulbs up- mainly tiny narcissus and all the new fruit trees are blossoming. There is lots of interest in the birds boxes, and finally some interest in the nut feeders Paul put up in the pines outside the cabin. We have now a visiting blackbird and grey wagtail, robins, crested, great and coal tits, and nuthatches- pretty good considering the Portugeuse shoot alot of the birdlife here!

An unwelcome site though is the lines of hairy caterpillars- with their toxic hairs you need to keep clear of them. We have lost a chicken this week, and both Pip and Clover have got a bit too close and suffered with allergies- as for us we are scratching just thinking about it!!