The spring is sprung, the grass is riz
I wonder where the birdy is
The bird is on the wing
Don’t be absurd
Everyone knows the wing is on the bird
We’ve been in meteorological spring since the beginning of the month and today, 20th March, is pretty close to non-meteorological spring (which probably has a better name). And the weekend’s weather has also been spring-like too, for the first time this year.
What better time to visit Hillier Gardens at Ampfield and see the flowers starting to emerge from their winter’s sleep.
Here are a few photos from today’s wander. I’m not a botanist so some of my descriptions may be a little haphazard. Sorry, Wellie.
Oh, and if you’re still scratching your head trying to remember where you’ve heard the words in the title of this post before, it’s here:
We didn’t see many pigeons at Hilliers today. Or squirrels. Which was possibly fortunate for both species.
Who needs Latin when we have “Fried egg daffodils” ? 🙂
narcissus frixum ovum, apparently!
A slightly different version of ‘Spring has sprung’ that I learnt in my teens, a couple of years ago, is as follows …
‘The Spring has sprung, the sap has riz
I wonder where the boidies is ?
The boid is on the wing
But that’s absoid
Because the wing is on the boid !’
When I was a kid, Blossom was the name of the cart-horse.