There was actual sunshine today
Feb. 24th, 2026 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heleninwalesDon't speak to loudly, but it's not raining today. We actually got out to the forest for a walk this morning and in the afternoon we had sunshine, and the daffodils are blooming... And after one decent day, rain is forecast for the rest of the week. :-(
But we had a good walk in the forest this morning. We did the circular walk starting from the car park in Ganllwyd in a clockwise direction for a change. This means setting off up the very steep hill past the village hall and then on into the forest. As we walked we talked about all the other walks that we haven't done all winter because the ground will be too wet. Slogging through quagmires is no fun and can get slippery and dangerous. Perhaps sometime in the future the endless rain will stop and we'll be able to do those walks again?
Anyway, here are walk pictures. Despite the forecast being saying it would be a dry day, it did start off misty with occasional faint drizzle. Looking out to the right as we plodded up the steep hill.
A welcome touch of colour. There are different varieties of gorse so you can find it blooming somewhere all year round.
As we entered the forest, we could see a mysterious mist ahead. I don't know why the trees were trapping the mist in just that spot. Nothing weird or mystical happened as we walked through it, though it we had been characters in a fantasy novel, who knows where we might have ended up?
The reason we choose the forest for our winter walks is because there are plenty of solid gravel tracks. You know you can walk even in the wettest condition, but at least the mosses have been enjoying the incredibly wet winter.
In other news...
We have a blackbird in the garden again. We always had a blackbird and I loved hearing their song as afternoon heads into evening and in the early morning. For some reason there was no blackbird last year. I had read that there was a virus affecting blackbirds, so perhaps that was it? But I'd seen three or four blackbirds around recently and now one has started singing.
But we had a good walk in the forest this morning. We did the circular walk starting from the car park in Ganllwyd in a clockwise direction for a change. This means setting off up the very steep hill past the village hall and then on into the forest. As we walked we talked about all the other walks that we haven't done all winter because the ground will be too wet. Slogging through quagmires is no fun and can get slippery and dangerous. Perhaps sometime in the future the endless rain will stop and we'll be able to do those walks again?
Anyway, here are walk pictures. Despite the forecast being saying it would be a dry day, it did start off misty with occasional faint drizzle. Looking out to the right as we plodded up the steep hill.
A welcome touch of colour. There are different varieties of gorse so you can find it blooming somewhere all year round.
As we entered the forest, we could see a mysterious mist ahead. I don't know why the trees were trapping the mist in just that spot. Nothing weird or mystical happened as we walked through it, though it we had been characters in a fantasy novel, who knows where we might have ended up?
The reason we choose the forest for our winter walks is because there are plenty of solid gravel tracks. You know you can walk even in the wettest condition, but at least the mosses have been enjoying the incredibly wet winter.
In other news...
We have a blackbird in the garden again. We always had a blackbird and I loved hearing their song as afternoon heads into evening and in the early morning. For some reason there was no blackbird last year. I had read that there was a virus affecting blackbirds, so perhaps that was it? But I'd seen three or four blackbirds around recently and now one has started singing.
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Date: 2026-02-24 05:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-02-24 07:58 pm (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2026-02-24 08:37 pm (UTC)Here in central Illinois, it is cloudy and cold with howling wind. A beautiful day to stay indoors and write!
>>A welcome touch of colour. There are different varieties of gorse so you can find it blooming somewhere all year round.<<
Such a bright yellow. :D
>>You know you can walk even in the wettest condition, but at least the mosses have been enjoying the incredibly wet winter.<<
I love moss. The east end of my savanna is mostly carpeted in moss.
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Date: 2026-02-24 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-02-24 09:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-02-24 10:05 pm (UTC)'Blooming all year round'-- sighs in Frozen North. But they are a beautiful colour.