Daffodils have failed to flower. Lots of leaves but no flower buds. The hyacinth flowered, but before the stem had formed so that was a bit of a let down.

The snowdrop also failed to flower, as did the majority of the crocuses. I do have roses in bud, just showing colour and the violets have been doing their thing under a pile of twigs and rubble.

The bay tree is in blossom (pretty little lime green, looks stunning against the dark green glossy leaves) the clematis is positively swelling and the tits are loving the insects.

Saw my first wasp last week, a queen looking for a suitable nest spot.. hope she doesn't choose anywhere near here... Still haven't managed to cut down the buddliea bush that needs to be trimmed before anything starts nesting in it - which is what has happened for the last 3 years! Hopefully they'll all think it too open after the snow brought down a large branch of it.

LTS