Abstract Landscape Painter.  Rural Dweller.  Lover of Modernist Art and Design.

23 March

I spot a couple of roe deer in the distance this morning.  They notice us, but don’t seem unduly bothered.  They soon return to eating, before skittishly trotting off down the field.

A few metres further down the lane, in a sunny, sheltered spot, there is a scattering of dog violets.  A bit early to bloom?  And just beyond them is a yellowhammer, sitting atop the hedge.  They always make me smile, as their bright yellow heads make them look a little like escaped budgies!

There are colourful birds of a different variety on the afternoon walk.  As we come clomping down the track, we disturb two jays.  They fly from the hedge and across our path; their dipping and rising flight taking them to the safety of a line of small trees.  

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