Coming home from the school run just now, I noticed a white flower at the edge of the front garden.
Now, baring in mind that this garden is northeast-facing and direct sunlight is blocked by the roofs of houses across the road during December and January, I am particularly pleased to see a little flora appearing.
Hopefully, from now on there will be a swathe of colour to come home to. The hebe is also in its glory, with pink tipped leaves and the yucca has withstood the winter (including strong winds), so I feel I am starting to make some progress out the front.
Incidentally, the kale I planted in the front seems to be doing at least as well as the kale out the back. Whether that is because it is more sheltered or for some other reason, I can’t say, but it’s time I ate some of it!
Growing out of chaos 
I was in Ponte this morning and I saw a display of them just by the Haribo factory. They had quite a few patches pushing up.
None of their daffies were showing yet though.
Daffs would be a bit of a surprise…
Mine were just peeking at this time last year. I won’t be surprised to see them in the next few weeks.
Yes, I seem to remember. It is colder in the whole this winter, isn’t it?
We have had a few more cold days than last year. A lot more frosts to be sure.
I’m still hoping we get an other month of cold before spring starts though.
So much for that arctic blast though. That was a “blink and you will miss it” thing. >.>
I could do without frost on days I’ve got to work but apart from that…. 😉
LOL! Frost isn’t so bad around here. Snow can be though.
When we have a risk of ice (And black ice) we just stick to the main roads or take the train/bus. It;s just not worth the risk for us.
I only meant in terms of defrosting the windscreen. It adds ten minutes or so to prep in the morning… can’t do train or bus because they are not frequent or reliable enough to ensure getting back for childminder etc.
Ah. I see. Being in a village we have the bus issues but then we could always walk back from the main road (10 min walk) if needed. And wet have a trading station right on the outskirts of the village. One of the good things of being an old mining village!
What’s a trading station?
“Train station”… stupid autocorrect… >.>
Yes, autocorrect!!!
Just on the news now is issue of transport in more rural areas….. I’m not exactly rural but transport is nowhere near as good as it would be if we lived in Leeds and, even though we have a Leeds postcode, we have to used Wakefield buses or the train and then pay for Leeds buses separately.
That sucks. Are leeds busses arriva?
They’re First Bus.
Shame. Wakefield is arriva… You can’t even use the same pass
I could get a Yorkshire-wide pass if I used the buses a lot but for a one-off it’s not worth it. Sadly, the car is the best option for most of the stuff we do in Leeds.
Same here for the most part. Although getting to wakey or ponte is nice and easy.
Yes… taking opportunities where you can. Hence, going by train to Leeds at the weekend if we are only going round the town centre or a shortish distance out of it. Likewise Wakefield, though we don’t go there often. Am even thinking of trying out J32 on the train, though that wouldn’t work if I was trying to carry home large pots of paint like I did last Sunday!
I didn’t know you could get to Glasshoughton from Leeds?
Anyway. If we are actually buying anything we take the car to J32. Too much of a problem otherwise.
Yes, it’s on the Leeds-Knottingley line.