3rd April from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth

The sea is blue. The little waves lap against the shore. They have made friends again after the spiteful to-ing and fro-ing of the last few weeks. The sun is bright and has just divested herself of the last few veils of muslin clouds. But the Ice Queen is not giving up yet and her icy polar breath makes it uncomfortable to sit out. But the first buttercups have decided to spite her and opened a little display that is saying: “Come on spring, hurry up.”

From 3rd April 2022

Beside the clifftop path, pale green leaves are beginning to clothe the bare blackberry brambles. The corrugated sea is marching rows of little waves up the shore. Slabs and hanks of grey cloud cover the sky. It is still bitter in the hurrying breeze. A pigeon coos. #bournemouth #westcliffgreen #spring #April