Changes

A message from Mrs.Porter

At last the snowdrops are out in my garden. I can also see lots of daffodil and tulip bulbs beginning to break through the soil. One fence is covered in the lovely yellow blossom of winter jasmine. I had thought I had lost this when it was buried under a heavy blanket of snow. How soon the garden changes when spring starts to work.

The birds are still coming to the bird feeders. I have three in different parts of my garden. I put peanuts in two of them and mixed bird seed in the third. This soon falls out on to the soil but the birds find it there without a problem. I’m more nervous than they are of the danger of my next door neighbour’s cat. She is only a year old and very active. She climbs up inside the leylandi hedges and walks along the top of the fence. I’ve even seen her on the roof!

The ducks have deserted the gardens and we haven’t seen them all winter. The numbers on the brook are still down and I am waiting to see if they improve this year.

I hope to spend more time in my garden when I retire and one project is to put in a fountain. I love the sound of splashing water and at last may have the time to sit and listen to it. When I do I shall think of you all working hard at school and probably want to be back there with you!!

Mrs.Porter