The light is returning

If it seems like this blog is heavily loaded with art-related content at the moment, do rest assured that it's a seasonal glut. Winter is always a fallow period for subjects like folk festivals, foraging and wildlife spotting so I'm using art to bolster the content. And because art is very important to me.

Come the spring there will be hundreds of events to talk about - just the period around May Day will be absolutely rammed with content. Plus, the new growth will bring us wild herbs and salad leaves, blossom and wild flowers, and sightings of insects and other animals we just don't see at this time of year. I'm already seeing snowdrops, crocuses and the first daffodil shoots nudging up through the frosty soil.

So bear with me - the light is returning.

Meanwhile, here's a little test for you: can you identify these trees from the new buds they're sporting?

They are: (Clockwise): Ash, Oak, Hazel and Wild Cherry.