All new and the first....

Went for a walk this morning with a friend to a local
park. It was a morning for new life and the first of the
year. We saw a male swan attempting to see off
any thing that went near his new babies. This is mom
and two of her babies. There were another two but it
was impossible to get them all together.
Next a female mallard swam by with her three babies.
She probably had more but this is all she has left.A few yards further on we spotted this coot on her nest.
We sat on some convenient rocks and watched and
waited. She seemed restless and eventually out
popped a couple of chicks - the red blobs are their
beaks. One made it into the water and back. She was
probably sitting on lots more eggs so these two were
very young.

These next three were taken in my garden. The chives are

just starting to flower.........

The double purple poppies will probably flower in a

couple of weeks...............

And this is the first 'Love in a Mist' flower this year........

And finally, this is one on my old tin tubs plantedup

with salad leaves. I've already had a weeks worth of

salad already..........