Spring has sprung

The last few days have begun as thick fog and by lunchtime has turned into blue sky and sunshine. There has been warmth in the sun too. The bees are out and about again and have returned laden with something.  I love meeting them for a chat whilst Inwork in the garden.Lots of snowdrops are coming up which are a joy to see. The flowering cherry has blossom starting. The trees are budding. My camellia trees look ready to burst into colour.
Winter is hard here and always makes us feel we should go back to England and rejoin life. But when the sun shines like today I do not want to go anywhere. We live in such a beautiful area, rolling green fields and small woods where deer and wild boar hide. The birds are singing again, such a lovely sound. Before long I will start planting seeds. Flowers and vegetables. I also think about chicks, ducklings and goslings. The ducks and geese have not started laying eggs yet but should start soon. As always I hope they will all hatch some young this year. They are such a joy to have around, watching them grow.
Today we have almost finished doing the electrics for the other two Gites. It had fought us but apart from the final connection is now there. We also finally took apart the old duck house. A bit more cleaning up to do and then I can prepare the area to become a mini wild flower meadow. This is next to the pond. I am going to make it a wild life area. My bees will love it!
I love this time of year, all fresh and new. It is a feeling to hold onto through the depths of winter.
Gite bookings are still down but we live in hope! We have to make a bigger effort to motivate ourselves to get the remaining  Gites finished. As bookings are virtually non existent we ask ourselves why bother. But we will plod on and eventually all the work will be done!