What a difference a day makes! (And a picture of Boris)

I love your OH! He's just like me! lol. Wonderful Hellebores and gorgeous Geese! :)

Great to see Boris and ladies again. They don't seem to mind the snow at all! What a heroine you are braving the cold to take photos!

Poor Boris and friends are camouflaged by the snow.

I knew I should have gone to Specsavers, Boris!

lovely blog and the weather is what makes Britain so interesting to garden in : don't you think?

love Boris and the girls. do the girls lay for you?

Thanks Karen, my OH is not a gardener, doesn't see the joy in getting down and dirty with earth - but likes to see the end results. He's a lot more 'Parks & Gardens' than I am, likes to see it all tidy and neat, whereas I am much more 'stuff it in there and see'. The Hellebores probably all have names and labels somewhere, but leaving them in just means 'someone' (peacock, bird, geese) pull them out and they get lost, so they are indoors.

Thought Boris should get in on the act Stera, he is getting really old and somedays looking really frail, his eye never really recovered properly from the vets visit, so the sight in that is either gone or very slight. Doesn't seem to faze him though he still knows when there is food about. Hence he is the only one sitting facing the back door in case someone comes out with food!

Thanks for reading the Linda and Eirlys and for suggesting that the three of them are actually clean! Against a real deep patch of snow they look really grubby as their paddling pool bath has frozen solid and it's only their necks and head that get dunked in buckets of water at the moment.

I agree Seaburn that our weather is always 'interesting' - either too wet, too cold, too hot, too dry, etc., etc., but it does keep you trying doesn't it? And.. when you succeed there's that huge sense of achievement. How boring would it be if it was like the TV programmes, buy it, plant it, ignore it and it it was all perfect?
As for the girls laying, yes they have both started looking for somewhere to lay and I have one egg. Both managed to get stuck while ignoring their lovely straw filled shed, Lily behind a lean-to window and Gracie amongst some wire netting and barbed wire - stupid birds!

Lovely photos,really enjoyed your blog Honeysuckle

Thanks Callie, I always appreciate people reading what I write, makes it seem as if I am chatting to people rather than anonymously writing to the void!

What a difference. I hope the snow hasn't spoiled your plants too much.

I agree honeysuckle,it does seem like chatting to other members,I love this site but over the last week,it has been great,I have not been out since Tuesday,so I have been looking at old blogs for ideas,and reading how everyone is coping with weather in different parts of the country,thank you all.

I am sure that the plants will recover, amazing how resilient they are Hywel. Natures power to survive whether a plant or animal. Glad you read my blog, I always make sure that there is a 'bird' reference in the title, just as a warning.

You're right Callie, if you are a person who doesn't get out much to chat to others, being on here is great. I have OH, children and people across the road, but don't really see that many people to chat to, so this is lovely - and they like gardening!
Everyone should be forced to join in and cheer themselves up.

I really enjoyed your blog and pictures Honeysuckle.
You are so lucky to live in Norfolk ! Suffolk and Norfolk are our favourite counties, so much so that we have been holidaying there for the last three years and have 3 more booked for this year! Just a week each month in a lovely static caravan, which are like little bungalows.

Thanks Rose, we like Norfolk, being born and raised here I suppose I would say that. Have lived in Watford, Huntingdonshire and Cornwall but somehow ended up back here!
Placid (backward), moderately empty (until they opened the new A11 to commuters) huge big skies (at least they can't do anything about that) and with an accent you can cut with a knife!
Best of luck with your holidays, you are obviously meant to be here!

You have some smashing hellebores, lovely, your garden looks so pretty with the snow but even better without it, let's hope Spring is just around the corner.

Thanks Honeysuckle, we will !

Very interesting set of photos.. those blue skies with white puffy clouds are so pretty !
I hope Boris has since enjoyed some milder weather !