Our frogpond is full of evidence that the frogs have been having friendly liaisons, there are strange hints of spring in the garden, and it's a smashing warm day. So here we go.
These feathery things and buds are from the garden:
Dunno what they are and I don't know if they look different in the spring.
Same goes for these catkinny things
This is a long-shot of the weping willow by the nursery at the Nun's Head end of Nunhead Green. A smashing tree, especially in sodium nightlight.
And even better from underneath.
On the South side of the Green, by Nunhead Lane, is a smashing London Pine:
But, after some heavy-handed topiary, this is what dominates the Green today. Huge, menacing, with blunt fingers grasping at the sky:
Threatening the Alms Houses:
On the way down towards Peckham Rye, I chanced on this smashing shot of life growing up from a council (I assume) back yard:
The north end of Peckham Rye. Shops pubs, busses:
And, when you look closer...
... strangely inaccurate signs...
... (and more than one) ...
Trust me, you don't want to walk the way they point; its all about one-way systems and disallowed right turns. More to our point, here is another super weeping willow, on the north of the Rye:
And a huge plane tree
Nunhead Green is shabby, not posh, but Peckham Rye is...?
Actually, Judith says the sign is wrong, and it should just say Peckham Rye - it isn't also called 'Common'. Anyway, here is what it looks like...
... but they don't treat their trees very well around here...
Finally, lets remind ourselves how we began, with a touch of spring, buds, and stuff.
.. and then some miscellany to end with... the 484 bus stop:
What will apparently, eventually, become a mightly avenue:
and the middle distance:
(...well, it was a nice day).
