I can't get out very far on walks at the moment, but luckily I don't need to go more than a few steps from the back door to feel like spring is coming. The hazel tree (which produced a good crop of nuts last year) is in full bloom of catkins and blossoms.

#spring #northumberland #trees #HazelTree #catkins

#Vss365 (#Gardener's version)

Pippa watched her breath billow out in the cold air.

"There's more of May Margaret's hair on your left," said Kit.

Pippa turned to spy the tasseled #Flowers of yet another #Hazel #Tree, Corylus avellana.

Kit had come to know the #Folklore of all the local #Flora from her grandmother.

The #Catkins of the #Hazeltree were vestiges of the maiden May Margaret's fair-colored hair caught in the #Branches as she fled her husband, the #Elf king Hind Etin.

#Nature