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
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.
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