Bare foliage

Continuing the theme of the previous post, here are some more images highlighting the transition from bare nature to the modesty and prominence of verdant coverage that has emerged.

Actually had some fun exploring again and backtracking to where some of these were originally taken. Let's just say, despite my map notes I managed to see a little more of Norfolk - yep, the foliage makes a difference :).

Same layout as the previous post ... March on the left; May on the right.

The first group is from the walk around the River Yare in Norwich. I had been for a walk earlier and shown the transitions as spring had begun to bud. This is well after budding an blooming as you can see.

For these next couple notice the prominence of the cow parsley weed - it has taken over the beautiful stands of daffodils that were so proudly displaying back in March and April.

The next couple show Cow Tower much more disguised. Even more so the bird box treehouse is much more challenging to notice behind the heavy foliage on the big tree to the left in the second pair of photos.

These next few show a riverside apartment complex now in full protection from a wonderful willow and then the Norwich Cathedral Square with the guardian statues of Nelson and Wellington much more camouflaged as befits legends of their stature (if not a particular feature of their era of warfare).

And from natural transitions overlaying the built environment, to the more natural in a less built environment (farming). Most of these I have shown off in earlier posts - the raven rookeries (Ludham) now showing some evidence of "curtains" offering more modesty as hatching nears; the architectural and structural engineering skills of nature barely masked by the foliage - I left these ones larger as they strike me as very special, the form still evident (though, as confessed above, the single very symmetrical one did offer navigational challenges, but I found it in the end ... it had not gone anywhere!); then there is the lane (note all that cow parsley on the verges) and groups of trees first spotted on that magnificent spring day we visited Oxborough Hall. All now resplendent in their spring collection :).

Mumma bear, poppa bear and baby bear before and after putting their best spring gear on to greet all who pass on by :).

Finally for this post, a couple of images I captured during my searching for the sites on one of these days (mentioned above). Just to show again, you just never know what you might find down some of the (many) lanes if you just drive on by and don't take a look ... a couple of birds of prey going about their business and a(nother) nice panorama across the broads with a windmill as a feature (a small village and staithe, Thune) and a really nice shot of the spring colours, including several clear variations on green (that remain beyond my ability to accurately label) on some magnificent trees in a garden in the same village.

And that colour is a good seque (or some might prefer segway) to the next post which will be about the splendour of the Plantation Garden back in Norwich, then another excellent and relaxing birdwatching walk.