Oh God I'm stuffed!

I've been missing my annual sojourns to the Greek islands and in particular some good old Greek food so tonight I thought bugger it, I'm going to splurge and cooked this...

Greek Roast Lemon & Garlic Chicken with Potatoes

So I've pigged out on some wonderfully tasty chicken and spuds and now I'm working on being a couch potato with a second glass of rather good red wine. lol

Diet? What feckin' diet! I'm so full it's embarrassing and I just know I'm going to regret this tomorrow, but right now, who cares!

To the woods, the woods I tell ye!

I do love our local woodland at this time of year, especially on a warm sunny morning like the one we had today. The wood anemones, celandine, violet, cowslips, primrose, bluebells and wood-orchids are all in bloom... sadly of course you never see them all together, but it is common for the orchids and bluebells to bloom in close proximity and for bluebells to be found with wood anemones too.

English Bluebells

English Bluebells are quite different from the Spanish Bluebells that are colonising many areas and in my eyes are preferable simply because they are native. I'm not saying I dislike the Spanish variety of course, I just wish there was some control over the ever-growing population.

Wood Orchid and English Bluebell

I may be a trifle odd, but I really do enjoy seeing beds of celandine despite the majority of people regarding them as weeds to be avoided at all costs.

Celandine

  Tilly says she doesn't care about the flowers... she prefers her walking snacks!

Just gimme the biscuits!

To me though the flower beds make the woods an even nicer place to walk during the Spring and early Summer months.

Bluebells among the trees