The bare bones of trees don’t shade the spring sunlight like the leaves of summer will. The last few days, and the forecast ones over the next week or so are a rare treat as strong sunlight reaches the woodland floor. The flowers that depend on this light to get their photosynthesis done before summer comes are out in profusion.

The merest hint of green from the opening hawthorn leaves adds a tinge of green, and the petals of blackthorn and wild wild plum cover the branches and once pollinated drift like snowflakes to the earth.