Nature's jewels

From the Boss: I know it's not a good photograph, but I do love the way raindrops catch the light.

Brown paper leaves

The leaves still clinging to the beech trees look rather like crinkly brown paper.

Wild flowers

The Friends of Withdean Park are planning to turn this corner of the park into a wild flower meadow. There is a slight problem in that the soil is really a bit too rich as the park was given over to allotments during the last war. The ranger responsible for the park is hoping to use community payback workers to do the heavy job of lifting the turf in time for the seeds to be sown in March.

Christmas trees

Several of the trees in Stanmer Park have wreathes or bunches of flowers fixed to them, presumably because those trees were bought in memory of various people, but the decoration on this one is a little more elaborate - complete with a rather poor imitation of a robin.

Bluebells?

Here? Resting under the snow and getting ready to carpet this part of the wood in just a few months.

Stanmer snow

The snow has gone from the trees but there is still enough on the grass in Stanmer Park and in the fields beyond the village to make things look different.

I've been waiting . . .

. . . to wish you a happy Christmas.