#360 - Opening leaves in May

I will need to go back to this tree later in the year, as I couldn't work out what it was; the leaves were opening in pairs, on the end of each twig, like hands opening to the sun. I love the newborn look of opening leaves, the crumpled look of potential.

#359 - Blackthorn blossom clusters

The blackthorns are full of spindly flowers, a frothy profusion along the sloe hedge. There is a path which leads between the hill and the hedgerow and this time of year I can't see it without thinking of Anne of Green Gables and her 'White Way of Delight'.