They snowdrops under the apple tree have flowered in time for Christmas Day every year for decades.
Today we went out to look for them, and there they were, under a thick blanket of apple and oak leaves. We took the opportunity to move a couple of plastic garden chairs to somewhere out of sight. Once Himself had cleared the leaves we found a goodly number of green spears and a couple of buds already showing a promise of the flower within.
Then the sun went in, and so did we, so no photograph today.
Lots of daff leaves but no flowers and I think my snowdrops have disappeared! How lovely you have some already,
ReplyDeleteSnowdrops seem to be a bit of a law unto themselves. These took years to get established.
DeleteHi Chris, I'm sorry it has taken me a few days to reply but I needed to give it a think!
ReplyDeleteI were a garmin fit thingy on my wrist instead of a watch, which tots up how many steps I walk in a day, and that's what I enter into my conquerer events virtual walk app on my phone. It shows a map with my location, and I can use the little yellow 'pegman' to see a view.
Any exercises I might do can be converted into the equivalent on steps (I hardly ever do any!) and if I am not walking outside I walk on the spot while watching television or listening to audio books, bbc sounds or music (Bach is very good!). I can do around 300 steps and then pause for breath. My app says 2000 steps is roughly a mile and I haven't checked - I'm not that bothered about accuracy.
The app I use doesn't show 'real-time' progress along the trail, which wouldn't work for me anyway - firstly I can't do sustained walking (ie only about 5-10 minutes, depending on speed and terrain) and secondly I tally up steps through the day.
If you are walking on a treadmill, you might prefer to search youtube for 'virtual treadmill trails', which seems to offer long videos - about an hour or so - of walking through countryside for people to watch while they are on a treadmill. This has the advantage of being free!
Hope this is useful - K