A Warm Day.

It has been a beautiful day today, the warmest day of the year so far. I've been at school all day. We finished off the Easter hats in the morning. The standard of the hats varied depending on which adult the children were working with. It was supposed to be the children's work so apart from the more difficult construction I let the children get on with it themselves. In the afternoon the whole school took part in a Sports Relief Mile which was basically a walk around the grounds of the neighbouring secondary school.
Coming home it was lovely to see blue skies once more. Everywhere there are signs of spring. Out here in the country they are more subtle signs than in the town, pale primroses in the hedgerows and the trees beginning to change colour at the edges. Its hard to see from close up but from a distance the beech trees have developed a maroon tinge while other trees have the slightest hint of green. At home some of the willow trees were surrounded by the sounds of buzzing bumble bees visiting the newly opened catkins. I got in an hour's work in the garden this evening clearing the old growth from the pampas grass.