Spring, Believe It Or Not

It is cold and dry in the garden, and nothing seems very Spring-like. There are some bold primroses about and the daffodils are struggling to get going, but there has only been one camellia bloom and I wonder whether the buds will get beyond that.

In the pond, the fish continue to skulk around the bottom as it is too chilly for them to be very active, and this coming week is hardly likely to encourage them. There is frogspawn, and I'm considering whether I should take out a handful and rear the tadpoles indoors, not only because the cold could easily get to them, but because I don't fancy their chances once the fish do get active.