On the North Devon coast, just after sunrise this morning.

Lovely start this morning.

A very different dawn - mild with gusty winds and squalls.

The sun rises on another day in North Devon - and finds me starting a new writing project. With Isabel’s War being published tomorrow, and the last in the trilogy, Veronica’s War, heading to proofreading for December publication, it’s time to turn my thoughts to book number 13 …

The moment the sun peeped above the distant hills this morning.

04.19 in North Devon and a blackbird has just begun the dawn chorus.

Impressionist style Devon dawn this morning.

A warm and calm spring morning on the North Devon coast, with the gentlest of seas.

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In the garden, the first of the Alliums are beginning to open.

Gorgeous. I’d be thrilled to wear any one of these.

There was a different feel in the air this morning. Perhaps this lengthy dry spell is coming to an end.

This bunny has made its home under a beach hut.

Just after dawn on Westward Ho! beach this morning.

Stunning dawn this morning.

A pale streaky dawn this morning.

Another crisp and colourful start in North Devon this morning.

30 seconds of North Devon dawn chorus this morning - blackbirds, robins and wrens foremost. You’ll need the sound on!

North Devon 05.28 and there’s an evil easterly wind out there this morning.

Blossom on the pear tree.

Holly Blue butterfly on brambles on the allotment this morning.

But soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

Misty start on the North Devon coast this morning.

Evening stroll on the North Devon coast yesterday. After a warm day, the tide was returning, a light mist was rising, and the sun was setting.

Gorgeous Fritillaria imperialis ‘William Rex’ at RHS Rosemoor yesterday. They always seem too exotic to be flowering so early in the year!

Today, the Magnolias at RHS Rosemoor, North Devon, looked fabulous against the blue sky.

Another stunning dawn this morning accompanied by vociferous birdsong, the robins foremost.

The earlier stripe of first light turned into this -

North Devon, 05.30. A stripe of dawn in the sky.

Signs of life on the allotment today: blackcurrant buds; blackberry leaves; pear tree shoots; redcurrant foliage.

Stunner of a dawn sky this morning.

Children at an Edinburgh hospital painted pebbles for the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo and will be able to watch them choose and present them to their mates via livestream. #SundayMorning

Snowy Mespilus flowering in the spring sunshine. At a quick glance, it reminds me of apple blossom.

My hop plants are stirring into life.

Flowers on the Rosemary - and this one is in deep shade at this time of year. I don’t recall them this early before.

Grape Hyacinths might not be the showiest of plants but they’re a welcome early splash of colour in the border.

Despite the soggy winter, the clumps of primroses in the shady border under the trees are going from strength to strength.

While weeding the veg bed this morning, I found a couple of strawberry plants in flower.

More muted colours to the dawn this morning.

Beautiful sunrises these last few mornings.

The clumps of primroses in the garden are putting on a brave display, despite the ground being cold and waterlogged. They take me back to my childhood because they were one of the first flowers I learned to identify.

Pale and washy dawn in North Devon this morning but at least it’s neither icy nor wet.

What a difference to wake up to a clear sky! North Devon dawn, just before 07.00 this morning.

This morning’s pre-dawn sing along by the blackbirds and robins has been joined by a song thrush. I think it’s the first time I’ve heard one this year. (Photo taken previously)

Only a brief tinge of colour to the eastern sky this morning but a heavenly sight to the west: 92% waning gibbous moon about to set.

For a while there have been primroses in flower in the border. But it’s only today that I have been able to get across the soggy lawn to see them.

A glimpse of the moon as it briefly appeared from behind the clouds this evening.

Fleeting colour in the pre sunrise North Devon sky this morning. It’s quite a few days since we’ve had anything but grey first thing.

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A lovely crop of Calamondins on my tree on the landing this year.