On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:41:51 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:

Had a delivery due from the builders Merchant this morning, they
promised by 8.30 am so I was down at the gate waiting by 8.20, lovely
view to steel works so I went back and got my camera.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ymorning01.jpg
No lory so I had a look round to see if there was any sight of my
Snowdrops, found one clump with about 1/2 inch of growth, but one Daff
with the flower bud showing and 1 Crocus in flower
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...irstcrocus.jpg
I've never had a crocus this early
Found a few Jasmin nudiflorum, and that's it, the Camelias which have
flowered early Jan most years, even late Dec one year, look as if they
are a good 6 weeks off, no colour in the buds yet.
The frost was edging a lonicera, looked good
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...edLonicera.jpg.
They finaly arrived at 9.15, I was frozen by then.
Had to haul everything up by hand as I had been waiting since early
Dec for the 9" double skin pipe to take the water from the field above
accross the track, as I was promised it within a week of ordering I
had dug a trench accross the track so can't get the tractor and
trailer out.
Now I have to make a bigger and deeper trench, a 9" pipe is bigger
than I thought, almost 12 inches with the extra layer.
David Hill

Liked the "mood" in yur pictures, David. It made the waiting slightly
less annoying. Good luck with the digging!

Pam in Bristol