
I was away from home for a couple of weeks, and meanwhile the spring had taken a giant leap forward. The snow has almost melted, and flowers have appeared. In the forest, the hepaticas (anemone hepatica) are a miracle every year: from the ground, which is covered with last year's dry leaves, they appear, blooming with that unbelievably blue colour. In my forest, only the first hepaticas are blooming now, but I'm sure that next week the whole slope will be blue with flowers.

The forest ground has slept all winter under the snow, but now it is bare again. The ants have slept the winter in the depths of their hill, but now they are on the move again, busy trimming their home.

All the snow has not yet melted, and deeper in the forest, on the slopes facing North, there is still some snow left. But the weather forecast promises warm days for the coming weekend, so I think the remains of the winter will disappear soon.