Frosty start in East Galway this morning as the dogs check for any food left behind by the foxes. There'll be no planting out for a few weeks yet; last frost date is mid-May...

Getting along just grand!

There's a lot of speedwell starting to show up in the front 'lawn'. Really nice, tiny little flowers.

The little one is growing in confidence and learning to give back as good as he gets!

Last week it was pear blossoms, this week it's the apples.

There's a stream 100m from the house. There's trout in it, like the small one in this photo. They used to get much bigger but water quality in Ireland isn't what it used to be. The amount of filamentous green algae present in April tells me there's too many nutrients getting in.

The sunshine over the past couple of days has started to open up the camassia bulbs. They attract in a good range of butterfly and bumblebee. Raining very lightly now!

'Kickers'

Dandelion seed heads. Kick them to disperse the seeds far and wide!

Great weather for pollinators like this small tortoiseshell that stopped by for a feed on this aubrietia.

A blackbird sings his heart out from the top of one of the ash trees on a clear and slightly frosty morning.

Mother Duck and her small brood of ducklings out on the local lake.

'I'd like some of that breakfast you guys are having!'

A lot of the time I think ADHD is a buildup of energy that sometimes will manifest itself in negative ways due to impulsivity. This has been an amazing way to expel pent up energy for our boy (8). When he starts gritting teeth and acting like a coiled spring, this helps calm him!

The perfect Spring lawn, in my opinion. Ankle to shin-deep grass and full of daisies, dandelions and other pit-stops for pollinators.

The alocasia (Giant Taro/elephant ear) in the kitchen is flowering and it's something I have never seen before.

Really well put!

Ollie tries to keep up with 'big brother' Arthur!

There are some really fresh lambs just over the wall in the field next to us.

If we're lucky, this year we'll get some pears...

Ireland's new Taoiseach, looking resplendent in one of his dad's suits!