Winter warmth by judithg

Winter warmth

In the market Square the flower stall was just setting up and providing some welcome colour in front of Great St Mary's Church.
My hens are very cross today - they don't like the snow and they are locked in their run as I found fox tracks circling (and over the top of) the hen house this morning!
Great vibrancy in those flowers!!!!!
February 5th, 2012  
Great shot
February 5th, 2012  
Oh like this!!! Wonderful contrasts in colour and warnth. wow did you know Mr Fox visited? maybe you would never know if it hadn't snowed!
February 5th, 2012  
Lovely shot. The flower stand looks so awesome. Sorry that your chickens aren't having a good day. We wanted to get chickens last year, but then we had foxes and I was so happy we didn't have any chickens. :-) Stay safe girls !
February 5th, 2012  
I love this picture! Hope your hens will be ok!
February 5th, 2012  
@Cherrill That's a good question Cherrill!! As the hens normally free-range I imagine if Mr Fox often often stopped by they'd be gone by now. I'm wondering if he's just come because he's hungry in the snow but now he knows dinner is potentially available he'll be back! I'll keep the hens in for a few days I think....
February 5th, 2012  
Great contrast of warm and cold.....Under the tent - the lighting is golden and warm adding a glow to the flowers! Wonderful photo. Sorry about the fox giving you cause for concern. For the last two mornings, I have seen a fox running across the front of our place. Hope your chickens stay safe!
February 5th, 2012  
Oh...cute and true chicken/duck story. When my husband was a boy on their farm, a mama duck got killed so he put the duck eggs under one of the laying hens. The hen raised the baby ducks and he says he can still see the hen pacing back and forth and cackling as the baby ducks grew and went in the pond. The hen was very worried about her babies. :-)
February 5th, 2012  
I like the warmth here. Our dog Betty didn't like the snow much this morning - she came back with huge amounts of snow stuck to the fur around her legs, and just couldn't shake it off!
February 5th, 2012  
Brilliant picture Judith. We get foxes round our garden but we haven't had any overnight - fortunately we haven't got hens to attract them. I bet they don't like being a target for the fox
February 5th, 2012  
LOVE the vivid colors of the flower stall against the rigid structure of the church... this is just beautiful! And I do hope that fox finds his dinner elsewhere!!!
February 5th, 2012  
Beautiful shot, the colours of the flowers contrast so well with the starkness of the church and all the snow. Really lovely!
February 5th, 2012  
@marytj That's such a cute story! That poor Mummy hen thinking her babies were drowning!
February 5th, 2012  
I love the contrast of the colourful bright flower stall and the snowy church!
February 5th, 2012  
So beautiful!
February 5th, 2012  
@marytj Oh that reminds me of Jemima Puddleduck not being allowed to sit her own eggs because ducks aren't very responsible that way! Our hen Betty, would LOVE to have some eggs to sit - maybe I'll let her hatch a couple next year if I can get hold of some fertilised eggs...and I won't let the chicks near the pond - that really would be a reason for hen-panic!
February 5th, 2012  
love the pop of color from the flowers under a roof of snow. Good luck with the fox!
February 5th, 2012  
Either half of the picture would be wonderful in its own right, but the two together are a wonderful juxtaposition. Well done!
February 5th, 2012  
Wow great contrasts in colour there. At least you could buy some and pretend its spring.
February 5th, 2012  
Love love the colors in this.
February 5th, 2012  
wonderful color!!
February 5th, 2012  
Oh dear Mr Fox has his eye on dinner !!! It wont do them any harm to stay in for a bit specially this cold weather & as long as you are vigilant about putting them in at night you should hopefully be OK.
Love this photo for the real splash of colour in that otherwise fairly quiet picture !! Lovely old church behind & the whole thing looks very English ! Lovely Judith ..a fave !
February 5th, 2012  
I love the contrast. I am jealous of you having chickens. We used to have them and I adored them but with cougar and coyotes close by we fear that even if we could keep the chickens safe, they would draw in the wilde beasts and have them kill our cats
February 5th, 2012  
@happypat Well they have a 10' by 4' secure run, part covered by the house, and they only ventured on to the snow where I'd chucked some mealworms so I don't think they would have wandered if I'd let them out anyway. ANd we now know that that part is fox-proof! At least I can see which route the fox used and we can fence that part off but it will never be completely fox-proof as it's a bit of a hotchpotch of fences. @jgpittenger Blimey I wouldn't have hens if I thought they would attract cougars - they eat dogs and I'm not very big either!! Our dangerous wildlife is pretty tame - they laughed their heads off on Vancouver Island when I mentioned that mink are vicious!!
February 5th, 2012  
I agree with Alice
February 5th, 2012  
Lovely picture ..........I think we had a bell ringing lesson here when we were down a few years ago. My husband Allan loves 'Bells on Sunday' on radio 4 so we all joke about it!
Hope the hens are happy soon. Wonder how long Mr Fox has been visiting.........tracks not so visible under normal conditions!
February 5th, 2012  
Very bright and cheerful. The colours really pop on those flowers. Worried about your hens though. Time to send for ....Super Monty!!!
February 5th, 2012  
@ellida He'd LOVE to get in with the hens!
February 5th, 2012  
@sarah19 The bells were ringing when I took this! Shame I can't add the sound!
February 5th, 2012  
lovely cool shot, like the bleached out whitenessssss
February 5th, 2012  
Great splash of colour. The church building is really attractive. Nice pov.
February 5th, 2012  
Beautiful color against the snow - sorry about your hens - hope they stay safe!
February 5th, 2012  
Nice one!
February 5th, 2012  
Great shot, love the colours
February 6th, 2012  
Love the colours in this. great cotrasts
February 6th, 2012  
lovely contrasts and colours - and shame about Mr Fox
February 6th, 2012  
Love this - fav.
February 6th, 2012  
love flower stalls!
February 24th, 2012  
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