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I'm taking this lone ladybird I saw today to be a harbinger of spring. It's been a gorgeous day, bright and sunny and as I drove home from the German group this afternoon, the sunset was absolutely glorious - bright vibrant light, huge fluffy pink clouds.... Nowhere to stop and take a photo and it took me an hour to travel what usually takes 20 mins - more roadworks and a road closure.
I'm lucky to be able to relax now as Neil is making a turkey stir-fry for the evening meal and there's leftover plum crumble that I made.

[Rachel Holbrook]

Spring? We seem to be back to winter - a hard frost and windscreen scraping. But what a joyful pic :)

[Richard Hickey]

Cool shot.

[Graham Thresher]

A lovely capture. We were in Tenerife last week and temps were I early twenty's, so we are finding it very cold back home.

[Claire]

This is so lovely, we had a thick fog today, hasn't lifted all day; we could hardly see across the road

[Sharon]

Beautiful capture....enjoy your tea sounds yummy

[Pat Knowles]

Wonderful DOF Hazel....very unlike your usual shot.....well done for this ladybird.

[David]

Well captured

[Hazel]

@happypat

My hand was wobbly so one of the other members of the German group lent me her knee to lean on - she could become my tripod?!!

[Rosie Kind]

Nice shot and amazing to see a ladybird when it's been so cold here although the sun has been lovely

[Karin Hirsch]

Fantastic find and beautiful capture

[Pyrrhula]

(S)he sure can`t read a calendar. Otherwise (s)he know it`s much to early.
Or (s)he wanted to please you to be able to make this beautiful pic.

[Hazel A]

Lovely focus Hazel. Thick frost and freezing fog here this morning then some welcome sunshine but really cold.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great closeup and the cute little bug.

[Sheila G]

Great focus, lovely!

[Nita]

Love it, love seeing a ladybug - it is giving me hope.

[Sandy]

Nice closeup, Hazel.

[Kathleen Hickey]

I commented earlier, but it seems to have vanished into the ether somewhere. Great shot, and I really hope you are right about Spring. We can get feet of snow into April and May around here.

[Hazel]

@khrunner

Feet of snow in April and May - wow! We had some snow one April but only a sprinkling in comparison. (I sometimes forget to press Post Comment and then find my comment has disappeared.)

[Hazel]

@purplehaze12

We have the fog and a bit of frost this morning (Tues).

[Sally James]

great DOF I really like the boldness of the colours

[Molly]

Lovely to see a ladybird at this time of year - well captured.