yellow season

Spring flowers seem to come in definite waves of colour. In the very early spring (and my year didn't start that early this year) there is the white of snowdrops (and the sublimely scented winter heliotrope)

But, now from mid february to beyond the equinox is definitely Yellow Season.

Celandines, Dandelions, Primroses (still going strong) Gorse, Daffodils and Forsythia. In the pond Kingcup Marigolds (another of the buttercup family and a wonderful source of fiber for string if you are that way inclined. Just to prove that Mumma Nature knows her colour wheel, if you look carefully you'll see the violets dotted about for contrast.