Emerging Nature

Leaves and flower buds are appearing more and more. 

And more flowers are popping up as well here and there.

Overall it may still look a bit bare but up close it's beautiful as always.

The other thing that's starting to appear are tree shoots - maples and chestnuts and the odd oak, all a bit earlier than what I remember from previous years. I pull them out when I see them, except the ones in the grass which will simply get mown.

maple - érable - esdoorn
chestnut - châtaigne - kastanje
oak - chêne - eik