From 2001(March 21st)

It has been frosty again but it doesn’t look as heavy as yesterday but poor frogs shall be getting quite frustrated soon. They can’t make love in a frozen pond. But the weather will turn and tomorrow sees the change of days as daylight equals the dark and thereafter increases till mid-June.

18th Mar 2010

I had a walk to the garden last night to check for frog activity and in the newly cleaned pond there was a small raft of spawn. Soon though there will be lots more. It is a great sight. You know these northern frogs…just like the people always surprising. Hey, but worth waiting for. I just checked my diary for 2001 and they are a little earlier this year by 3 days…I’ll take that as a good sign for now. It actually seems as though it is a little warmer. There has been no frost upon the ground for some days now and it should be even warmer by the weekend.

I love you more than the clouds in the sky that are sweeping in from the west on stormy wings to block out the sun’s warming rays. If the frost ever binds the snow to the world again, we shall enjoy it together warm by the fire. But do not pray for snow before the end of March!