Catkins over the River Ver, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 18 February 2025
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 1 March 2025
Posted as part of Six Word Saturday
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Travel with Intent 
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Love the colourings of the photo!
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Definitely spring colours 🙂
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Lovely! I’d say ‘Spring!’. My entry is here
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A beaver lodge for today: Knock, Knock Is Anyone At Home? | Out of My Write Mind
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https://angloswiss-chronicles.com/2025/03/01/anyone-fancy-a-game-of-darts/
I used to enjoy a good game of darts with my dad, many years ago whcn I was still living in London. In Switzerland it is not such a custom, although I saw this boards on my neighbour’s balcony. I have never seen him play.
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Here goes, catkins from me as well!
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Let’s hope for spring.
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Golden! — but on this particular weekend fancy dress can only mean one thing (at least, around here): https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2025/03/01/the-fifth-season-for-fancy-dress/
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Seasonal on my link as well … lets hope Spring is now really on the way. Here is my link:- https://davidoakes-images.com/2025/03/01/6ws-6-word-saturday-challenge-37/
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I’m with Margaret!
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I agree, Sue. But I’m enjoying today’s sun and colours
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Good for you!
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I do love to see a catkin or two. But I agree. It’s winter in fancy dress.
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I thin k you’re right. WE’ve got a really heavy frost again this morning. But accompanied with sun so I think the masquerade will last a few more days 🙂
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So that’s what catkins look like! I learn new things every day.
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They vary a bit, depending on the tree that is producing them, but generally dangling long clusters of small flowers
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An amazing tree. Those flowers certainly create a show
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Yes, they make a great show at the end of winter, the plan being to propagate before the leaves get in the way
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Do you know the species of the tree?
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No. I should have looked closer. A lot of deciduous trees grow catkins so not sure which one this was. 😳
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Thanks Debbie. It does look like a hay-fever inducing tree 🤧
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Achoo! 🙂 A sure sign of spring, but a menace to those with pollen allergy. Here we are still a couple of weeks away from the main pollen outburst.
https://mariawijk.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/a-sunny-last-day-of-february/
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Oh dear. Yes they are specifically designed to scatter their pollen widely – so many flowers waving in the winds and before the leaves get in the way and block the pollen from spreading. Great design work by nature but terrible for those with allergies.
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