Mm Links February 2014 Week 3

[boxtops]

Good morning, MM Linkers – this is “The Cat’s Mother” offering you my third selection of links for your enjoyment.

This week sees us in mid-February, which is half-term for a lot of youngsters. Some years ago we used to own a timeshare week in February on the Costa del Sol – it was lovely to get away from the cold dreariness in the UK, to some warm sun, and the sight of Southern Spain waking up for the forthcoming tourist season. We still look at the photographs of the lovely empty beach, and the snow-capped ranges of the Sierra Nevada, where other more energetic holidaymakers were ski-ing.

This past week has also brought the start of the much-heralded Winter Olympics, with more ski-ing, and the world’s athletes sliding about with talent on a range of slippery surfaces. Not my scene at all, but it’s interesting to watch on the television – especially some of the newer sports which are unfamiliar to me.

Here, there is as yet no sign of snow in the South of England – in past years, it’s been and gone by now, so I hope that the relentless rain might be keeping it away. We have heard that the north of Scotland is very snowy, with the ski resorts having to dig themselves out, in some instances.

Those of us who are interested in the ospreys are keenly watching the Loch of the Lowes and blogs from other osprey sanctuaries, it’s early days yet but we are agog to see if the Lady manages to make it back to the UK for another record-breaking year. Sadly, the chick from 2013 has gone off radar, but we know that mortality in migrating young birds can be high. The 2012 chick from another Scottish site is still thriving and doing well on the African coast. Here, our local wild birds appear to be pairing up, although I would have thought it’s too wet as yet for nest-building – but the buds are appearing on some of our shrubs, so Mother Nature believes that better times are on their way!

[BigMac]

Hello, all. No bonus points for me this week - very late on parade. Nevertheless, I'll try;

SNOW Goose
Quilted JACKET
Pleasure GARDEN
SPRING Greens

Good luck, everyone.

[baza]

snow PLOUGH
NORFOLK jacket
MARKET garden
spring ONION

[Elspeth]

Snow board(ing)
Jacket potato
Garden birds
Spring bulbs

[elliemay1]

Snow board
Jacket potato
Flower Garden
Early Spring

[wickedtongue]

Good Morning

Snow Leopard
Donkey Jacket
Garden Gnome
Mineral Spring

[andres]

Snow flake
Jacket potato
Garden gate
Spring clean

[Psybbo]

Good morning, I'll try
SNOW drops
JACKET potato
GARDEN party
SPRING boks

[pixie373]

Snow ball
jacket potato
garden party
Spring clean

[teacher1]

Snow drift
Jacket potato
Garden gnome
Spring clean

[roopower]

Snow ball
Jacket potato
Rock garden
Spring clean

[cupid04]

snow drop

dust jacket

garden fete

spring equinox

[ChrisHewat]

Good afternoon ‘Cat’s Mother’, SHAZZA is going with:

Snow DRIFT
Jacket POTATO
KITCHEN Garden
Spring FLOWER(S)

And I’m going for:

Snow STORM
SPORTS Jacket
Garden HOSE
WATCH Spring

[Onty]

Good Morning everyone.
Mr. O
Snow Plow
Straight Jacket
Garden Gnome
Spring Flower(s)

Mrs. O
Snow Boarding
Green Jacket
Sunken Garden
SpringTime

Good luck to all.

[Handbaglady]

Snow Flake
Reefer Jacket
Garden Party
Spring Watch

[x-ray]

Thanks boxtops, here are my entries
SNOW BOARD
JACKET POTATO
GARDEN PEAS
SPRING ROLL
Good luck everybody

[tamborine]

SNOW patrol
leather JACKET
GARDEN centre
SPRING greens

[deecee131]

SNOW Drop
JACKET Potato
Country GARDEN
Hand SPRING

[cliffyg]

snow board
life jacket
market garden
spring onion

[twix123]

Thanks TCM and good afternoon all. At least the sun is shining in my part of Kent, but how long will it last? I'll try:

Snow BERRY
STRAIGHT Jacket
KITCHEN Garden
Spring CHICKEN

[eccles]

Snow drop
Jacket potato
Vegetable garden
Spring onion