...gloomy but mild. I do like grey days. They always look uninviting from a cosy studio, but are so atmospheric when you're striding forth into their damp embrace.
It was almost spring-like today - fields are ploughed and waiting, hedges ruthlessly strimmed back and ditches cleared.
Although some fields are already green with early summer crops. In a few months time this will be a rippling, whispering sea of wheat. 
Not too much bird activity though - good thing, it's mid-January and still time for the 'coldest winter for decades' that the forecasters have been promising. There is definitely a sense of 'quickening' in the land though...although the Spring Equinox, known also as 'The Day of Quickening' in the Pagan calendar, is not until 20th March.(There is a rather lovely poem concerning grey days and spring here.)
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Hello Gretel,
I do love to follow your walks in the wilds. Even if I can't get out to the gorgeous countryside very often it is nice to have updates on what's going on out there. :o)
I adore spring. It's my favourite time of year. Our daffs are just poking their heads through the soil and I saw more signs of bulbs reawakening in the village. I refuse to believe the hardest winter prediction. They get it wrong sooo often.
I like grey days Gretel...the green fields and the yellow leaves look almost flouresent under the filtered sky...like they are glowing! :)
I can almost smell the wet earth, looking at your pics!
Lovely pics, I do like this time of year. I noticed over the weekend that my snowdrops are just begining to show their green tips - I can't wait for the delicate white flowers.
-Gail X
Grey days look much better in the Cotswolds! The last green thing I saw was a BP garage. Happy rambling...
S
Grey days can have some appeal, but in Seattle, it's getting kindof old!! We did have a dry day in there (I think it was day 28) that stopped our record-breaking streak, but has since continued raining... Grey, chilly, rainy - good thing I need to be in the studio anyway!
Yes, you can almost feel the soil tingling, can't you. I just hope all the new growth isn't wiped out by the cold spell predicted next week.
Cathy
I hope you are getting lots of work done, because I miss seeing you online!
You've really summed up the appeal of grey days. I wish I was out there now, not stuck indoors at work.
"rippling, whispering sea of wheat"... I do love that image. Thanks for that.
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