As the days lengthen and the soils warm, daffodils appear before most of the insects and bees. But this morning being a mix of sunshine and shade, with little wind, there were some bees about.

Daffodils form the outer circle of the formal part of the Abbey Gardens in 2020.

The crescent of daffodils, across the River Thames from St Helen’s Church, are in bloom. That tells me that it is peek daffodil time in Abingdon.

The daffodils in the field of hope’ in front of Abingdon-on-Thames fires station have woken to a changed view this year. Last year the first demolition machines had been brought in, and this year the new Churchill retirement apartments are built. By 2021 people will be looking out of those windows to admire the daffodils and the red door of the fire station.