May Gobs

 For May the weather has been awful. Rain and now wind, hail and more rain. Mind you May was windy last year.  In fact bad weather in May is a tradition. In the north of Scotland they have a name for the May bad weather. It's known as the "May Gobs". I think it is a very descriptive term!

I had high hopes for my strawberries as they were flowering already. Here's a tell tale snap. Those black centres mean these flowers will die rather than bear fruit.

Ox Eyed Strawberries

 Here's what they should look like!

Healthy Strawberry

The high winds blew out my shed window, but a neighbour has had a worse experience

Oh oh

And just in case you think I made that term up here is a recent newspaper headline from that part of the world:

May Gobs

Something else happening in our neighbourhood. The swan has been nesting for weeks now. The heron is storking the swan and in this video a cat is stalking the heron. Hope it works as a bit of an experiment . Apologies for the poor quality. (The dog lost patience and dragged me off at the end)