Although I love most months of the year, there is always something special about May. I don't know whether it's because the birdsong has reached its highest and loudest and gives the most soothing sound on a sunny day or if it's the promise of many more warm summer days to come or even that the garden has just simply burst into life. There are so many bright green leaves opening out and buds and flowers blooming. It's probably a combination of all of these things that make May feel exciting.
We visited Wimpole Hall Estate in Cambridgeshire, a National Trust place that we frequent often and a place that always has a new look to it at different times of year. As usual the gardens and grounds were stunning, but on this May visit, it was the tulip displays and the blossom trees that really took my eye.
The trees in the orchards were heavy with blossom and the meadows below them were blooming with swathes full of cow parsley, buttercups and tulips. The rest of the grasses were just covered in pink petals, raining elegantly from the trees. Just beautiful. Tulips of all colours and varieties filled corners and borders in the walled garden and borders and there was a fabulous tulip display in front of the house.
We stopped and watched a whole flock of goldfinches dipping and fluttering in and out of the borders. They were too fast and busy for me to capture on camera though! The blackbirds were singing their hearts out above. Very uplifting.
That's what it is - that's the word I was looking for - uplifting - May is uplifting!
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